A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK In the same (vill) 2 half (freemen) under Edric's commendation (held) 5 acres, worth izd. Plumesgate [Plomesgate] Hundret (At) Cranesforda [Cransford] Atsur under commendation of Edric of Laxfield held 80 acres of land as a manor. Then as now i bordar. Then 2 ploughs, now i. i acre of meadow. Then 3 rounceys. Then 24 swine, now i. And 16 sheep. Then 40 goats. Then it was worth 20s., now 13/. and ^d. LXVIII. LANDS OF GILBERT THE CROSSBOWMAN BiDINGA [BlYTHING] HuNDRET In EsTUNA [Easton] Elric son of Wlviat, under commendation to Earl Harold, held, and now Gilbert holds of the King as a manor, 2 carucates of land. Then 5 villeins, now 3. Then as now 5 bordars, and I serf. Then i^ ploughs on the demesne, now none. Then as now 3 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood- (land) for 8 swine, 3 acres of meadow. Then i salt-pan, now none. Then i rouncey, 3 beasts, fol. 444^. and 2 swine, and 80 sheep. Now no stock [nkhil). Then it was worth 405., now 20s. The King and the Earl (have) the soke. Moreover in Uggecehala [Uggeshall] (there is) i villein, Uluric, with 20 acres and half a plough, and in Cedestan [Chediston] i villein, Osketel, with 20 acres and half a plough, and they are (in- cluded) in the valuation of Estuna [Easton]. The said Gilbert holds in Cedestan [Chedis- ton] a freeman Godric (formerly) under com- mendation to the same (Harold) with 20 acres, and 2 bordars. Half a plough. Half an acre of meadow. Wood(land) for 6 swine. Worth 4;. And in Estuna [Easton] (were) 2 freemen, Godric and Osketel, under commendation to the said (Harold) with 20 acres of land. Then as now I plough. Worth 4;. The King and the Earl (have) the soke. Estuna [Easton] is i league long, and half a league broad. And in geld (pays) bd. Others hold land therein, Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret (At) GisLiNCHAM [Gislingham] Alsi a free- men held 2 carucates of land as a manor, and 2 bordars. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne, now i. And 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 4 swine. Worth 40J. This manor belonged in the lifetime of King Edward to the demesne of Abbot Lefstan of Saint Edmund's, and Abbot Lefstan leased it to Alsi and his wife by such an agreement that after their deaths the Abbot should have back his manor and another manor of Alsi's, Eustuna [Euston] by name. The King and the Earl (have) the soke. In the same (vill) 8 freemen under com- mendation to Alsi (held) 16 acres. Then I plough, now half a plough. And they are (in- cluded) in the above valuation. In the same (vill) 3 freemen under com- mendation to the predecessor of Aubrey de Vere (held) 6 acres, worth I2d. The King and the Earl (have) the soke. It is I league long and 7 furlongs broad. And (pays) i od. in geld. fol. 445. LXVIIII. LANDS OF RALPH THE CROSSBOWMAN Half Hundret of Ludingaland [Lothingland] (At) Burch [Burgh (Castle)] Bishop Stigand held T.R.E. with the soke 4 carucates of land as a manor. Then as now 10 villeins, and 5 bordars. Then 2 serfs, now none. Then on the demesne 3 ploughs, now 2, Then belong- ing to the men 4 ploughs, now 3, 10 acres of meadow. 3 salt-pans. Then as now 3 roun- ceys, 6 beasts, 17 swine, and 160 sheep. One church with 10 acres, and I acre of meadow. Then worth loox., now io6j. (At) Caldecotan [Caldecot '^^] Bund under Gurth's commendation held T.R.E. i carucate of land as a manor. Then I bordar, now 3. Then i plough, now half a plough. Then worth lOJ., now 8j. In Earetuna [ ] a free- man Kettle under Ulf's commendation T.R.E. held 40 acres. Then i bordar, now none. Then as now half a plough. Then as now worth 4J. In SuMERLEDESTUNA [Somerleyton] a free- man Alwold under Gurth's commendation (held) 30 acres. Then half a plough, now none. Wood(land) for 5 swine. Worth 2s. LXX, LAND OF RAINALD THE BRETON =>«' Which he Claims of the King in Alms RiSEBRUGE [RiSBRIDGE] HuNDRET In Litgata [Lidgate] 3 freemen held as (a manor) 4 carucates of land. Then 9 villeins, «* In Fritton. "' Lidgate was given to St. Edmund's by Reynold Stanceberd (?), ' who was called " denasez," because he had lost his nose in battle with the elder William ' ; Add. MS. 14847, fol. 24. 578
