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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS I. LANDS OF THE KING IN THE ROYAL DEMESNE {de regione) WHICH ROGER BIGOT KEEPS IN SUFFOLK HUNDRET OF StOU [StOW] ToRNAi [Thorney ^] King William holds, which King Edward held as a manor, and as 5 carucates of land. Then as now 36 villeins and 18 bordars. Then 6 serfs, afterwards i, now none. Then and afterwards i plough on the demesne, now none ; but T.R.E. there could have been 2 besides that i. Then and after- wards 45 ploughs belonging to the men, now 19. Then wood(land) for 30 swine, now for 6. Then 14 acres of meadow, afterwards and now 12. Then 2 mills, afterwards and now I. There is also a market. There was T.R.E. a church with i carucate of free land. But Hugh de Montford has 23 acres of that carucate and claims it as belonging to a certain chapel which 4 brothers, freemen under Hugh, built on land of their own hard by the cemetery of the mother church. And they were inhabitants [manentes) of the parish of the mother church (and built this chapel), because it could not take in the whole of the parish. The mother church had always a moiety of the burial fees, and had by purchase the fourth part of other alms which might be made. And whether or not this chapel were consecrated the Hundred doth not know. In this carucate of the church there were 5 bordars and i villein. Then as now 2 ploughs. In this manor T.R.E. 40 sokemen owing every kind of custom. After Roger received (his office) they were all removed but 7. These had then as now 58 acres, and half a plough. But T.R.E. there was a plough among four. And the reeve of this manor held 26 acres in the King's soke T.R.E. When this manor was undivided its annual value was 15//. by tale, when Roger took it over 35//., now 40//'. blanch. Tornei [Thorney] is i league long and I broad. And (pays) ^d. in geld whoso may be tenant there. Of this manor Hugh de Mont- fort has 20 sokemen, and Count Robert 6. Roger de Otburville 4. Frodo has 2. Roger of Poitou 3. HuNDRET OF BoSEMERA [BoSMERE] King Edward held Brunfort [Bramford] as 1 2 carucates of land and a$ a manor. Then as now 40 villeins, and 8 bordars, and i serf. Then and afterwards i plough on the demesne, now half. Then as now 18 ploughs belonging to the men. 30 acres of meadow. And then as now I mill. A church with 80 acres of free land and i plough. Then 10 swine, now 12. Then as now 30 sheep. Then it was worth . . . //'., and now 15//. by weight. It is I league long, and i league broad. ' In Stowmarket. In Blacham [Blakenham] (are) 9 sokemen with half a carucate of land in the King's soke. Then as now 3 ploughs. Then it was worth lOi., now 20/. In SuMERSHAM [Somersham] (are) 4 sokemen with 30 acres. Then as now i plough. Then it was worth 51., now lOj. In Uledana [Olden] (are) i^ sokemen with 10 acres and half a plough. Worth 2od. fol. 282. In Stanham [Stonham] (was) a sokeman with 12 acres T.R.E., (over) whom the Bishop of Bayeux now holds. And Roger Bigot holds of him. This sokeman could not withdraw from (his holdings). HuNDRET OF ClAINDONE [ClAYDON] In Haminghelanda [? Hemingstone] (-.vas) a free(man) under commendation to Gurth, with 30 acres. Then half a plough. Worth $s. Ulmar the reeve joined this freeman on to the King's farm at Brunfort [Bramford], and Roger the sheriff is his warrantor. And (the freeman) renders each year 5^. The King and the Earl have the soke. HuNDRET OF HeRTISMERA [HaRTISMERE] (At) Dice [Diss^] King Edward held T.R.E. 4 carucates of land as a manor T.R.E. {sic). Then as now 14 villeins, and 24 bordars, and 2 serfs. And i plough on the demesne. And 1 8 ploughs belonging to the men. And 10 acres of meadow. And a church with 24 acres and half a plough. Then as now 7 beasts. Then 5 swine. Then 9 sheep, now 11. Then as now 5 goats. Then worth 15//. with the soke over one hundred and a half, and half a day's (provi- sion) of honey with the customs, now (worth) 30//'. by weight. It is i league long and half (a league) broad. And (pays) j^d, in geld. (At) Brom [Brome] Anand held T.R.E. 60 acres as a manor. Then as now 4 bordars. Then i serf. Then as now on the demesne half a plough. And half a plough belonging to the men. Four acres of meadow. Worth i oj. And 3^ freemen under commendation to Anand (held) 1 4 acres and a plough ; and were worth 2s. and 2d. In EsTUNA [Easton Bavents (?)'] 2 villeins, whom Earl Ralph held, (had) a carucate of land ; 'In 1650 there was ' a leet in Coddenham called Olden ' ; Pari. Surv. SufF. no. 3. The name is now apparently lost. Now in Norfolk. ' Easton Bavents is near Blythburgh, but is not in Hartismere Hundred. 419