1 1 An /\/i;ti/>c//t<ni Survey 



South-west of St Pctert ran Uumvdl Heck as far as Moor 



common. Further cast, the fai for a short dliUtK lh,- 



bouiulary. which, CfOtting a meadow, follows an ancient road known 

 locally as tin- British Road.' In 1565, M now, it was called 

 Hollanc, /.. Ditch Lane. This mad is sunk (0 deep below the level 



of the fields that it has he-en abandoned in part for a parallel road 

 running next it, but on higher ground. 



The Survey mentions the Processional Way and Stubbing Lane 

 astern limits of St Peter's. The former name is a common one, 



signifying, of course, the way along which the procession moved 



when the parish was perambulated; the latter name indicates a 



clearing. 



At least as early as the thirteenth century the name Forncett 

 was applied to the entire area included within these boundaries, and 

 the term ' Forncett vill ' will be used in this book to denote that 

 area. 



As early as 1066 several settlements, or tuns, were situated either 

 wholly or in part within these limits. Thus, in Domesday Book, we 

 read of Fornesseta, of Kekelingtuna, of Tuanatuna, and of Middle- 

 tuna. The returns made by sheriffs in 1316 as to what townships 

 were in each hundred name Fornesete, Galegrym, Thwantone, Sugate, 

 and Kitelyngton 1 . In later manorial records Moorgate and Lovington 



Ricardus de Purle tune ballivus Roberti de Tateshal inde fugavit ballivum praedictum dicens 

 quod non debuit tenere hundredum infra libertatem domini sui.' 



3- (i- 473-) '\_Inquisicio facta... in Jnmdredo de... Decade.} De omnibus purpresturis 

 quibuscumque factis super Regent vel regalem dignitatem, etc. Item dominus Robertus de 

 Tateshale facil annuatim quandam cerchiam in pasture, de Bonewelle et Carleton quae 

 tenetur de Rege in capite et accipit emendas de bestiis extraneorum. Item Rogerus Hardi 

 appropriavit sibi ii. acras de dicta pastura et habet xxx. annos elapsos.' 



4. (i. 467.) Inqnisiciofacta...in . . .Depwade. Quae etiam maneria solent esse in manibus 

 Regiim praedecessorum Regis et qui ea tenent et quo waranto et a quo tempore et per quein 

 el quomodofiicrunt alienata. Item homines de Cariltun [Carleton] et Bunewelle tenent unam 

 pasturam communem in villis supradictis quam tenent de domino Rege in capite per servicium 

 xix. per annum reddend' ballivo hundredi.' 



From these passages it seems evident that the common pasture held by the men of Bunwcll 

 and Carleton directly from the King (extracts 3 and 4 ) was identical with the pasture known 

 tt Westwood (extracts i and 2) and was part of the same waste as the strip in Forncett which 

 adjoined Bunwell and was also known as Westwood. 



As the map shows, one-third of the Forncett section of Westwood became lord's demesne, 

 and two-thirds common pasture. In 1272-1275, some of the wood was still standing, while 

 some had already been converted into arable demesne. Cf. Appendix VIII., xxxi., xl., and Rot. 

 /fund. i. 529. 'Item comes Norfolciae habet warennam in dominicis suis in Fonieset, West- 

 wod, et in assarto juxta Westwod injuste.' i. 472. ' Item comes Marescallus appropriavit sibi 

 warennam in quoclam bosco qui vocatur West wde et in quodam asserto (sic) juxta dictum boscum 

 et in bosco qui vocatur Gilderis in Fornesete et Tacolffislun (sic) set quo warento nesciunt.' 



1 Nomina Villamm : Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs, n. pt 3, p. 312, or Feudal Aids, 

 in. 476 (Public Record Office Publications). 



I 2 



