A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



3 ploughs, afterwards and now 2^. Then 

 as now it was worth 20 shillings. (There 

 is) half a church (holding) 15 acres, worth 

 15 pence. 



There also (were) 2 freemen of Bishop 

 Aylmer by commendation. Now the same 

 W[illiam] holds (them as) I ploughland. Then 

 as now 6 bordars. Then as now i^ ploughs, 

 and 3 acres of meadow, and 4 freemen under 

 them (holding) 8 acres of land and i acre of 

 meadow. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings. 

 f. 200. 



And Berlingaham (Burlingham, (South)] is i 

 league in length and a half in breadth, but 

 several hold there, and (it renders) 20 pence geld. 



In Leta [ ] (there was) I freeman 



of Bishop Aylmer by commendation. And he 

 holds 16 acres of land and i^ acres of meadow. 

 It is worth now as then 5 pence. 



In Bregestun'a [Bradeston] there was i free- 

 man, Edric King Edward's steersman (rector 

 navis Regis E.) (with) I ploughland. Then as now 



4 villeins and I bordar, and 2 serfs, and 3 acres 

 of meadow. Then as now i plough on the 

 demesne and half a plough belonging to the men. 

 Wood(land) for 2 swine, and then as now 



1 rouncey and 6 beasts and 60 sheep. Now 

 also 16 swine and 16 goats. (There is) I church 

 with 10 acres and worth 10 pence. And to this 

 (manor) belong [pertinent) 1O5- freemen, com- 

 mended only to E[dric's]i predecessor [antecessor e.) 

 with [de) 80 acres of land (and) 3 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs. And in 

 Berlingham ■ the same (holds) ^ 4|- acres of land 

 belonging to [pertinentes in) Breiestuna [Brades- 

 ton]. It was then worth 10 shillings, and the same 

 afterwards, now 30 shillings. And after King 

 William came into England this Edric was out- 

 lawed to Denmark [Daciam) and Bishop Aylmer 

 seized his land. Now VV[illiam] de Noiers 

 has it. 



In Catuna [PCatton'] (there was) i free- 

 man of Gert by commendation only T.R.E. 

 with 60 acres of land. When Herewast 

 [Ervastus) came to the bishopric he gave it to a 

 certain man of his Reynold [Rainaldo). Then 

 (there were) 5 bordars, now 4. Then, and now 

 as then, I plough on the demesne and half a 

 plough belonging to the men. Wood (land) for 



5 swine, and I rouncey, and 12 swine, 7 acres 

 of meadow. Then, and now as then, it was 

 worth I 5 pence. 



In Bucham [Buckenham (Ferry)] (there were) 



2 freemen — "Heluis' — and in Cattuna [Catton] 

 I — ^ Reynold [Renoldus) ^ — and Aylmer had the 

 commendation, 57 acres of land and 6 acres of 

 meadow. Then i plough, and now half. Then 



1 Or ' his ' {e[ju!']), i.e., the bishop's. 



* Interlined. 



' In Postwick. Blomefield, op. cit. vi, 250. 



it was worth 6 shillings and 8 pence, now 

 5 (shillings). And of all these above-mentioned 

 (holdings) the king and the earl have sac and 

 soke. 



Blafelda [Blofield] Hundret 



In Brundala [Brundall] (there was) i free- 

 man of Bishop Aylmer by commendation only, 

 but the soke belonged to [fuit) R[alf] Stalre. 

 Now Bishop W[illiam] has (him) with [de) 

 30 acres of land and 6 acres of meadow. Then 

 as now I villein and 2 bordars. Then half a 

 plough. Now he ploughs with 2 oxen. It was 



f. aoob. 



then worth 3 shillings, now 2 shillings. 



In Brundala [Brundall] also [adhuc) (there 

 was) I freeman, Aylmer's by commendation 

 only, (holding) 11^ acres of land. Then (there 

 was) half a plough, now nothing. It was then 

 worth 1 2 pence, afterwards and now 6. Bishop 

 W[illiam] has it now. 



In Witona [Witton] (there were) 18 free- 

 men commended to Aylmer (holding) 200 acres 

 of land, and 5 bordars, and 1 1 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now 3 ploughs. Heluis has 2 men 

 (holding) I ploughland, and 5 bordars, and 

 1 1 acres of meadow. It was then worth 

 10 shillings, it now renders 30. And Witona 

 [Witton] is 1 1 furlongs in length and 5 furlongs 

 in breadth and (renders) 7 pence geld. The king 

 has the soke. 



There also (was) i freeman of Gert T.R.E. 

 by commendation only, half (Gert's) (with) 26 acres 

 of land. And Godric held under [suh) Earl Ralf. 

 And Helewis the niece of Bishop Herewast held 

 from [ab) Herewast, and now from Bishop 

 W[illiam]. He ploughs now as then with 

 2 oxen. It was then worth 16 pence, and now 

 as then. 



Hundret of Flec West [West Flegg] 



In Wintretuna [Winterton] (there was) 

 I freeman of St. Benet of Holme [de Holmo) by 

 commendation only (holding) 60 acres of land 

 (and) 3 acres of meadow. Then as now 

 5 bordars and half a saltpan. Then as now 

 I plough. And under him [sub eo) (there was) 

 I freeman with 4 acres of land. It was then 

 worth 2 shillings, now 4. 



In Somertuna [Somerton] (there were) 3 free- 

 men T.R.E., but after Tostig [Tostius) went out 

 of England ■* Berardus (had them).^ There was 

 I church of St. Benet of Holme. They hold 

 106 acres of land, 9 acres of meadow. Then as 

 now 9 bordars. Then as now 1^ ploughs. 

 Then as now it was worth 4 shillings and 

 8 pence. 



In Aschebei [Ashby] (there were) 2 freemen 

 of St. Benet of Holme (holding) 16 acres of land 



' Interlined. 



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