A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



now 2 ; but there is room {possunt esse) there (for 

 3). Then (there were) 4 rounceys. Then 

 20 swine, now 7. Then 200 sheep, now 80. 

 It was then worth 60 shiUings, now 4 pounds. 

 And it is i league in length and another in 

 breadth, and renders in geld 4 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF BrODERCROS [BrOTHERCROSS] 



In Bruneham [Burnham (Westgate)] he also 

 holds what Bond a freeman held T.R.E. (as) 2 

 ploughlands. Then as now (there were) 13 bor- 

 dars. Then as now (there were) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then (there was) I plough belonging 

 to the men, now a half. Wood(land) for 8 swine,' 

 f. 237b. 



I acre of meadow,' I mill. Then (there was) 

 I saltpan. Then as now 2 rounceys. Then 



7 swine, now 3. Then 100 sheep, now 20. 

 And 7 sokemen with {de) 60 acres of land. Then 

 (they had) i\ ploughs, now I. It was then 

 worth 4 pounds, now the same. It renders 



3 shillings of geld in this hundret, and it is 

 measured in another {in alio mensurata '). 



[Hundret of Gallow] 



In Reineha[m] [Rainham] Bond held 2 

 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 



4 villeins, and 14 bordars, and 4 serfs, and 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belonging 

 to the men. Wood(land) for 1 20 swine and 

 6 acres of meadow, 2 mills (and) I saltpan. 

 Then as now (there were) 3 rounceys, and 



4 beasts, and 6 swine, and 1 00 sheep. Then 

 (there were) 2 hives of bees. And (there are) 

 14 sokemen (with) half a ploughland, and 15 

 bordars. Then as now (they had) i^ ploughs 

 and 7 acres of meadow. To this manor (belongs) 

 I outlying estate, Sutreineha[m] [South Rain- 

 ham], of {de) I ploughland. Then (there were) 



5 bordars, now 4, and 2 serfs. Then as now 

 (there was) i plough on the demesne. Then 

 (there was) i plough belonging to the men, now 

 a half ; 5 acres of meadow (and) I mill. Then 

 (there were) 3 rounceys. Then as now 6 swine. 



In Helgetuna [Helhoughton] (is) i sokeman 

 with {de) half a ploughland. Then (he had) 



8 bordars, now 12. Then as now (he had) 

 I plough (and) 2 acres of meadow. It was then 

 worth 8 pounds, and afterwards 60 shillings, now 

 8 pounds and 10 shillings with great difficulty (tttw 

 magna pena). And the whole of Scutreinha[m] 

 [South Rainham] is 6 furlongs in length and 3 

 in breadth, and (renders) 10 (pence) in geld. 



Erpingaham North [North Erpingham] 

 Hundret 



In Rugutune [Roughton] Hugh also {idem) 

 holds I ploughland which Bundo, a freeman, 

 held T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 12 



Interlined. 



cf. f. 169 above. 



bordars. Then as now (there was) I plough on 

 the demesne and half a plough belonging to the 

 men. Wood(land) for 12 swine, i^ acres of 

 meadow. Then as now i rouncey. Then 5 

 beasts, and now 3. Then 5 swine, now 7. 

 Then 20 sheep, now 15. Then 8 sokemen 

 with {de) 24 acres of land. Then as now (they 

 had) I plough. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 20 shillings, now 30. 



In Besetune [Beeston (Regis)] Hugh also 

 {idem) holds I ploughland which Bundo, a free- 

 man, held T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 

 f. 338. 



8 bordars. Then as now (there was) i plough on 

 the demesne, and half a plough belonging to the 

 men. Wood (land) for 5 swine (and) I acre of 

 meadow. Then as now (there was) i rouncey. 

 Then there were 2 beasts, now (the same ?). 

 Then (there were) 5 swine, and now 1 1 . Then 

 20 goats, now 30. And 3 sokemen (with) 

 12 acres of land and half a bordar. Then as 

 now (they had) half a plough. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 20 shillings, now 30. 



Hundret and a Half of Clacheslosa 

 [Clackclose] 



In Marham [Marham] (are) 26 sokemen whom 

 3 Walter^ holds, St. Etheldreda {Adeldr^da) (had 

 them) T.R.E. at soke. Then (there were) 8 bor- 

 dars, now 9. Then (there were) 5 ploughs, now 4, 

 and 6 acres of meadow. They were then worth 

 80 shillings, afterwards 60, now 40. This land 

 (Hugh) received by exchange {pro excangio), and 

 it is measured in the return {hrevi) of St. Ethel- 



Fredreburge [Freebridge] Hundret and a 

 Half 



In Ilsinghetuna [Islington] 2 ploughlands 

 were held by Bundo T.R.E. Then as now 

 (there were) 8 bordars and 15 acres of meadow. 

 Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then as now half a plough belonging to the 

 men. To this manor belong 1 1 sokemen. 

 Then as now (they had) i plough and 30 acres. 

 Of 5 Stigand had the soke. The whole is worth 

 100 shillings. 



There also the same (sokemen) hold {tenent 

 idem) half a ploughland. Then as now (there 

 were) 4 bordars. Then (there was) i plough ; 

 then as now 40 acres of meadow. And it is 

 included in the above valuation of 100 shillings 

 {est appretiata in superiorihus c. solidis). 



Mideltuna [Middleton] is held by Aelod, 

 which Bundo held T.R.E. (as) 2 ploughlands. 



^ Inj. Efiert. (Hamilton, p. 137) omits. The p/acit- 

 um (ibid. p. 195) says: The above-named Walter and 

 with him Durand, men of Hugh de Monteforti, hold 

 26 ' socamans ' of the above-named custom (cf. Felt- 

 well, f. 213) in Mareham. 



* Abbey of El}'. See f. 2 1 23 above. 



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