A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



was worth lO pounds, now 13 pounds and 8 

 shillings. And Hidolvestuna [Hindolveston] is 

 I league in length and I in breadth, and pays 8 

 pence and a halfpenny for geld. 



Helmincham [Helniingham] ' was held by 

 Ailmar the bishop T.R.E. for a manor, and for 



3 ploughlands ; now Gonfrid the archdeacon 

 (holds it) of the bishop. Then 8 villeins, now 4. 

 Then as now 9 bordars. Then I serf, now 

 none ; then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 then as now i^ ploughs belonging to the men ; 

 and 8 acres of meadow and i mill ; now 1 1 

 swine and 19 sheep. Two churches with 10 

 acres, and they are worth 8 pence. And 13 

 sokemen are held by the same with 40 acres of 

 land. Then as now 5 ploughs and 2 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now it was worth 4 pounds. 



In CoRPSTY [Corpusty] 30 acres of land were 

 held by Ailmar the bishop T.R.E. ; then as now 

 half a plough and I acre of meadow ; woodland 

 for 4 swine ; and it is worth 2 shillings. The 

 soke is in Caustuna [Cawston]. 



HUNDRET OF ToNSTEDA [TuNSTEAd] 



In SuAFFELDA [Swafield] Gonfrid holds I 

 sokeman, 24 acres of land, and 2 bordars and a 

 half, and a plough, and it is worth 5 shillings and 



4 pence. There too [In eadem) 28 acres (belong) 

 to the church ; then as now I bordar, and 2 

 acres of meadow, and it is worth 2 shillings 

 And the whole is l league in length and 4 

 furlongs and I perch in breadth, whoever may hold 

 there, and (pays) 18 pence for geld. 



HuNDRET OF DePWADE 



Stratuna [Stratton] is held by Walter the 

 deacon (as) 2 ploughlands (and) 30 acres, which 

 A[ilmar] the bishop held T.R.E. Then as now 

 7 villeins, and 6 bordars and a half. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, now I. Then 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, now i, 6 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 6 swine, and then as now I 

 mill and I beast and 1 1 swine. And 26 sokemen 

 are held by Ranulf and Walter the deacon : the 

 king and earl (have) half the soke ; and they 

 have 83 acres, then as now 2 ploughs. Then 

 as now it was worth 4 pounds and 2 shillings. 

 A certain man of Earl Alan's claims half one of 

 these (sokemen), and he says that R[alf] held 

 him after he had made forfeiture. Upon this he 

 offers the ordeal. 



THE FIEF OF THE SAME BISHOP 



f. 193b. 



Smeteduna [Smethden] Hundret 



Secesforda [Sedgeford] was held by Guert 

 T.R.E. In demesne 3 plough(lands) and 1 5 acres. 

 Then 15 villeins, afterwards and now 5. Then 

 as now 39 bordars and 5 serfs, 8 acres of meadow. 



' In Morton-on-the-Hill. 



Then as now 5 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 wood(land) for 60 swine, 4 mills. Then as now 

 I rouncey and 45 swine and 300 sheep. To this 

 manor belongs an outlying estate {jacet una heruita) 

 called Frenga [Fring]. Then as now I plough 

 on the demesne, and 7 villeins and 2 sokemen 

 holding i\ ploughlands, and of (the holding of) 

 I sokeman Bishop Aylmer [Agclmarus] made an 

 outlying estate {fecit heruitam) and (he has) 7 

 bordars. And the other sokeman has 4 bordars, 

 and I freeman (had) i plough on the demesne, 

 of this also he made an outlying estate ; then 

 as now (there were) 6 bordars and 2 serfs. And 

 another freeman (had) then as now i plough on 

 the demesne, and of this he made an outlying 

 estate ; then as now (there were) 4 bordars and 2 

 serfs. And (there are) 2 freemen (holding) 2 

 ploughlands, of this also (he made) an outlying es- 

 tate ; (there are) 2 ploughs on the demesne and 5 

 bordars and 2 serfs and 2 acres of meadow ; and 

 T.R.E. (there was) i mill. This Anant the 

 predecessor of Peter de Valognes [Faloniis) took 

 away. All this T.R.E. was worth 16 pounds, 

 afterwards and now 24 pounds. 



There also [In eadem) Ingulf holds I ploughland 

 which Guert held T.R.E. : then as now I plough 

 on the demesne, and it is worth i o shillings. The 

 whole is I league in length and i league in breadth, 

 and renders 4 shillings in 20 shillings geld. 



To this manor belonged [hie jacent) then as now 

 8 freemen by soke and commendation [soca et 

 commendatione) only [tantum), 4 ploughlands. 

 Then as now 5 villeins, 4 acres of meadow. 

 Then 4 ploughs, now 3. It was worth then 40 

 shillings, now 80. The whole is I league in 

 length and a half in breadth, and renders 1 7^ 

 pence in 20 shillings geld. 



f. 194. 



Scerpham [Shropham] Hundret 



In EccLES [Eccles] Earl Ralf held T.R.E. 4 

 ploughlands ; afterwards Earl Ralf his son held 

 them. Afterwards [Postea) Bishop Aylmer [Ail- 

 marus) held of both [de utroque). Afterwards 

 [Postea) Bishop Herefast [Arf). Now Bishop 

 William holds them. Then as now 12 villeins 

 and II bordars. Then 5 serfs, now 2. (There 

 are) 20 acres of meadow, wood(land) for loo 

 swine. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 5 ploughs belonging to the men, now 4. 

 Then as now I mill. Now 3 beasts [animalia), 

 and 7 swine, 180 sheep. It was then worth 100 

 shillings, now 60. The whole is I league in 

 length and 4 furlongs (yr') in breadth, and (renders) 

 7 pence geld. Bishop A[ylmer] had this land in 

 the time of both (the elder and younger Ralf) [in 

 tempore utrorumque) and the hundret does not 

 know by what title [quomodo). And it never was 

 (land) of the bishopric, as the hundret witnesses 

 [teste hundreto). 



Hundret of Holt 



In Langaham [Langham] Guert held 4 

 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 



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