HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and 2 acres of meadow and half a plough, and 

 it is worth 2 shillings. The king and the 

 earl (have) the soke. In Brecles [Breckles] 

 (is also) the fourth part of I acre and a certain 

 customary due in pasture ; this belonged to 

 {jacuit in) Saham T.R.E. and now does so still 

 (similiter) ; but Godric reclaims [revocat) it for 

 the fee of Earl Ralf in Stou [Stow (Bedon)], as- 

 serting that he (Earl Ralf) held it for 2 years 

 before he made forfeiture and (it remained so) 

 2 years afterwards. Of this a certain servant of 

 the king from Stou [Stow (Bedon)] offers to 

 undertake the proof [poitare Judicium).^ 



HUNDRET OF FeoRHOU [FoREHOE] AND A 



Half 



HiNiCHAM [Hingham] was held by King 

 E[dward] as 2 ploughlands and 25 acres. Then 

 as now there were 60 villeins, then 8 bordars 

 and a half, now 29. Then as now (there was) 

 I plough on the demesne ; then 15 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men ; now 20. (There were) 

 43 sokemen, now 20 ; of the rest William de 

 Warenne has 12, and Count Alan 3, and Eudo 

 son of Clama Hoc took thereof 8, whom now 

 f. III. 



Ralf de Bellafago has. And those 20 have i 

 ploughland, and I of them has 3 bordars. 

 Then as now there were 2 ploughs and 8 acres 

 of meadow. The whole was worth then 7 

 pounds and a half blanch, with a customary due 

 [cum consuetudine) of 30 shillings, and 3 quarts 

 (sextarios) of honey ; now (it is worth) 1 2 pounds 

 by weight and 30 shillings for fine [de gersuma), 

 and 3 quarts of honey with the same customary 

 due ; and it is [habet) half (a league) in length 

 and half (a league) in breadth ; and (pays) 13 

 pence and I halfpenny for geld. 



HuNDRET AND A HaLF OF MiTTEFORT 



[Midford] 



In Flocthore [Flockthorp ^] (there are) 40 

 acres of land and 3 bordars and I acre of meadow, 

 and it is in the valuation of Hinham [Hingham]. 

 In Flocthore (are) 30 acres of land, I freeman, 

 and \\ acres of meadow. Then (there were) 

 half a plough and 2 bordars. 



In RisiNGA [Rising, (Wood)] and in Ocselea 

 [ ] (there are) 3 bordars (and) 1 2 acres 



of land and it is in the valuation of Haincham 

 [Hingham]. 



HuNDRET OF GaLGOU [GaLLOW] 



In Fachenham [Fakenham] Harold held 

 T.R.E. 2 ploughlands. Then as now (there 

 were) 5 villeins and 20 bordars and 4 serfs. 

 Then as now (there were) on the demesne 



1 i.e. to submit it to trial by ordeal. 

 ' In Hardingham. 



2 ploughs, and 4 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 12 swine, 5 acres of 

 meadow, 3 mills (and) half a salt pan. Then as 

 now (there were) 3 rounceys and 20 swine and 

 200 sheep. To this manor belongs I outlying 

 estate (called) Alatorp [Alethorpe] consisting 

 of [de) I ploughland ; then as now (there were) 



3 bordars and i serf and on the demesne 

 I plough, and 2 oxen belonging to the men 

 (and) 2 acres of meadow : and another outlying 

 estate (called) Torpaland [Thorpland] consist- 

 ing of [de) I ploughland and i plough and i serf. 

 There is also [adhuc) i outlying estate of 2 plough- 

 lands in Kreic [Creake, (South)']. Then as 

 now (there were) 10 villeins. Then 11 bordars, 

 now 4. Then as now on the demesne i plough. 

 Then 3 ploughs belonging to the men, now i, 

 (and) half an acre of meadow. Then as now 



1 rouncey and 30 swine and 80 sheep and 



4 sokemen with 6 acres and i plough. And 

 (there is) another outlying estate (called) Stanhou 

 [Stanhoe] of I ploughland. Then as now (there 

 were) 3 villeins. Then i plough on the demesne, 

 now 2 oxen. In Estanbyrda [Stibbard] 3 free- 

 men and in Barfham [Barsham, (PEast)] i (free- 

 man) and in Snaringa [Snoring, (Little)] 3 free- 

 men and among these men 3 acres of land. Then 

 as now I plough. All this was worth T.R.E. 



f. Ilib. 



8 pounds, now 43 (pounds). Fagenham [Faken- 

 ham] is {habei) 7 furlongs in length and half (a 

 league ?) in width and (pays) 12 pence in 

 geld ; and Stabyrda [Stibbard] is 3 furlongs in 

 length and 2 in breadth and (pays) 12 pence in 

 geld. There is also (adhuc) i outlying estate (in) 

 Katestuna [Caston] of I ploughland. Then as 

 now (there were) 3 bordars and I plough (and) 



2 acres of meadow and 8 sheep. It has been 

 valued [appretiata est) above. In Nortuna 

 [Norton, (Pudding)] (is) a church (and) 8 acres 

 and (it is worth) 6 pence. 



HuNDRET OF BrODERCROS [BrOTHERCROSs] 



In Dontuna [Dunton] there is i outlying 

 estate of i ploughland ; then 6 bordars, now 4. 

 Then 2 serfs. Then as now i plough on the 

 demesne. Then (there was) I plough belonging 

 to the men, now half (a plough) (and) 4 acres 

 of meadow (and) I mill. Then as now 

 I rouncey and 60 sheep and 16 sokemen with 

 {de) I ploughland. Then as now 5 bordars. 

 Then 8 ploughs, afterwards 3, now I. It was 

 valued with Facenham [Fakenham] and is 

 I league in length and half (a league) in breadth 

 and (pays) 13 pence in geld. 



In Nortuna [Norton, (Pudding)] i outlying 

 estate belongs to {jacet ad) Facenham [Faken- 

 ham] (of) half a ploughland. Then as now (there 

 was) I bordarand half a plough (and) half an acre 



' The whole of North Creake appears to have been 

 in Roger Bigot's fee ; Feud. Aids, iii, 405. 



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