A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



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XXIIII. THE LAND OF EUDO 

 DAPIFER 



SCEREPHAM [ShROPHAM] HuNDRET 



In RoKELVNT [Rockland] Richard {Rikardus) 

 holds 10 freemen (with) I ploughland. Then 

 as now (they had) i bordar and 3 acres of meadow ; 

 wood(land) for 4 swine. Then (they had) 4 

 ploughs, afterwards 2, now 3 ; the eighth part 

 of a mill. Then it was worth 100 shillings, 

 afterwards and now 40. The soke lay T.R.E. 

 in the king's (manor of) Bucha[m] [(Old) Buck- 

 enham] and (also) afterwards until Lisois [de 

 Moustiers] {Lisius) had the land ; and to this 

 the hundret bears witness. 



In Scerepha[m] [Shropham] (are) 8 freemen 

 (with) i^ ploughlands, (whom) Roland holds, and 

 6 (acres) of meadow ; wood(land) for 6 swine. 

 Then (they had) 3 ploughs, afterwards and now 

 2. They were then worth 60 shillings, now 37. 

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

 [(Old) Buckenham], but Lisois {Lisius) kept it 

 back {retinuit) and Eudo likewise. 



In Rudha[m] [Roudham] Ralf holds 8 free- 

 men (with) I ploughland and 10 acres and i 

 acre and i rood {virg^) of meadow. Then as 

 now (they had) 2 ploughs. They were then 

 worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 30. The 

 soke is in Bucha[m] [(Old) Buckenham], but 

 Lisois {Lisius) kept it back and E[udo] likewise. 



In Bretham [Brettenham] Turgis held 7 

 freemen T.R.E. (with) i^ ploughlands (and) 

 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards (they 

 had) i^ ploughs, now i plough, and there might 

 (also) be a half. They were then worth 30 

 shillings, afterwards and now 20. The soke of 

 6 of them is in the king's' (manor of) Bucha[m] 

 [(Old) Buckenham]. Of the seventh St. Ethel- 

 dreda {Adeldret) (had) soke and commendation.^ 

 But Lisois {Lesius) kept it all back, and Eudo 

 keeps it. The whole is i league in length and 5 

 furlongs in breadth and (renders) 13!^ pence of geld. 



Walessam [Walsham] Hundret 



In Tunestalua [Tunstall] Escule, Harold's 

 man, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then (there 

 were) 6 bordars, afterwards and now 5, and 8 

 acres of meadow. Then as now (there was) half 

 a plough on the demesne and a half belonging to 

 the men. Then (there were) 200 sheep, now 

 240. (There is) I church (with) 8 acres and it 

 is worth 8 pence. (The manor) was then worth 

 40 shillings, afterwards and now 3 pounds. And 

 it is 7 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth, and 

 f. 340. 

 (renders) 8 pence of geld. 



' cf. Inf. E/ien. (Hamilton, p. 140). In Brecheham 

 Eudo Dapifer holds I sokeman by name Urban, of 

 whom the abbot has sac and soke and commendation ; 

 and the hundret bears witness to this. 



Blafelda [Blofield] Hundret 



In Possuic [Postwick] Escule, a freeman, held 



2 ploughlands T.R.E. Then (there were) 6 

 villeins, afterwards and now 5 ; then as now 9 

 bordars and 2 serfs. Then (there were) ik 

 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now i. 

 Then as now 3 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 Wood(land) for 40 swine, and 15 acres of 

 meadow ; now (there is) i mill. Then as now 

 (there were) 3 rounceys and 15 beasts. Then 

 (there were) 40 swine, now 16. (There is) i 

 church (with) 20 acres and it is worth 2 shillings. 



To this (manor) belongs {adjacet) I outlying 

 estate Cattuna [Catton '] of 30 acres of land 

 and 3 bordars. Then (there was) half a plough 

 altogether {inter totum), and now 5 oxen ; 5 acres 

 of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings, 

 afterwards and now 4 pounds. 



There also Ratho, a freeman, held i ploughland 

 T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 

 5 bordars and I serf. Then as now (there was) i 

 plough on the demesne, and a half belonging to 

 the men. Wood(land) for 20 swine and 8 (acres) 

 of meadow. Then as now (there were) 3 swine 

 and 2 sokemen with {de) 4 acres of land. It was 

 then worth 20 (shillings) and afterwards and 

 now 40. 



There also moreover {adhuc) Calp {Calpus), a 

 freeman, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then as 

 now (there were) 3 villeins. Then (there was) 



1 plough on the demesne, and then as now half 

 a plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 

 1 5 swine ; 8 acres of meadow. It was then 

 worth 1 5 shillings and now 40. 



The whole is i league in length and a half in 

 breadth, and (renders) 13^ pence of geld. All 

 this was held by Lisois {Lisius) for i manor. 

 Now Eudo his successor holds it. And T.R.E. 

 the soke and sac was in the hundret, but now 

 Eudo holds it. 



Hundret of Humiliart [Humbleyard] 



Intewda [Intwood] is held by Ralf which 

 Coleman, a freeman of Stigand, held (as) 15 

 ploughlands. Then (as now) 3 villeins and 



3 bordars. Then (there were) 2 serfs, now 3 ; 

 then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and li- 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; 3 acres of meadow, 

 f. 240b. 



Wood(land) for 8 swine and the fourth part of a 

 mill. Then (there were) 4 rounceys, now 3 ; 

 then as now 4 beasts. Then 40 swine, now 30. 

 Then 60 sheep, now 50. (There is) i church 

 with {de) 14 acres of land and ih acres of meadow. 

 And (there is) I outlying estate, Torp [? Swains- 

 thorpe] (with) 60 acres and I plough on the 

 demesne, and i^ acres of meadow. And 15 

 sokemen (with) 40 acres of land ; then as now 



2 ploughs, and 4 acres of meadow. And (there 

 are) 5 freemen (with) 20 acres and I plough ; 

 of these his predecessor had commendation 



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



