HOLDERS OF LANDS 



him (or) Bishop William, and he has half a 

 bordar. Wood(land) for 2 swine, half a plough. 

 It was then worth 2 shillings, now 16 pence. 



In Berningeham [Barningham (? Norwood)] 

 (there is) I freeman with 1 5 acres of land, whom 

 Wiulf held T.R.E. Now W[illiam] de Noiers 

 holds him of (ab) Bishop W[illiam]. Then as 

 now (there was) half a plough. Then as now it 

 was worth 1 6 pence. 



In Betcheham [Beckham, (East)] i freeman 

 of Bishop Aylmer held by commendation 80 acres 

 of land. Then as now 2 villeins and 5 bordars. 

 Wood(land) for 5 swine ; and I sokeman with 

 2^ acres of land. Then as now 2 ploughs ; 



1 church with 2|- acres. And it was added as an 

 outlying estate to Blikelinges [Blickling]. It was 

 then worth 7 shillings, and now 12, and it is half 

 a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth, and 

 (renders) 4^ pence (of geld). 



tigg. 



Walessam [Walsham] Hundret 



In Hemelintuna [Hemblington] (there were) 



2 freemen with 60 acres of land (belonging to) 

 Ralf Stalre T.R.E. with soke and sac, but of 

 one Bishop Aylmer had the commendation only. 

 Bishop W[illiam] has one, and Earl R[airi 1 the 

 other, and they are worth 2 shillings. 



Hundret of Blafelda [Blofield] 



In Plummesteda [Plumstead] Godwin had 

 (tenet) one freeman of Gert (with) I plough- 

 land, now Bishop W[illiam] has him. Then as 

 now 5 bordars. Then as now i plough on the 

 demesne. Then as now half a plough belong- 

 ing to the men. Wood(land) for 8 swine, i acre 

 of meadow. Then as now 2 beasts : and there 

 are there 10 freemen with 30 acres of land (who 

 were) commended only to Godwin. Then as 

 now I plough and I acre of meadow. It was 

 then worth 10 shillings, now 40. And after 

 King William came into this land Bishop Ayl- 

 mer seized {invasit) it for a forfeiture, because a 

 woman who held it married within a year of her 

 husband's death. 



In Berlungeham [Burlingham] 2 plough- 

 lands were held by 15 freemen. Bishop Aylmer's 

 by commendation only. Then as now 9 bordars, 

 8 acres of meadow. Then as now 8 ploughs. It 

 was then worth 20 shillings, and now 26 shillings 

 and 8 pence. (There is) 1 church (holding) 

 30 acres and worth 2 shillings and 8 pence. 

 W[illiam] de Noiers holds it now. 



(There were) also {adhuc) in Plumesteda 

 [Plumstead] 2 freemen of Gert and of Stigand 

 whom [quod] Bishop Herewast [Ervastus] seized 

 (invasit). (They had) 50 acres of land and 

 2 acres meadow. Then as now 2 bordars. Then 

 as now I plough. Earl R[alf] had them when 

 he forfeited (his lands) and R[obert] Blund (has 



' Apparently now held by the king ; see p. 57. 



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them) at a rent {ad censum). It was then worth 5 

 shillings, now 3. 



In Plumesteda [Plumstead] i freeman, Ayl- 

 mer's {Almari) by commendation only, held 

 16 acres of land. Then (there was) half a 

 plough, now 2 oxen. It was then worth 2 shil- 

 lings, now 16 pence. 



In Frietorp [Freethorpe] i freeman, Alsi, 

 (held) under Earl R[alf] 16 acres of land. Then 

 as now half a plough ; i acre of meadow. Then 

 as now it was worth 2 shillings. Baldwin, the 

 bishop's reeve, held this by commendation only, 

 but now he is commended to Godric (and) in 

 1. 199b. 

 the king's hand {in manu regis). 



In Letha [ ] (there were) 7 free- 



men, Aylmer's by commendation only T.R.E. ; 

 now Reynold {Renoldui) has i^ ploughlands. 

 Then as now 3 ploughs, and then as now 4 

 bordars. Wood(land) for 4 swine and 12 acres 

 meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings and 

 4 pence ; ^now 10 shillings ;- (there is) i church 

 (holding) 5 acres and worth 5 pence. And it is 



1 league in length and 5 furlongs in breadth, 

 whoever holds there, and (renders) 6J pence 

 geld. 



In Berlungeham [Burlingham, (North)] (there 

 were) T.R.E. 3 freemen of Aylmer by commen- 

 dation only, now Heluis holds 46 acres of land 

 and 4 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough, 

 and it was worth then as now 4 shillings. 



There also (was) I freeman of Bishop Aylmer 

 by commendation only T.R.E. ; now the same 

 {idem) Heluis has (him) with {de) 60 acres of free 

 land {terre libere) and 40 which belong to a cer- 

 tain church ; 7 acres of meadow. Then (there 

 were) 4 bordars in the free (land), now 5, and 



2 bordars in the land which belongs {appendet) to 

 the church. Then i^ ploughs, afterwards and 

 now 2 ploughs. And under him {mb u) I church 

 with 10 acres and worth 10 pence. And under 

 him {mb ie) there are 7 freemen by commenda- 

 tion only, holding {de) 40 acres of land and 



3 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough. 

 It was worth then as now 13 shillings. There 

 also (were) 2 freemen of Aylmer by commenda- 

 tion only T.R.E. ; now W[illiam] de Noers has 

 (them) with {de) 50 acres of land. Then as now 

 I villein and 4 bordars and 12 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now i^ ploughs, and half a saltpan 

 (jfl/'). It was then worth 50 pence, it now 

 renders 10 shillings. And the said vill is 

 10 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth and 

 (renders) 20 pence geld. 



In Sutberlingeham [South Burlingham] 

 (there were) 8 freemen of Bishop Aylmer by 

 commendation only, now W[illiam] de Noiers 

 has (them) with [de) 140 acres of land. Then 

 as now 1 1 bordars and 8 acres of meadow. Then 



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