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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS (predecessor), (held) 30 acres as a manor, and I bordar. And then I plough, afterwards none, now half a plough. A church with 4 acres. Worth los. Ranulf holds (pf Hervey). The soke belonged to the Abbot and to Hugh's pre- decessor. Of these two manors was William Malet seised on the day of his death. In the same (vill) a freeman held 2 acres. Worth 4^. The soke (is) the Abbot's. Perreham [Parham] Half Hundret (At) Brutge [ ] Edric, under commen- dation to Edric, Robert Malet's predecessor, (held) 1 20 acres as a manor. Then 2 ploughs, after- wards I, now half. And 4 acres of meadow. Then as now a mill. And the fourth part of a church with 6 acres. 8 swine. Then worth 405., now 20J. The Abbot of Ely (has) the soke. And Garner holds of Hervey. In the same (vill) 8 freemen, added (thereto), {held) 20 acres. Then i plough, afterwards half, now none. Worth 40^. Concerning half of this land Hervey came to an agreement with the Abbot ; and afterwards he held of the King. It is 8 furlongs long and 6 broad. And (pays) 40<5?. in geld. In Beuresham [Beversham] ° Aluric, a free- man in the soke and commendation of the Abbot of Ely, held 60 acres as a manor. Then i plough. 3 acres of meadow. Then worth 20;., afterwards and now 51. In the same (vill) 2 freemen under commen- dation to the aforesaid Aluric (held) 10 acres. Then half a plough, afterwards and now none. Worth 25. The same Garner holds of Hervey, and (Hervey) himself came to an agreement with the Abbot concerning this manor aforesaid. BiscoPES [Bishop's] Hundret In CiPBENHALA [Chepenhall '"] on the demesne a freeman under Harold (had) 60 acres T.R.E. And then as now 2 villeins. And 2 ploughs. And 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 30 swine. Then worth ioj., now 20f. This W, son of Gorham held. In CoLESTUNA [Colston '"] a freeman under commendation to Edric held 30 acres, and 3 bor- fol. 441^. dars, and half a plough. Then worth 10s., now 20s. And he belongs to Cranesforda [Crans- ford]. This Warner holds of Hervey. "* The road from Blaxhall to Stratford St. Andrew crosses the Ore at Beversham Bridge. "' In Fressingfield. ^' In Badingham. Hundret of Colnesse [Colneis] In Kelebroc '*' [Kembrook] Kenold holds of Hervey a freeman, Ulurich, under commendation to Saint Etheldreda, with 14 acres, half a plough, half a mill, I acre of meadow, and 2 bordars. Then worth 55., now 91.^'" Hundret of Carleforda [Carlford] In Grundesburg [Grundisburgh] Godric, a freeman T.R.E. under Harold, held I carucate of land as a manor. Then as now I villein and 4 bordars. Then as now I plough on the de- mesne, and I plough belonging to the men. 3 acres of meadow. Then it was worth 16s., now the like. In the same (vill) 3 half freemen, Godwin, Ulwin, Leuric, under commendation to the same (Harold), (held) 7 acres of land.'"' Then half a plough, now none. Then it was worth 2s., now 1 2d. Moreover in the same (vill) on the demesne 2 freemen, Burric and Ailric, under commenda- tion to Aschil the house-carl, T.R.E. (held) 5 acres. Then half a plough, now none. Worth lOi^. In the same (vill) on the demesne Brun, a freeman under commendation to Edric, prede- cessor of Robert Malet, (held) 20 acres, and these 20 acres he held of Edric. Then I plough, now half a plough. 2 J acres of meadow. Then it was worth 51., now 41. In Belinges [Bealings] on the demesne (were) ID freemen, Blakeman, Alwin, Stanard, Ana, Uluric, Turbert, Edric, Godwin, Alestan, Anund the priest, and of this (last) Halden had com- mendation, and of the others Saint Etheldreda, with 84 acres. Then 4 ploughs, now 2 ploughs. 8 acres of meadow. Then it was worth 20s., now the like. In the same (vill) was Ulmar, a freeman, under Halden, the predecessor of Geoffrey de Magna- ville, with 100 acres of land on the demesne as a manor, and Ulmar himself has under him 3 villeins. Then on the demesne 2 ploughs, now 1, and I plough belonging to the men, and 3 acres of meadow. Then 2 rounceys, now 4. Then 4 beasts, now 3. Then 16 swine, now 12. Then 80 sheep, now 60. Then it was fol. 442. worth 201., now 40s. i church with 20 (?) acres, worth 4.od. Saint Etheldreda (has) the soke. In Parva Belinges [Little Bealings] Geoffrey holds ; (there were) 2 sokemen, Gladman and Brihtric, over them Godwin had soke and sac and custom, and i Leofsi, of whom Edric had »» ' Kenebroch ' ; Inf. El 144. »" ' Worth ID/. ' ; ibid. «' See n. 217. 575