A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



6 acres of meadow. Then i plough, afterwards 

 and now half (a plough). Then and afterwards 

 (they were worth) 4 shillings, now 6 shillings 

 and 8 pence, and they are in the rent {in censu) 

 ofOrmesbei [Ormesby]. 



In Clepesbei [Clippesby] (was) i freeman of 

 Gert's commendation T.R.E. with 20 acres of 

 land and 4 acres of meadow, and 3 freemen 

 under him (with) 17 acres of land and 3 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now (there was) 1 plough. 

 Then as now it was worth 2 shillings and 6 

 pence, (and it is) in the rent of Ormesbei 

 [Ormesby]. 



In Clepesbei [Clippesby] (is) i freeman of 

 the king's with 20 acres of land. Then as now 

 (there was) half a plough and 3 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now it was worth 2 shillings. 



In WiNTRETUNA [Winterton] (there is) i free- 

 man with 7 acres of land and 5 bordars. Then 

 as now half a plough. Then as now it was 

 worth 8 pence. And it is in the valuation {in 

 f. 114. 

 pretio) of Orbeslei [Ormesby]. 



HUNDRET OF HeiNSTEDE [HeNSTEAd] 



In Framingaham [Framingham] and in 

 Treussa [Trowse] two burgesses of Norwich 

 hold 12 acres of land. Then as now it was 

 worth 2 shillings. 



Hundret of the Half Hundret {^Hundret 

 Dim' H.) of Dice [Diss] 



Watlingeseta [Watlingsete i] was held by 

 King Edward for a manor (and as) 5 ploughlands. 

 Then (there were) 20 villeins, afterwards and 

 now 24. Then as now 25 bordars. Then as 

 now 19 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 

 wood(land) for 20 swine, now none, and 9 acres 

 of meadow, and I freeman with 20 acres of land 

 and I bordar under him. Then as now I plough 

 and 3 acres of meadow. 



In BoRSTUNA [Burston] there are 6 sokemen 

 with 40 acres of land, and then as now i bordar. 

 Then ij ploughs, afterwards and now I, and 

 2 acres of meadow. It is I league in length 

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

 geld 7 pence. This belongs to {appendet ad) 

 Dice [Diss] in Sutfulc [Suffolk] and is there 

 valued {appreciatur). (As is also) all the soke 

 and sac of this half hundret, except the land of 

 St. Edmund's — and of that the saint {Sunctus, i.e. 

 S. Edmundus) (holds) half and the king the other 

 moiety — except the land of Ulfiet — and except 

 the land of Stigand, and of all other (lands) the 

 soke was in the hundret T.R.E. 



Hundret of Ensford [Eynsford] 



FoLSHAM [Foulsham] was held by King Edward 

 as 12 ploughlands and 3 acres. Then 30 villeins, 

 afterwards and now 33. Then and afterwards 

 38 bordars, now 44, and 40 acres of meadow. 

 Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 now 3. Then and afterwards 1 8 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, now 20. Wood(land) for 

 400 swine ; then and afterwards I mill, now 2 ; 

 I church (with) 16 acres. When (King William) 

 took it over {quando recepit) (there was) I rouncey 

 and now 2 ; then 3 beasts, now 12 ; then 47 swine, 

 now 50, and now 60 sheep ; then as now 50 goats. 

 T.R.E. (there were) 30 sokemen, now 24 (and) 

 1 acre " of land and I o acres {iic) ; then as now 

 5 ploughs and 5 J acres of meadow. And 6 of 

 these (sokemen) Walter Gifard now holds. Then 

 f. 114b. 



it was worth 13 pounds by tale and 13 quarts 

 {sextarios) of honey with the custom : and (it is 

 worth) 23 pounds by weight now and 1 1 pounds 

 and 10 shillings blanch for the honey, and is 

 I league in length and I in breadth, and pays 

 8 pence and a halfpenny to the king's geld {in gelto 

 regis). (There is) I church (and) 22 acres. To 

 this manor were annexed {adjuncti sunt) 2 freemen 

 by Ralf Talibosc [Taillebois] in King William's 

 time; this the hundret witnesses; 14 acres of 

 land ; then as now half a plough, and I acre of 

 meadow. Then as now it was worth 4 shillings. 



In WiTEWELLA [Whitwell] I outlying estate 

 which belongs to Caustona [Cawston] was held 

 by Harold T.R.E. i ploughland, then 10 bordars, 

 now 7 ; then as now i plough on the demesne ; 

 then I plough belonging to the men, now none. 

 Wood(land) for 20 swine and 5 acres of meadow. 

 And it is in the valuation {pretio) of Castona 

 [Cawston]. 



In Brantestuna [Brandiston] (there are) 

 4 freemen, 52 acres of land, and li ploughs and 

 7 acres of meadow (and) wood(land) for 6 swine, 

 and they are in the valuation of Caustona 

 [Cawston]. 



Hundret of Taverham [Taverham] 



In Taverham [Taverham] T.R.E. Harold 

 held I ploughland and 2^ acres. (This is) an 

 outlying estate of Cauestuna [Cawston]. Then 

 as now 2 villeins and 4 bordars ; then as now 

 1 plough on the demesne and half a plough 

 belonging to the men (and) 10 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 10 swine; then as now 

 I J mills; then as now 2 rounceys. This is in 

 the valuation of Cauestuna [Cawston]. To this 

 manor used to heXong {jacehant)T.^.Y.. 13 soke- 

 men (with) 2 ploughlands and 21 acres; these 

 Walter Gifart holds. 



1 In Diss ; Blomcjield, i, 2. 



' Probably for ' I ploughland.' 



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