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Forty villagers and 17 cottagers occupy 14 ploughlands. Here are 6 acres of meadow, and the paſture is in length 6 furlongs, and in breadth 3. The wood is 6 furlongs ſquare. It was valued at 26 pounds, now at 30. The abbey of St. Michael's Mount holds the 2 churches of this manor with 1 hide, worth 20 ſhillings.

16. The King holds Weſtberie. Queen Eddid held it, and it was aſſeſſed at 40 hides. Here are 47 ploughlands. Seventeen hides are in demeſne, wherein are 7 ploughlands, 28

ſervants, and 16 coliberts. Thirty-eight villagers, 23 borderers, and 9 honey-gatherers, occupy amongſt them the other 40 ploughlands. The ale-ſellers pay 20 ſhillings a year, and 6 mills pay 70 ſhillings and ſixpence. Here are 80 acres of meadow. The paſture is 4 miles and a half ſquare. The wood 4 miles and a half long, and 3 quarters of a mile broad. Here are 29 hog-keepers. This manor brings

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