A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



of meadow. Then as now i rouncey and i swine 

 and 7 sokemen with {df) 20 acres and I plough ; 

 and it is {hahet) 3 furlongs in length and 2i in 

 breadth and (renders) 6 pence and a halfpenny in 

 geld. 



HUNDRET OF HoLT 



Holt [Holt] was held by King Edward as 

 2 ploughlands. Then as now 24 villeins and 

 24 bordars and 2 serfs (and) then as now on the 

 demesne (was) I plough, (and another) could be 

 employed {posset restaurart). Then as now (tliere 

 were) 1 1 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood- 

 (land) for 60 swine, 6 acres of meadow, 5 mills. 

 Then as now i rouncey, and i market and 



1 port, and 20 swine : now (there are) 90 sheep. 

 There is also I outlying estate (called) Claia 

 [Cley] of 2 ploughlands. Then as now (there 

 were) 24 villeins and 21 bordars. Then 2 serfs, 

 now 4. Then as now on the demesne i plough 

 and another could be employed ; and 12 ploughs 

 belonging to the men (and) I acre of meadow. 

 Then as now 7 swine, now 140 sheep. There 

 is also {adhuc) 1 outlying estate in Esnuterle 

 [Snitterley, (now Blakeney)] of i ploughland. 

 Then as now 7 villeins and I bordar. Then as 

 now I plough belonging to the men. Then it 

 was worth 20 pounds and I night('s provision) of 

 honey [noctem mellis) and I DO shillings of 

 customary due ; now 50 pounds by tale {ad 

 f. 112. 



numerum), and Holt and Claia [Cley] are 

 {habent) 2 leagues in length and 1 in breadth 

 and (pay) 2 shillings 4 (pence) for {in) geld. To 

 this manor belonged T.R.E. 8 freemen with 

 3^ ploughlands : now Walter Gifard holds 

 them by gift {per /iberationem) of the king, 

 as his men say. And besides {adhuc) there be- 

 longed to this manor i freeman (and) 23 acres : 

 now Count Hugh holds them. To this manor 

 belongs {jacet) I outlying estate in Henepsteda 

 [Hempstead] of 30 acres. Then as now 

 5 bordars and i plough and half a plough be- 

 longing to the men. Wood(land) for 6 swine. 

 Then as now 8 swine. Then (it was worth) 

 5 shillings and 4 pence, now 33 shillings and 

 4 pence and it is I league in length and i in 

 breadth and (renders) 7 pence in geld. 



In Bathele [Bale] (is) i freeman with 



2 ploughlands. Then as now 10 bordars. Then 

 2 serfs, now none. Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, now i. Then as now I plough be- 

 longing to the men. Wood(land) for 30 swine, 

 4 acres of meadow and 2 sokemen with {de) 

 20 acres of land and half a plough, (and) i acre 

 of meadow. Then as now it was worth 

 20 shillings and is i league in length and half (a 

 league) in breadth and (renders) 6 pence and 

 a halfpenny in geld. 



In BuRSTUNA [Burston] 5 sokemen belong to 

 Holt with 20 acres of land and i plough. (There 



is) wood(land) for 10 swine and it is worth 



12 shillings ; and [Burston] is I league in length 

 and half (a league) in breadth and (renders) 



13 pence in geld whoever has the holding {ibi 

 ten eat). 



In HuNEWORDA [Hunworth] (there are) 

 3 sokemen with 16 acres and i acre of meadow 

 and I plough : (there is) i mill. Then it was 

 worth 40 pence, now 1 1 shillings, and it is I league 

 and 2 furlongs {quarentene) in length and half (a 

 league) in breadth and (renders) 1 2 pence in geld 

 whoever has the holding. 



In Stodeia [Stody (St. Mary)] (there is) i soke- 

 man with i\ acres and it renders 2 'oras.' 



In Baiafelda [Bayfield, (Glandford with)] 

 there are 9 sokemen with 20 acres and they 

 had 2 ploughlands {terre ij car") (then) and now ; 

 and (there is) the fourth part of i mill, and 

 it is worth 10 shillings and 8 pence and is 

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

 and (renders) 8 pence (in) geld. 



In Glanforda [Glandford] (there are) 3 soke- 

 men with 20 acres and I plough and I acre of 

 meadow and it is worth 4 shillings and is 



f. ii3b. 



8 furlongs in length and 3 in width and (renders) 

 6 pence and a halfpenny in geld. 



In Neutuna [Newton] there are 3 soke- 

 men and a half with 12 acres of land and it is 

 worth 16 pence. 



In GuNESTORP [Gunthorpe] (is) half a plough- 

 land which Alwin held T.R.E. (and) 4 bordars. 

 Wood(land) for 4 swine (and) 1 acre of meadow. 

 Then as now i i ploughs. Then it was worth 

 20 shillings now 40 (shillings). This was added 

 to this manor from the land of Aimer the bishop 

 and it is I league in length and 4 furlongs in 

 breadth and (renders) 6 pence and a halfpenny in 

 geld. The whole of Holt pays 66 pounds by 

 tale {ad numerum). 



In Scarnetuna [Sharrington] lies i outlying 

 estate, and it belongs to Facenham [Fakenham], 

 consisting of (1^^) I ploughland and 9 bordars. 

 Then as now i plough on the demesne. Then 

 I plough belonging to the men. Then 30 sheep, 

 now 60 and 3 sokemen with 6 acres and it is in 

 length 7 furlongs and 6 in breadth and (renders) 

 10 pence for {in) geld. To Holt was joined 

 {additus est) after the death of King Edward I free- 

 man (named) Ketel (belonging) to {in) Merstona 

 [Morston] (a manor of) Gurth {Guert) with 

 30 acres and I bordar and half a plough, and 

 (this) is worth 2 ' eras.' 



Hundret of Holt. 



Gunetorp [Gunthorpe] (consisting of) 

 I ploughland belongs to Caustune [Cawston]. 

 Then there were 1 1 bordars, now 6. Then as 



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