HOLDERS OF LANDS 



31 villeins and 4 bordars and 5 serfs. Then as 

 now 4 ploughs on the demesne and 8 ploughs 

 belonging to the men : 6 acres of meadow, 1 mill. 

 Then as now I rouncey and I beast {animal) 

 and 16 swine and 60 sheep and 17 sokemen 

 with 80 acres of land and 4 ploughs ; 1 2 churches 

 (hold) i6acresand they are worth 16 pence.' It 

 was then wortii 8 pounds, it now renders 20 

 pounds and is i league in length and I league in 

 breadth, and (pays) 2 shillings of geld (in 20 

 shillings). There have been taken from this 

 manor 60 acres ; Peter de Valognes {Valonih) holds 

 them now. 



Erpingeham Nort' [North Erpingham] 



HUNDRET 



In GuNETUNE [Gunton] which Aylmer [Alma- 

 rus) bought T.R.E. for the bishopric [ad episcopa- 

 tum) he held at the day of his death 2 ploughlands, 

 8 villeins, then as now 6 bordars. Then as now 



1 plough in demesne, 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men, 4^ acres of meadow. Then I mill and 

 now I. Then as now i rouncey and I beast and 



2 swine ; and 7 sokemen with half a ploughland 

 and I bordar ; i mill, half an acre of meadow : 

 then as now 2 ploughs. It was then worth 20 

 shillings, now 4 pounds. It is half a league in 

 length and 6 furlongs in breadth, and (renders) 

 6f pence {et tii ferding') geld. Of this {De has) 

 William de Nuers (holds) I ploughland and 

 I plough upon it {super euni), and it is worth 

 12 shillings in the above valuation {in eodem 

 pretio). 



f. ig4b. 



In ScEPEDANE [Shipden ^], an outlying estate 

 {berwita) of Gunetune [Gunton], I ploughland. 

 Then as now 3 villeins, 3 bordars. Then i plough 

 on the demesne, now half (a plough). Then as 

 now I plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) 

 for 6 swine, I acre of meadow. It was then worth 

 10 shillings, now 5 shillings and 4 pence, and it is 

 half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. 

 And (it renders) 6 pence of geld (in 20 shillings). 



HuNDRET OF WaLESSAM [WaLSHAM] 



In Begetuna [Beighton] Bishop Aylmer {Al- 

 marus) held by purchase [emptionem) T.R.E. from 

 Earl Algar, with sac and soke over {de) the bordars 

 and those who owe suit to the fold {sequentihus 

 faldam), 3 ploughlands. Then (there were) 

 40 bordars, now 29. Then as now 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne. Then 55 ploughs belonging to the 

 men, now 5 ; i6 acres of meadow. Now (there 

 is) I rouncey, now 16 swine, now 140 sheep; 

 and 5 sokemen with 32 acres of land, and 9 soke- 

 men with 50 acres of land and 8 acres of land. 

 Then as now l plough. The whole was then 

 worth 6 pounds, now 7 pounds and 13 shillings 

 and 4 pence : and it is half a league in length 

 and half in breadth. And (it renders) 12 pence 



^ Interlined. ^ Now Cromer. 



geld. One church (holding) 7 acres, worth 

 7 pence. 



HuNDRET OF Grenehou [(North) Greenhoe] 

 In Hoccham [Holkham] William de Nocrs 

 iiolds of Bishop William l freeman, whom Bishop 

 Aylmer held T.R.E. with 23 acres of land ; but 

 he could not give or sell his land, and he was in the 

 king's soke. It was then worth 5 shillings, it now 

 renders 22 shillings and 4 pence. And in Hoc- 

 cham [Holkham] (the bishop) holds i sokeman 

 of ID acres of land, and he belongs to {pertinet) 

 Indregeham [Hindringham]. 



HuNDRET OF WaLASSAM [WaLSHAM] 



In Walassam [(South) Walsham] i freeman 

 with 18 acres which that freeman gave to St. 

 Benet of Holme {de Holmo\ but Bishop Here- 

 fast {Ervastus) took them away. Now Bishop 

 William holds him and he is worth 4 shillings. 



Blafelda [Blofield] Hundret 



In Blafelda [Blofield] Bishop Aylmer held 

 T.R.E. 2 ploughlands. Then as now 9 villeins 

 and 2 serfs. Then as now 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne and half a plough belonging to the men. 

 Wood(land) for 8 swine and 4 acres of meadow. 

 f. 195. 



Then as now 2 rounceys and 2 beasts ; now 1 1 

 swine and 3 goats. And to this manor belonged 

 [pertinent) 43 sokemen T.R.E., and now as then, 

 who could not sell or give their lands, (holding) 

 3 ploughlands and 4 acres of meadow. Then 

 10 ploughs, now 9. William holds 5 sokemen, 

 Reynold {Rainaidus), Baldwin, and Elias {Helius) 

 (hold others). Over {Super) these the bishop 

 had T.R.E. the six forfeitures, but the hundret 

 has seen neither the king's writ, nor seal, nor 

 grant. Then the whole was worth 7 pounds, 

 now 8 pounds, and it is I league and 3 fur- 

 longs in length, and I league and I furlong 

 in breadth ; and (it renders) 30 pence of geld. 

 This manor Aylmer got {accepit) with his wife 

 before he was bishop, and afterwards held it in 

 his bishopric. Now Bishop William holds it. 



In Plumesteda [Plumstead] 1 sokeman was 

 added by Herefast {ab Ervasto), but he belonged 

 to Stigand ; (he has) 3 acres of land. Now as 

 then he ploughs with 2 oxen and renders 

 5 pence. 



Flec West [West Flegg] Hundret 



Hemesbei [Hemsby] was held by Earl Algar 

 T.R.E. and Alwi bought it. Stigand took it 

 from him and gave it to his brother Aylmer 

 {Almaro\ but the hundret does not know by 

 what right {quornodo). Thenceforth it was in the 

 bishopric. In demesne 3 ploughlands ; and then 

 as now 33 villeins and 13 bordars. Then 6 

 serfs, now 3. Then as now 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne, and 1 1 ploughs belonging to the men. 



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