A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



all I plough and 2 acres of meadow. There too 

 13 half freemen belonging to the same (with) 

 50 acres. Then as now i plough and i acre of 

 meadow. In Asebi [Ashby] 10 freemen belong- 

 ing to the same with 30 acres ; then as now 

 I plough and 2 acres of meadow. There too 

 7 half "freemen with 27 acres. Then as now 

 I plough. The same (holds them). In Halga- 

 TONA [Hillington] half a freeman with 8 acres. 

 Then as now (he ploughed) with 2 oxen. In 

 Carletuna [Carleton (St. Peter)] i freeman of the 

 same (man's) (with) 5 acres. Then as now I horse 

 at {in) the hall, and 3 beasts, and 90 sheep, and 

 14 swine. This Roger Bigot holds of the king's 

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liver}'. The whole of this then as now was 

 worth 60 shillings. Clakestona [Claxton] 

 is 6 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and 

 for geld (pays) 9 pence and a halfpenny. But 

 more (men) hold there. In Mundaham [Mund- 

 ham] 1 freeman in commendation of Alwi of 

 Thetford (with) 30 acres of land which Turold 

 holds, but he could neither give nor sell it with- 

 out licence. Then as now I villein and I bordar. 

 Then i plough, now half ; and under him 2 free- 

 man and a half with 8 acres and 2 serfs and 

 2 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough 

 among them all. Then it was worth 5 shillings, 

 now 8. 



In AssEBEi [Ashby] i sokeman with 4 acres 

 of land and 2 oxen, and it is worth 6 pence. 

 Robert (de Vals holds it). 



In SiTHiNGA [Seething] I freeman of Alwi's 

 by commendation with 16 acres, and it is worth 

 24 pence, and Turold holds it. 



PiRENHOE [Pirnough ] ^ was held by Algar a 

 freeman under Stigand T.R.E. for half a plough- 

 land. This Godwin holds. Then as now 6 bor- 

 dars. Then half a plough on the demesne, and 

 now 2, and half a plough belonging to the men ; 

 now I mill, now 2 horses at {in) the hall, and 

 5 beasts ; now 60 sheep. And I sokeman with 

 4 acres. Then it was worth 10 shillings, now 

 20. It is 8 furlongs in length and 3 in breadth, 

 and (pays) 8 pence for geld, whoever may hold 

 there. The soke is in Hersam [Earsham]. 



In ToRTUNA [Thurton] Almar, a freeman 

 under Stigand T.R.E., held for 30 acres. This 

 Robert de Vals holds. Then as now 2 bordars. 

 Then as now i plough on the demesne and 4 

 acres of meadow and 17 freemen and a half of 

 Almar's by commendation, with 80 acres. Then 

 and afterwards 2 ploughs, now 1^. There, too 

 {In eadem), half a freeman with 15 acres. Then 

 as now half a plough, I acre of meadow. In 

 AsEBEi [Ashby] 2 freemen of the same (Almar) 

 (with) 9 acres. Then as now they ploughed with 

 2 oxen. The same (holds it). In Karlentona 



' In Ditchingham, but now lost. 



[Carlton (St. Peter)] 2 freemen with 5 acres of 

 land. In Mundaham [Mundham] 9 acres in 

 demesne. And 5 freemen of the same with 19 

 acres. Then as now half a plough. The same 

 (holds it). 



In Appletona [Alpington '] 30 acres of land 

 in demesne, and I bordar. The whole then as 

 now was worth 30 shillings. The soke is in 

 the hundret. Tortuna [Thurton] is 10 furlongs 

 in length and 5 in breadth, and for geld (pays) 

 7 pence and a halfpenny. In Sithinga [Seething] 

 I freeman of Ulketel's with 6 acres, and it is 

 worth 6 pence. 



Asebei [Ashby] is 9 furlongs in length and 5 

 in breadth and (pays) for geld 9 pence. 



Hundret of Grenehou [Greenhoe, (South)] 



Nereburgh [Narburgh] was held by JEl-w'i 

 T.R.E. , now R[oger] (holds) 6 ploughlands 

 for a manor. Then 33 villeins, and after- 

 wards 28, now the same. Then and always 

 10 bordars. Then 4 serfs, now 3. Then and 

 afterwards on the demesne 3 ploughs, now 2. 

 Then and afterwards among the men 1 1 ploughs, 

 f. 178. 



now 7, 16 acres of meadow, 3 mills. When he 

 received it 2 rounceys, and now. Then as 

 now 13 beasts and 25 swine and 200 sheep and 

 3 hives of bees. And it is in length i mile, and 

 10 furlongs in breadth ; and when this (hundret) 

 paj's 20 shillings, then it pays 12 pence. Then 

 it was worth 8 pounds, and (so) always. 



Hundret of Scerepham [Shropham] 



Hocham [Hockham] was held by Edric a 



thegn T.R.E. (as) 5 ploughlands. Then and 



afterwards 1 3 villeins, now 7. When he received 



it 1 1 bordars, and now the same {similiter). 



Then and afterwards 7 shillings, now 3 ; 37 



acres of meadow, wood(land) for 100 swine. 



Then and afterwards 3 ploughs on the demesne, 



now 2 ; then 3 ploughs belonging to the men, 



afterwards and now 2, and 2 ploughs could be 



restored ; and 4 sokemen (with) 3^- acres. Then 



220 unbroken {sihatice) mares,^ now none ; then 



5 rounceys, now 2. Then 12 beasts, now 2 ; 



then 12 swine, now 8. Then as now 220 sheep; 



now 2 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it 



was worth 4 pounds, and now the same. The 



whole is li leagues in length, and half a league 



in breadth, whoever may hold there, and (pays) 



1 5 pence for geld. In Parvo Hocham [Little 



Hockham] Ailwin held half a ploughland ; then 



as now 3 villeins and 3 bordars and 2 serfs, 



and 3 acres of meadow ; then as now i plough 



' Or possibly (Burgh) Apton, which adjoins Thurton, 

 but is in the hundred of Clavering. 



' This large number of mares is improbable, and 

 may be due to confusion with the number of sheep. 



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