A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



[Beeston (St. Andrew)] is half a league in length 

 and 5 furlongs in breadth, and pays lO pence to 



the king's geld 



HUNDRET OF ErPINCHAM SuD 



[South Erpingham] 



Elesham [Aylsham] was held by Guert 

 TRE as 1 6 ploughlands. Then 20 villems, 

 afterwards and now" 1 1. Then and afterwards 

 88 bordars, now 65. Then and afterwards 

 2 serfs, now 3. Then 6 ploughs on the 

 demesne, afterwards and now i, and 6 can be 

 used [fieri); 12 acres of meadow. 1 hen 

 wood(land) for 400 swine, afterwards and now 

 •^00 Then as now 2 mills ; then as now 

 7 swine and 6 sheep and 7 goats. Then and 

 afterwards 60 sokemen, now 46, and they have 

 i\ ploughlandsand 14 bordars. Then 30 ploughs, 

 afterwards and now 24, and 9 acres of meadow, 

 wood(land) for 12 swine ; then as now 2 mills 

 and 6 ploughs. 



To this^ manor belongs i outlymg estate, 

 SciPEDANA [Shipdham], I ploughland, and then as 

 now 4 villeins. Then 4 bordars, afterwards and 

 now 2 ; then as now i plough on the demesne 

 and I plough belonging to the men, and half an 

 acre of meadow ; wood(land) for 8 swme. 



And Brundala [Brundall] belongs [jacet) to 

 this manor, 30 acres of land. Then i plough and 

 2 acres of meadow. Then it (i.e. Aylshani) was 

 worth 12 pounds, afterwards 25 pounds blanch, 

 now 29 pounds blanch and 20 shillings for a fine 

 Ue gerwnma) ; and it is 2 leagues m length and 

 2 in breadth, and (pays) 20 pence for geld. 

 Here (is) i freeman (with) 5 acres and he is 

 f. 132b. 



worth 16 pence. This Humfry, nephew of 

 Ranulf brother of Ilger, held, but the hundred 

 awarded {deratlonavit) it to the king, and there- 

 upon (he) gave security [ex hoc dedit vadem), and 

 yet his predecessor held it. 



Saxthorp [Saxthorpe] was held by Godwin 

 T.R.E. (for) 2 ploughlands ; then as now 

 10 villeins and 10 bordars and 2 serfs ; then as 

 now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and 

 afterwards 3 ploughs belonging to the men, now 

 2 and 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 

 60 swine. Then i mill, afterwards and now 2 ; 

 then as now 4 rounceys and 20 beasts and 

 50 swine and 50 goats; and 15* sokemen 

 40 acres of land and 3 ploughs, and 2 acres of 

 meadow, wood(land) for 12 swine : and I free- 

 man, 30 acres of land, then as now i plough, 

 woodland for 4 swine, and i acre of meadow 

 And I outlying estate, Matelasc [Matlask] (of) 

 li ploughlands; then as now 7 villeins, and 

 r plough on the demesne and i plough 

 belonging to the men, wood(land) for 20 swine, 

 and "15 ^sokemen with i^ ploughlands, and 

 2 acres of meadow, wood(land) for 20 swine ; 



then as now 4 ploughs. Then it was worth 

 4 pounds, afterwards 6, now 10 pounds blanch, 

 and 20 shillings of f^ne {de gersumma). And it 

 is I league in fen^th and another in breadth, and 

 (pays) 12 pence for geld. And Matelasc [Mat- 

 lask] is 3 furlongs in length and 2 in breadth, 

 and (pays) 3 pence for geld. 



Manictuna [Mannington] was held by God- 

 win T.R.E. (as) 2 ploughlands ; then 6 villeins, 

 afterwards 5, now 4 ; then as now 10 bordars ; 

 then 2 serfs, afterwards and now i. Then 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now i. 

 Then 3 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards 

 and now 2, and 2 acre's of meadow. Then wood- 

 (land) for 60 swine, afterwards and now 30 ; 

 then as now 2 mills, and 2 rounceys, and 

 14 swine and 8 sheep and 40 goats ; and 5 soke- 

 men (with) 24 acres of land, then as now 

 I plough, wood(land) for 4 swine. Then it was 

 worth 60 shillings, afterwards 80, now 100 blanch 

 and 16 pence, and 20 shillings of fine {de ger- 

 summa), and it is i league in length and 4 fur- 

 longs in breadth and (pays) 3 pence and 3 farthings 

 for geld. 



In Belaga [Belaush] (are) 2 sokemen belong- 

 ing to St. Benet [of Holm] (with) 34 acres ot 

 land, and in Berneswrde [? Barningham, (Little)] 



1 sokeman belonging to the same (with) 16 acres ; 

 then as now 3" bordars and i^ ploughs and 

 3 acres of meadow. These sokemen Ralf held 

 when he made forfeiture. Now Godric (holds 

 them) as part of {ad) the king's fee ; and it is 

 in the valuation of iElsaham [Aylsham]. In 

 ScoTOHOU [Scottow] I sokeman belonging to 

 St. Benet (with) 43 acres (of land) ; then as now 



2 bordars. He is held in the same way {eodem 

 modo de isto) as the others. 



In Crachefort [' Crakeford ' ^] i freeman of 

 Guert's, I ploughland ; then as now 3 bordars ; 

 then 1 1 ploughs, now I, and 2 acres of meadow, 

 now I mill"; and this is in the valuation of 

 Ailesham [Aylsham], and is 4^ furlongs in 

 length and 4 furlongs in breadth, and (pays) 

 4 pence for geld. 



In Utrincham [Itteringham] i freeman of 

 Guert's, I ploughland ; then as now 5 bordars and 

 2 ploughs and" I acre of meadow ; wood(land) 

 for 5 swine : (it is) in the same valuation and tlie 

 whole is I league in length and half (a league) in 

 breadth and (pays) 5 pence and a halfpenny for 

 geld. In Hevincham [Hevingham] (is) I free- 

 man, a priest, (with) 40 acres of land in almoign, 

 and he sings 3 masses every week;, then as 

 now I plough and I acre of meadow, wood(land) 

 for 10 swine; and he is worth 5 shillings and 

 4 pence. And I sokeman (with) 8 acres, and he 



' Including Tuttington with parts of Banningham 

 and Aylsham. See Blomefield, vi, 826, 349. 



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