HOLDERS OF LANDS 



now 7 bordars. Then as now 4 serfs. Then 



4 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 3 oxen, 

 now 2 ploughs. Then 5 ploughs belonging to 

 the men, and afterwards 4 ; now 3 : and then 

 as now 6 freemen dwelt there. They are 

 reckoned above. Then as now 2 mills. Wood- 

 land for 20 swine, (and) 8 acres of meadow ; and 

 G[odric] found 60 sheep. And it pays 14 pence 

 in geld, and is [habet) i league in length and 

 another in breadth. Then it was worth 6 pounds 

 and afterwards 4 : now 100 shillings. 



Holm [Holme (Hale)] was held by Godric, 

 now by the king. Then (there was) half 

 a ploughland. Then (there were) 5 bordars, 

 now 4. Then i plough, now half (a plough). 

 Woodland for 20 swine. Then as now 2 parts 

 of a mill ; 2 acres of meadow. Then it was 

 worth 10 shillings ; now 15 shillings. And in 

 PiCHENHAM [Pickenham] I free man held 

 60 acres T.R.E. and after the king came into 

 that country [hta patriaY Earl Ralf gave it to the 

 reeve of the hundret {propoiito hundret). And 

 from {per) the king's sheriffs he still holds that 

 land ; ^ and it is worth 1 6 pence. And in the 

 same vill a certain freeman holds 12 acres and 

 another freeman holds 3 acres of the king's soke. 

 They have been valued above. In Acra [Acre, 

 (South)] villeins (have) half a ploughland and 



1 plough, and it is in the valuation {in cemu) of 

 the hundret. 



Hundret of Gildecros [Guiltcross] 



In Gnateshala [Knettishall (All Saints)'] i 

 freeman with {de) 30 acres of land, and it belongs 

 f. 110b. 

 {jacet) to Kenmohala'* [Kenninghall], and 



2 villeins, and i acre of meadow ; then as now 

 half a mill and half a plough and 24 acres of 

 land. The whole is in the valuation of Chenin- 

 chala [Kenninghall]. 



Hundret of Lawendic [Launditch] 



HoRNiNGHETOFT [Homingtoft] was held by 

 Alvric a freeman T.R.E. for 3 ploughlands. 

 Then (there were) 7 villeins, afterwards and now 



5 ; then as now 3 bordars and 2 serfs and 4 acres 

 of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 afterwards and now I plough and a half, and a 

 half could be restored. Then i plough belong- 

 ing to the men, afterwards and now half (a 

 plough), and a half could be restored ; wood(land) 

 for 300 swine, and half a fishery ; then as now 

 I beast and 20 swine and 160 sheep and 20 goats. 

 And (there are) 9 sokemen and 2 bordars (with) 

 I ploughland and half an acre of meadow ; 



' Compare f. 210 (Broc). 

 ' For instances of reveland see Ellis i, 1 88. 

 ^ Knettishall is just across the Little Ouse in Suffolk. 

 ' Sic : but probably this is an error in the facsimile 

 for Keninchala [Kenninghall]. 



wood(land) for 40 swine : then 2 ploughs, after- 

 wards and now i, and another could be restored. 

 Of these 9 sokemen Stigand had the soke T.R.E. 

 but Ralf seized it {invaut earn) and therefore 

 Godric has it. 



And Chiptena 

 Alvric and Alfer as 

 2 bordars and 3 



[Kipton ^] was held by 

 3 ploughlands ; then as now 

 acres of meadow. Then 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 

 none, but 4 could be employed {restaurari). And 

 9 sokemen (with) half a ploughland and I acre 

 of meadow (and) then as now I plough. The 

 whole was then worth 4 pounds, afterwards 

 6 pounds, now 7 (pounds) by tale. Of these 

 9 sokemen Stigand had the soke T.R.E. and 

 Ralf before he made forfeit seized it and held it, 

 therefore Godric holds it. All Hornincgitoft 

 [Horningtoft] is 8 furlongs in length and 5 in 

 breadth and (pays) 4 pence for geld. 



RuHHAM [Rougham], i ploughland and a half, 

 was heM by Aluin a freeman T.R.E. : then 

 (there were) 7 villeins, afterwards and now 3 : 

 then as now 3 solidates.* Then 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne, afterwards and now none, and 

 4 could be employed {restaurari). Then I plough 

 belonging to the men ; afterwards and now none, 

 but it could be restored : then as now 12 swine 

 and 30 sheep. Here belong now as then {semper) 

 14 sokemen, (with) i J ploughlands, and 2 villeins 



f. 131. 



and 4 bordars. Then 2 J ploughs; afterwards and 

 now 2, and the half could be restored. The 

 whole belonged to Stigand's soke and to his 

 manors {et de suis mansihus) T.R.E. ; afterwards 

 Ralf had the whole, now Godric has it. Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings, now 

 60 ; and it is {habet) 7 furlongs in length and 

 6 in width, and (pays) 20 pence for geld. 



In Wesenham [Weasenham] (are) 4 free- 

 men, I ploughland, and I acre of meadow : 

 then as now 2 bordars and 2 ploughs. Stigand 

 (had) the soke T.R.E. now W. de Noiers in 

 Meleham [Mileham]. This is in the valua- 

 tion of Esparlea [Sporle]. In Mulcham [Mile- 

 ham] and in Britringa [Bittering] is i plough- 

 land and 12 acres which Aluin a freeman held ; 

 now a certain widow holds it : then (there were) 

 2 ploughs, now none. And I sokeman (with) 

 24 acres of land. Then as now half a plough, 

 and 3 sokemen (with) 15 acres and half a plough 

 T.R.E. All this was then worth 20 shillings. 

 Now (she) pays nothing, because she has nothing 

 {nichil habet) and yet {tunc ') Godric pays the 

 tax {censum) for it. 



' In Weasenham St. Peter. See Blomefield, ix, 525. 

 ' 3 soF = solidatas ? Sir H. Ellis seems to make a 



soMata = a mansura (Ellis i, 96). 

 ably (as usual) a mistake for ' 

 wrongly extended by the scribe. 



' tc, possibly in error for tn = tamcn. 



The word is prob- 

 serfe ' : the s being 



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