HOLDERS OF LANDS 



8 villeins, lo bordars, 8 acres of meadow, 3 

 ploughs, wood(land) for 100 swine, i mill. This 

 belongs to [Jacet in) Derham [Dereham (East)] 

 with all custom, 'and (is included) in (its) valuation.' 

 The soke is in the king's (manor of) Muleha[m] 

 [Mileham] as to {de) 2 sokemen who have 24 

 acres and 4 acres of meadow, wood(land) for 

 4 swine, half a plough. It is worth 4 shillings. 

 The abbot had the commendation ^ and the 

 fold-soke {socam falde). 



MiTTEFORT [MiDFORD] HuNDRET AND A 



Half 



Derham [Dereham, (East)] was held then as 

 now by St. Etheldreda '(for) 5 plough lands.' Then 

 (there were) 20 villeins, now 16. Then 20 

 bordars, now 25 and 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, now 3. Then 8 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, now 7. Then wood(land) 

 for 600 swine, now 300. Then as now 3 mills, 



3 rounceys, 12 beasts, 20 swine, 100 sheep, 

 7 sokemen (with) 30 acres (and) 2 acres of 

 meadow, 3 acres of wood(land). It was then 

 worth 10 pounds, now 13. It is i league in 

 length and a half in breadth, and (renders) 

 15 pence of geld. The whole soke of this 

 hundret and a half belonged to {ad) St. Ethel- 

 dreda T.R.E., and it is worth 60 shillings. 



Torp [ ^] was held then as now 



by St. Etheldreda (for) 3 ploughlands. Then as 

 now (there were) 10 villeins (and) 20 bordars : 

 now 4 serfs. Then i plough on the demesne, 

 now 2. Then as now ']\ ploughs belonging to 

 the men. Then wood(land) for 800 swine, now 

 600 ; 8 acres of meadow. Then as now I mill, 

 f. 314b. 



2 rounceys, 1 1 beasts, 27 swine, 97 sheep, 38 

 goats, and 12 sokemen (with) 40 acres. Then 

 as now 5 ploughs, 1 2 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) for 12 swine. It was then worth 60 shil- 

 lings, now 1 1 pounds. And it is I league in 

 length and i league in breadth, and (renders) 

 15 pence in geld, and upon (super) all the soke- 

 men of these two manors is charged 15 pence." 



Cavelea [Cavelly ^] is held of the abbot 

 by Berner, which St. Etheldreda held T.R.E. 

 (as) I ploughland. Then as now (there were) 



4 villeins, 1 1 bordars, I plough on the demesne, 

 half a plough belonging to the men, and there 

 might be a whole one [tota potest fieri). Wood 

 (land) for 20 swine, 20 acres of meadow. Now 

 I rouncey, 4 beasts, 5 swine : 5 sokemen (with) 

 20 acres. It is worth 20 shillings. It is 4 fur- 

 longs in length and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 



' /. E. omits. ^ I.E. adds ' only .' 



' /. E. omits. 



' Possibly Flockthorpe in Hardingham. (See how- 

 ever f. 122). Blomefield (x, 433) suggests part of 

 Shipdham, where the bishop of Ely subsequently held 

 land otherwise unaccounted for in Domesday ; Feud. 

 Aids, iii, 480. 



' /. E. adds ' of geld.' ' In Southburgh. 



2 137 



5 pence of geld. Godric claims this land as 

 of (ai) the fief of Earl R[alf], because he held 

 it before he suffered forfeiture {antequam forifas- 

 ceret), and this the hundret witnesses. 



In Dodenham [Tuddenham, (North)'] (is) i 

 sokeman of St. Etheldreda (with) 2 ' ploughlands, 



7 bordars, i mill ' waste [vas')," 3 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now i| ploughs. It was 

 then worth 20 shillings, now 12. Ralf de 

 Bellafago "^ holds it of the abbot. 



In Mateshala [Mattishall] (are) 8 sokemen 

 (with) 30 acres. Then 2 ploughs, now i ; 



8 acres of meadow. It was then worth 

 20 shillings, now 13 (shillings) and 8 pence. 



In Torp [ ] and in Turstuna 



[Thuxton] and in Iachesha[m] [Yaxham] (are) 

 5 sokemen of St. Etheldreda (with) 50 acres. 

 Then as now I plough. It is worth 8 shillings." 



In Iachesham [Yaxham] (are) 14 sokemen 

 (with) 90 acres. Then as now 2 ploughs, 

 4 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. 

 Roger Bigot holds of the abbot, but he formerly 

 held of the king.'^ 



Hundret of Brodescros [Brothercross] 



In Brunestor [Burnham Thorpe ?] (is) 

 I sokeman and half a ploughland. Then as 

 now 8 bordars and i plough on the demesne and 

 I plough belonging to the men, 3 acres of 

 meadow, i mill. The half is worth 10 shillings 



{vai' d' X. soiy^ 



Heinesteda [Henstead] " Hundret (and) 

 A Half 



PuLLAHAM [Pulham] was held by St. Ethel- 

 dreda T.R.E. for 15 ploughlands. Then as 

 now 60 villeins, 25 bordars, 7 serfs, 3 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then 20 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, now 16, 16 acres of meadow. 

 Then wood(land) for 600 swine, now 300, and 

 I mill, 3 rounceys, 11 beasts, 40 swine, 50 sheep, 

 40 goats, 4 hives of bees. It was then worth 

 8 pounds, now 15. It is 2 leagues in length 

 and I league in breadth and (renders) 30 pence 

 of geld. 



In P[ri]lestuna [Pirleston '*] a freeman '^ held 

 I ploughland under St. Etheldreda T.R.E. 

 Now Roger de Rames {de Ramis) holds it of the 



' A fee in Mattishall and North Tuddenham was 

 held of the church of Ely in 1302; Feud. Jids,u\, ^z'^. 

 ^ I.E. 1. 'I.E. omits. 



'° /. E. ' Belfou,' and applies this entry to the follow- 

 ing paragraph. 



" /. E. adds ' Berner the Arblaster holds this of the 

 abbot.' 



" /. E. adds ' The abbot recovered (disracionavit) 

 them before the bishop of Cout.inces.' 



'^ /. E. ' Then as now it was worth 20 shillings.' 

 " This should be Earsham as it is in I.E. 

 '* Now Billingford. '" /. E. adds ' Alsi.' 



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