HOLDERS OF LANDS Depwade Hundret. TiPHAM [Tibenham] is held now as then by St. Benet (as) I ^ ploughlands and 1 5 acres. Then as now (there were) 4 villeins, 5 bordars, i plough on the demesne. Then 1^ ploughs belonging to the men, now I ; and 3 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 10 swine ; (there are) 6 swine. It is worth 25 shillings. f. 233b. XVIII. THE LAND OF ST. STEPHEN OF CAEN (Cadomo) Hundret and a Half of Fredebruge [Freebridge] Wella [Well (Hall, in Gayton) '] was held by Stigand T.R.E. Then as now (there were) lo villeins and 2 ploughlands [carucatas terre) and 6 bordars and I serf, 30 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 5 oxen, now 2 ploughs ; i plough belonging to the men, 2 mills. To this manor belong [jacent) 14 sokemen with {de) 28 acres of land. Then I plough, now 5 beasts. Then as now 7 swine. Then 15 sheep, now 60. Then and afterwards it was worth 9 pounds, now 10. Wella [Well (Hall)] and Gaituna [Gayton] are leagues in length and half in breadth, and render 1 6 pence of geld whoever holds there. To {in) Wella belong besides {jacent adhuc) 5 furlongs of pasture in length and 4 in breadth, and they are included in the above valuation {est in eodem pretio). XIX. THE LAND OF WILLIAM DE SCOHIES Hundret and a Half of Fredebruge [Freebridge] Ilsinghetuna [Islington] was held by Scula, a freeman, T.R.E. for a manor and for 2 plough- lands. Now W[illiam] holds it in demesne. Then as now 3 villeins, 7 bordars. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards and now i ; 10 acres of meadow, 100 sheep. Then (there were) 30 swine, now 16. To this manor belong {hie jacent) 7 sokemen (with) i2 acres. It was then worth 40 shillings, now 60. In Eclewartuna [Clenchwarton ?] ^ Richard holds of W[illiam] ^ 40 acres, and they are worth 5 shillings. This land was held by Rafrid. And Earl Ralf successfully claimed {derationavit) half, and held it on the day on which he suffered for- feiture. Now Uruoi {Fruoius), Rafrid's man, holds it as of the fee of {ad feudum) William de Scohies, and vouches the king to warranty {revocat Regent ad tutamen). ' Blomefield, viii, 427. See also Cal. of Docts. France, i 56, 162. ' Expunged. f. 222. In Ilsinghetuna [Islington] T[ur]chill, a free- man, held half a ploughland T.R.E. Now W[illiam] holds it in demesne. Then as now 3 bordars. Then (there was) half a plough, now 2 oxen ; 40 acres of meadow and half a saltpan. It was then worth 10 shillings, now 20. The whole of Ilsinghetuna [Islington] is i^ leagues in length and half a league in breadth, and renders 12 pence of (every) 20 shillings of geld. Mideltuna [Middleton] was held by T[ur]- chill for a manor and for 2 ploughlands. Now W[illiam] (holds it) in demesne. Then as now (there were) 4 villeins and 6 bordars and 4 serfs, 30 acres of meadow ; 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then i plough belonging to the men, now a half ; I mill, i fishery, 8 saltpans. Then as now I rouncey. Then 2 cows. Then i6 swine, now 10. Then 80 sheep, now 70. It was then worth 100 shillings, now 7 pounds. RuNGHETUNA [Runcton, (North)] was also held by Turchill {idem) T.R.E. for a manor and for I ploughland. Now W[illiam] (holds it) in demesne. Then as now (there were) 2 bordars, 20 acres of meadow, i plough on the demesne, half a plough belonging to the men. To this manor belonged {jac') 7 sokemen T.R.E. with {de) 60 acres. Then (they had) 2 ploughs, now I ; 8 acres of meadow. The whole is worth 60 shillings. In Mideltuna [Middleton] W[illiam] holds in demesne 6 freemen with {de) i plough- land. Then as now (they had) i plough, wood- (land) for 100 swine. They are worth 24 shillings and 8 pence. Of 2 (of them) Stigand had the soke. And it was made over {liberata) to Rafrid for i ploughland. Gaituna [Gayton] is held by Uluoi (as) i ploughland, which T[ur]chill held T.R.E. Then (there were) 8 bordars, now 6 ; 12 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough on the demesne. Then and afterwards half a plough belonging to the men, now 2. And it is worth 20 shillings. Masincham [Massingham] is held by Ralf, son of Herluin, which Goduin, a freeman, held T.R.E. '(as) I ploughland.' Then as now 6 villeins. Then i plough on the demesne. It was then worth 10 shillings, now 5. Of this the predecessor of William de Warenne {IVarenna) had the commendation only, and the soke (is) ia the king's manor of Masincham [Massingham]. Dochinga [Docking] Hundret Brecham [Bircham, (Great)] was held by Bern under King Edward (as) I ploughland. Now f. 222b. R[oger] of Evreux {Ebrois) holds (it). Then (there was) I plough, afterwards none, now i. ' Interlined. 145 19
