Staploe

Manor
The Abbot of Ramsey holds Burwell (Bvrewelle)

10 hides and 1 virgate. Land for 16 ploughs.
In lordship 3 hides and 40 acres; 4 ploughs there.
42½ villagers with 12 ploughs.
8 slaves; meadow for 10 ploughs; pasture for the village livestock;
2 mills at 6s 8d.
The total value is and was £16; before 1066 £20.
This manor lies and always lay in the lordship of St. Benedict’s Church.

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