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meſne, where are 3 ploughlands and a half, and 6 ſervants. Eight villagers and 8 cottagers occupy 5 ploughlands. The mill pays 15 ſhillings and ſixpence. Here are 100 acres of meadow, and the paſture is 3 quarters of a mile long, and 3 furlongs broad. It was valued T.R.E. at 15 pounds; now only at 12.

2. The ſame earl holds Mildeſtone. It was aſſeſſed T. R. E. at 3 hides and a half. Here are 1 ploughlands. Two hides are in demeſne, where is 1 ploughland, and 3 villagers and 5 cottagers occupy a ploughland and a half. Here are 8 acres of meadow. The paſture is a mile and a half long, and 3 furlongs broad. It was, and is, worth 70 ſhillings. Turoldus holds theſe 1 manors of Earl Roger. Oſmundus, a military man, held them T.R.E.

3. The ſame earl holds Poltone, Siwardus held it T.R.E. and it was aſſeſved at 5 hides.

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