46 The Demesne. 12701307. [CH. 



, /;/////;//< ;/' ; in other rolls, uath't imvicntcs extra mancrium. It is 

 somewhat surprising that, while the number of bond tenements was 

 only about 135, so many Forncett bondmen should have been extra 

 mancnnm. Hut the bond tenements were extremely small, and there 

 little room for additional servile tenants. There must have 

 been many younger sons of full age, who, though resident in Forncett 

 vill, were not tenants of Forncett manor, and might therefore be 

 considered extra mancrinin'-. To these, as being in most cases 

 unmarried, the term aitlipimcn would also apply. Doubtless some 

 of the bondmen who held no land of Forncett manor went to 

 Norwich or other large towns, or to neighbouring villages where 

 they might even become tenants of other manors ! . 



The tallage 4 levied was always a round sum imposed upon the 

 manor as a whole, and divided among the bondmen, possibly in 

 proportion to the number of their cattle 5 . In 1273 ten marks 

 were levied ; in 1275 and 1278 twelve marks, and in each of the 

 following years up to 1306 for which there is evidence fourteen and a 

 half marks, except in 1300, when an additional pound was paid by 

 the bondmen as a ' gift ' (donum). 



The large sum annually paid as rent is probably to be explained 

 by the large number of free tenants and sokemen and the small 

 number of customary tenants (exclusive of sokemen), and by the 

 comparative abundance of money in the vicinity of such a centre 

 of trade and industry as Norwich. 



As the account rolls extend over thirty-five years (1272-1306) we 

 might expect that a comparison of the later with the earlier rolls 

 would show that changes had taken place within the period. But 



Forncett. Thus, in Ditchingham, 1273, 32 anlepimtn paid chevage ; a tallage of 12. \y. ^d. 

 was levied; rents were over \\ ; pleas, ^10. \\s.\ grain, 48. 6s. In 1275, pleas were 

 iS and sales of grain $i \ in 1776, pleas were 11. ly. ; grain, ^26. St. Min. Acc'ts, 

 933/, 933/13, 933/H- 



In Parva Framlingham, 1275, 93 nativi paid chevage; a tax of ^15. 6s. was collected. 

 In this and the two following years for which there are records, rents were .18. IQJ. ; pleas, 

 about 11 ; sales of grain, about ,10-34. Min. Acc'ts, 935/15935/27. 



1 A.S. anltpi, alone, single, unmarried. Halliwell, of. fit. See also, Maitland, Court 

 Baron, 146; Vinogradoff, Villainage, 213; Ramsey Cartulary (R.S.) i. 50. 



i -01 150;, a bondman who lived within Korncelt vill, but was not a tenant of the 

 manor, paid chevage; and in an extent of the Honor of Richmond in the county of Norfolk, 

 8 Edw. I., we read that 'chevagium commorantium in manerio qui non tenent terram nee 

 domicilium valet per annum 31.' Registrum Honoris de Richmond [ed. Rog. Gale], 

 Appcn 



1 In the Norwich lect rolls of 1312/13, a William of Forncett is mentioned as a citizen, 

 and the wife ..f Ri.-h.-ud ..f I .itnerced. Hudson, I. cct Jurisdiction, 57-8. 



In 4 Kdw. [II.?] an 'Earl's bondman' whose surname indicates that he was appurtenant 

 to Forncett, held land in Moulton, and of Moulton manor. Moulton Court Rolls, MS. 

 IjUin terms used are ta/liagitini, rciogni/io, rms.i, and au. \iltum. 



Vinogradoff, ViUainagt, 293. 



