A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, then as 

 now I rouncey and 13 beasts and 24 swine 

 and 30 sheep and 50 goats. To this manor, 

 now as then belongs I outlying estate, Licham 

 [Litcham], (of) 4 ploughlands ; then as now 

 9 villeins and 1 1 bordars and 5 serfs and 4 acres 

 of meadow ; then as now 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then and afterwards 9 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, now 5, and the other 

 could be restored ; and 2 sokemen, 4^ acres of 

 land ; then as now i rouncey and I beast and 

 16 swine and 104 sheep and 20 goats. There 

 belongs {jacet) also another outlying estate, 

 DuMHAM [Dunham, (Great)], (of) 4 plough- 

 lands. Then 19 villeins, afterwards and now 10, 

 then as now 8 bordars, then and afterwards 

 2 serfs, now none ; wood(land) for 20 swine, 

 and I acre of meadow. And 8 sokemen (with) 

 34 acres of land and i bordar and i acre of 

 meadow; then I i ploughs, afterwards and now I. 

 On the demesne then as now I plough, and a 

 half could be restored ; and then i\ ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, afterwards I, now a half, 

 and I could be restored ; then as now 2 beasts 

 and 8 swine and 6 sheep. On this outlying 

 estate then as now half a market. And in Ted- 

 fort [Thetford] half an acre of land, and 2 soke- 

 men (with) 40 acres of land, and 2 bordars ; then 

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

 30 pounds, afterwards and now 60 pounds blanch; 

 and it is 3 leagues in length and I in breadth, 

 and (pays) 27 pence for a geld of 20 shillings 

 whosoever may hold the land there. 



In Britringa [Bittering] 7 acres of wood 

 and I acre of land on which are 4 bordars. This 

 Godric reclaims to the fee of Ralf the earl, and 

 a certain woman who held it T.R.E. is willing 

 to undergo the ordeal {ferre judicium) that it is 

 released from pledge. This is held by Siward 

 in pledge. In Kertlinga [Kirtling] 2 sokemen 

 (with) 1 7 acres of land and i acre of meadow ; 

 T.R.E. (there was) half a plough, now nothing ; 

 and this is in the valuation of Mulham [Mile- 

 ham]. 



f. 137b. 



HUNDRET OF FeORHOU [FoREHOE] 



WiMUNDHAM [VVymondham] was held by 

 Stigand T.R.E. (as) 4 ploughlands. Then as 

 now 60 villeins and 50 bordars and 8 serfs ; then 

 as now 4 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 60 ploughs belonging to the men, now 24 ; this 

 derangement [confudonem) Ralf de VVayr caused 

 before he made forfeiture, and they could all be 

 restored. Then wood(land) for 100 swine, now 

 60, and 60 acres of meadow ; then as now 2 mills 

 and I fishery ; then as now 2 rounceys and 

 16 beasts and 50 swine and 24 sheep. To this 

 manor belonged {jacebant) T.R.E. 87 sokemen, 

 now only 18, and they have 30 acres of land 



then as now i plough ; and in addition [adhuc) 

 I sokeman (with) I ploughland ; then as now 

 4 villeins and 10 bordars and i mill, wood(land) 

 for 16 swine and 4 acres of meadow. This manor 

 with all the soke was worth T.R.E. with the 

 soke [sic) 20 pounds, now 60 (pounds) ; and it 

 is 2 leagues in length and I in breadth, and (pays) 

 6 shillings and 8 pence for geld. Of those soke- 

 men who have been removed {ahbati, for ablati) 

 William de VVar[enne] has 55,^ and they have 

 under them 57 bordars ; among them all {inter 

 totum), they have 5 ploughlands and 1 2 acres of 

 meadow, and T.R.E. they had 20 ploughs, now 

 13, and half a mill ; then as now they were 

 worth 10 pounds. And Ralf de Bellafago ^ has 

 10 sokemen (with) 2 ploughlands and 32 bordars ; 

 then as now 7 ploughs and 1 2 acres of meadow 

 and 1 i mills. And Count Alan (has) i sokeman 

 (with) i^ ploughlands, and 13 bordars, and 

 3 ploughs and 9 acres of meadow and I mill, 

 and they are worth 30 shillings. And Roger 

 Bigot (has) 2 sokemen (with) 45 acres of land 

 and 6 bordars and 2 ploughs and 2 acres of 

 meadow ; then wood(land) for 60 swine, now 16; 

 and they are worth 7 shillings and 6 pence. 



Hundret of Blawfelle [Blofield] 



Torp [Thorpe (next Norwich)] was held by 

 Archbishop Stigand T.R.E. (as) 3 ploughlands. 

 Then 24 villeins, afterwards 23, now 22, and 

 f. 138. 



5 bordars then as now ; then and afterwards 2 serfs, 

 now I. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, after- 

 wards and now I . Then as now 4 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men. Wood(land) for 1,200 swine, and 

 40 acres of meadow; then and now 1 rouncey, 

 then as now 2 beasts and 1 3 swine, then as now 

 36 goats. Then as now 26 sokemen with 



2 acres of land ; one has 3 bordars. Then as 

 now 4 J ploughs, and of one of them Earl R[air] 

 had a half with 30 acres of land, and the soke of 

 Stigand ; and when R[alf] made his forfeiture he 

 had the man and the soke, and afterwards 

 R. Blund, in his rental [ad censum); now W[illiam] 

 de Noiers (has it included) in the rent {censum) of 

 Torp [Thorpe]. Then it was worth 12 pounds 

 and I quart of honey and 2,000 herrings, after- 

 wards and now 30 pounds blanch ; and it is 



3 leagues in length and I league and 3 furlongs 

 in breadth, and (pays) for geld 8 pence. And 

 there too {in eadem) (are) 3 sokemen and a half, 

 with soke and sac, of 32 acres of land and 4 acres 

 of meadow. Then as now among the men 

 I plough ; now Godwin Halden ^ holds them by 

 gift of Earl R[alf], and the hundret testifies it, 

 but they belong to Torp [Thorpe] with the 

 custom. In addition {adhuc) 140 sheep. Then 

 as now they were worth 24 pence. 



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' Cf. fF. 166, 226, but the numbers do not agree. 

 ^ This does not appear in his fees, cf. f. 271. 



