HOLDERS OF LANDS 



of meadow, I mill, i rouncey, i beast ; now 8 

 swine, 22 sheep. And 5 sokemen in the same 

 (vill with) 58 acres and 1^ acres of meadow and 

 1^ ploughs among them all. It was then worth 

 3 pounds, now 3. It is i^ leagues in length, 

 and (renders) [2 shillings cancellecf} 16 pence of 

 geld. Others hold there. 



In Grenesuill [Grenevill '] St. Benet holds 

 now as then i ploughland. Then (there were) 

 2 villeins, now I. Then as now 6 bordars. 

 Then 2 serfs. Then i\ ploughs on the demesne, 

 now 2. Then I plough belonging to the men, 

 now a half ; i mill, i rouncey. Then as now 

 1 2 swine, 1 2 sheep, i hive {vasa) of bees. It 

 was then worth 20 shillings, now 30. It is 

 I league in length and a half in breadth, and 

 (renders) 2 shillings of geld, but several hold 

 there. 



In Saisselingham [Saxlingham (Thorpe)] 

 Edric, a freeman of Stigand, held i|- ploughlands 

 under him T.R.E., with sac and soke. After the 

 king came to England, however, the same Edric 

 pledged it to St.Benet{invadiafit earn . . . in Sancto 

 Benedicto) for I mark of gold and for 7 pounds, 

 in order to redeem himself from his capture by 

 Waleram {ut autem se redimeret a captione TValer- 

 ami). Now John, nephew of the same Waleram, 

 holds it of St. Benet as a fief {in feudo). Then 

 (there were) 1 1 bordars, now 9J. Then as now 

 f. 217b. 



1 serf. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne. After- 

 wards none, now I. Then 2 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, now I. Now I rouncey on the de- 

 mesne. And T.R.E. (there were) g sokemen, now 

 5, with {de) 30 acres and 4 acres of meadow. Then 



2 ploughs, now a half and i mill. It was then 

 worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 30. It 

 is 2 leagues in length and a half in breadth, and 

 and (renders) 16 pence of geld ; but several hold 

 there. There, too, belong 10 acres of land of 

 the demesne of St. Benet, and (St. Benet) leased 

 [prestavit) (them) to Edric, as the hundred wit- 

 nesses. 



LOTNINGA [LoDDON] HuNDRET 



Hardale [Hardley] is held now as then by 

 St. Benet for 2 ploughlands. Then as now 

 5 bordars. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 now I. Now 2 oxen belonging to the men. 

 Wood(land) for 3 swine, 8 acres of meadow, and 

 I rouncey ; 4 beasts, 24 swine. Now 150 

 sheep, and 4 sokemen with {de) 7 acres. Then 

 as now half a plough. It was then worth {sum 

 omitted), now 30. It is 8 furlongs in length 

 and 7 in breadth, and (renders) 1 1 pence of geld, 

 and others hold there. 



HuNDRET OF EnSFORT [EyNSFORd] 



In Wicinghaha[m] [Witchingham] (there 

 is) half a ploughland, i bordar, I plough, 2 acres 



' In Stoke Holy Cross and Caister. See Rye, 

 Norf. Topog. 127, 128. Blomefield, v, 521. 



of meadow. It is worth 10 shillings. The soke 

 is in the king's (manor of) FoIsa[m] [Foulsham]. 



Hundret of Tavreham [Taverham]. 



In Vrochesham [Wroxham] Ralf Stalra held 

 4 sokemen with {de) 1 ploughland, and they be- 

 long to {jacent in) Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. John")], 

 which the same R(alf) gave to St. Benet in King 

 William's time. Then as now i plough, 8 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 6 shillings. 



In Racheia [Rackheath] (was) a freeman 

 (with) 30 acres T.R.E. Then i plough, now 

 a half; 2 acres of meadow. It is worth 16 

 pence. This land was forfeited in King William's 

 time, but a certain monk gave half a mark of 

 gold for the forfeiture to the reeves {prepositis), 

 namely, to Alwi of Colchester {Colecestra), and 

 so had the land without the king's licence. 



Erpincham Nord [North ' Erpingham] 

 Hundret 



ScoTOHOU [Scottowe] is held now as then by 

 St. Benet for 3 ploughlands. Then (there were) 

 14 villeins, now 9. Then as now 3 bordars. 

 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 6 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, now il, 10 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then 



I mill. Then as now 2 rounceys, 3 beasts, 



I I swine, and 9 sokemen (with) half a plough- 

 land. Then as now 3^ ploughs. It was then 

 worth 40 shillings, now 60. ^The church (has) 

 14 acres.'* It is i league in length, and half a 

 league and 20 perches in breadth, and (renders) 

 16 pence of geld. 



In EsTUNA [ '] Ralf Stalra had i plough- 



land T.R.E., and gave it to the abbey with his 



f. 2l8. 



wife in King William's time, by the king's 

 grant {concessione regis). Then as now 2 bordars 

 and I plough and il acres of meadow. There 

 also St. Benet held half a ploughland and 2 bor- 

 dars, and it is included in the valuation {est in 

 pretio de) Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. John)]. 



SuANETUNA [Swanton (Abbot)] is held now as 

 then by St. Benet for 3 ploughlands. Then as 

 now 15 villeins and 5 bordars. Then 2 serfs. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, 4 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, 12 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 100 swine, 2 rounceys, 1 1 swine, 

 25 goats ; I sokeman (with) 30 acres. Then half a 

 plough. Then as now it was worth 60 shillings. 

 It is I league in length and i league in width and 

 (renders) 4 pence of geld. The church (has) 7 

 acres. 



Caletorp [Calthorpe] is held now as then b) 

 St. Benet (for) \\ ploughlands. Then (there 



' Feud. Aids, iii, 484. 



' This should be South Erpingham. 



' Interlined. 



' Possibly in Scottowe. 



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