A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



and Robert de Curcun holds (it). There, too, 

 {In eadem) are 3 freemen, I whole, 2 halves (j/V) 

 belonging to Stigand by commendation (with) 

 46 acres of land ; and under them I bordar and 

 3 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough. 

 Then and always it was worth 5 shillings. It is 

 half a league in length and half in breadth ; and 

 for geld (pays) 20 pence whoever may hold 

 there; I church (with) 10 acres; it is worth 

 12 pence. Robert de Curcun holds it. In Fram- 

 INGAHAM [Framingham (Earl)] i freeman belong- 

 ing to Edwin by commendation, and afterwards 

 to Godric Dapifer his successor, under Earl 

 R[alf] ; when Earl R[alf] made forfeit Almar 

 the bishop held him, now Roger B[igot]. Tu- 

 rold (holds) 20 acres on which dwell 2 bordars. 

 Then as now half a plough and half an acre of 

 meadow. Then as now it was worth 2 shillings ; 

 I church with 30 acres, it is worth 3 shillings. 



In VVisiNLiNGAHAM [Whitlingham] I free- 

 woman Ulflet held T.R.E. under Stigand the 

 bishop {lie) 1 60 acres of land. Then as now 9 bor- 

 dars ; then I J ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 

 and now l, and half a plough belonging to the 

 men, 8 acres of meadow, and 13 whole sokemen 

 and 3 halves, 43 acres of land and 3 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now i^ ploughs. Then it 

 was worth 20 shillings, afterwards and now 30. 

 It is half a league in length and 4 furlongs in 

 breadth ; and for geld (pays) 7 pence, whoever 

 may hold there ; I church (with) 10 acres, and 

 it is worth 1 2 pence. The whole of this land is 

 of the fee of Bishop Almar, and the same Robert 

 [de Curcun] holds it. 



OF THE EXCHANGE OF THE LAND 



OF ISAAC 

 f. 176. 



FisKELE ^ [Bixley] was held by Genret a free- 

 man under Stigand T.R.E. for \\ ploughlands, 

 and Ranulf son of Walter holds it. Then as 

 now 2 villeins. Then as now 4 bordars. Then 

 and afterwards I plough on the demesne, now 2. 

 Then as now I plough belonging to the men, 

 and 5 acres of meadow. Then as now I horse 

 on the demesne. Then 2 beasts, now 10 swine. 

 And 13 sokemen dwell on the half ploughland 

 aforesaid ; and I freeman with 2 acres of free 

 land. Among them all then as now 4 ploughs. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 20 (shillings), 

 now 50 shillings. It is half a league in length 

 and 4 furlongs in breadth, and for geld (pays) 10 

 pence and a halfpenny ; I church (with) 24 acres 

 is worth 2 shillings. This he received as i^ 

 ploughlands. 



In Framingaham [Framingham (Earl)] Ul- 

 chetel I freeman of Algar the Earl by commen- 

 dation held I ploughland ; now Ulchetel holds 

 it. Then as now 24 bordars. Then as now i 



' Apparently an error for ' Biskele ' ; see below. 



plough on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, and 3 acres of meadow. Then as 

 now 2 horses ; then 2 beasts, now 3. Then 12 

 swine, now 16, and 4 hives of bees. And in 

 the same (vill are) 10 freemen under him, 50 

 acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow. Then as 

 now 2 ploughs. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 20 shillings, now 60 shillings, and it is half 

 a league in length and half in breadth. And for 

 geld (it pays) 13 pence and a halfpenny. 



In Kerkebei [Kirby (Bedon)] (are) 4 freemen 

 of Ulketel's (with) 10 acres of land and half an 

 acre of meadow. Then as now half a plough, 

 and Ulchetel holds (them). 



In HoLVESTUNA [Holverstone] 3 freemen of 

 the same (Ulketel), (with) 10 acres of land. Then 

 as now they ploughed with 2 oxen. In Ailver- 

 TUNA [Yelverton] 3 freemen of the same 

 with 20 acres of land. Then as now half a 

 plough ; I church (with) 20 acres, it is worth 

 20 pence. And the same (Ulchetel) holds it. 

 In PoRRiNKELANDA [Poringland, (Great)] ^ 7 

 whole freemen of the same (with) 30 acres. 

 Then as now half a plough ; I church, 12 acres, 

 it is worth 12 pence. The same (holds it). In 

 ScoTTEssAM [Shotesham] 3 freemen belonging to 

 the same (with) 16 acres of land, \\ acres of 

 meadow. Then as now they ploughed with 2 

 oxen. The same (holds it). 



In Stokes [Stoke (Holy Cross)] i freeman 

 belonging to the same, (he is) a half (freeman), 

 (with) 24 acres of land. Then as now half a 

 plough. The same (holds it). In Sutherli.vga- 

 HAM [Surlingham] 2 freemen belonging to the 

 same, 12 acres of land. Then as now they 

 plough with 2 oxen. The same (holds it). In 

 RoKELUNDA [Rockland (St. Mary)] i freeman of 

 Ulketel's with 6 acres of land. All these have 

 been appraised in Framingaham [Framingham 

 (Earl)]. The same holds them. 



In BisKELE [Bixley] i freeman of Ulketel's 

 in commendation and half a freeman under him 

 with 17 acres of land, and I villein and I bordar 

 and I acre of meadow. Then as now half a 

 plough. Then it was worth 30 pence, now 

 4 shillings. The same holds it. This land 

 Godric Dapifer claims by his man, Ralf to wit, 

 by ordeal {judicium) or battle, that he held it as of 

 f. 176b. 



{ad) the fee of Earl [Ralf], and the hundret tes- 

 tifies (that it is) of the fee of [Roger] Bigot. But 

 Godric reclaims this with the moiety which is 

 (mentioned) in the king's return {breve). ' This 

 Godric received for half a ploughland. 



' The Bigot manor was Great Poringland. Feud. 

 Aids, iii, 429, 499. 



' Cl'. f. 227^, where this entry seems to be referred 

 to, as also f. 1 243. 



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