A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



(there were) 4 bordars and 5 acres of meadow, 

 and 4 villeins. Then there were 2 ploughs, 

 now i^. This is included in the valuation {est 

 in pretio) of Freta[m] [Frettenham]. 



TONESTEDA [TuNSTEAd] HuNDRET 



TuNESTEDA [Tunstead] is (also) held by Roger 

 (idem). Alfere, a thegn of Harold, (held it) T.R.E. 

 (as) 51^ ploughlands. Then as now (there were) 

 23 villeins and 16 bordars. Then and after- 

 wards (there were) 2 ploughs, now a half. Then 

 (there were) 1 2 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 afterwards and now 7 ; 8 acres of meadow : 

 wood(land) for 12 swine. Then (there were) 

 3 beasts. Then (there were) 4 swine, now i. 

 Then 140 sheep, now 100. And 24 sokemen 

 (with) I ploughland. Then (they had) 12 

 ploughs, afterwards and now 5, and 2 acres of 

 meadow. And they [idem) were added in 

 King William's time. And Earl R[alf] added 

 6 freemen (with) i^ ploughlands. Of these 

 St. Benet has the soke, and the commendation of 

 one (of them) ; and of (the) 24 (sokemen) the 

 three forfeitures. And the 6 freemen have under 

 them 4 bordars. Then (they had) 4 ploughs, 

 afterwards and now 3, and 2 acres of meadow. 

 To this manor Robert Arblaster {Arbal\ after 

 Earl Ralf suffered forfeiture [foriifecit), added — by 

 Godric's order as he says, but Godric {ipse) denies 

 it — I ploughland which belonged to {jacehat in) 

 Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. Peter i)] T.R.E., which 

 Earl Robert gave to St. Benet with his wife. 

 Then (there were) 7 villeins, and when Robert 

 took it {tulit) 7, now 6, and it is worth 10 shil- 

 lings. Then there were i^ ploughs, and when 

 Robert took it the same {similiter), now I plough 

 and 4 acres of meadow. (The whole) was then 

 worth 100 shillings, and 10 pounds when Robert 

 Arblaster {Arb') held it in the king's hand of 

 Godric, now II : and it is I league and i fur- 

 long in length, and i league in breadth, and 

 f. 344b. 



(renders) 18 pence of geld. In Ristuna [See 

 Ruston] (there is) I freeman (with) 6 acres of 

 land and I acre of meadow (included) in the 

 same valuation. In Westwic [Westwick] (there 

 are) 1 1 freemen (with) 1 2 acres (included) in the 

 same valuation. 



Hersam [Earsham] Half Hundret 



In ScoTOFORD [Shotford -] Ulfriz, a free- 

 man, held I ploughland and 15 acres T.R.E. 

 Then as now (there were) 10 villeins, and 4 

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

 the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. Wood(land) for 40 swine, and 7 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth lO shillings, now 

 20. 



' Feud. Jids,Vn, 619. 



' Near Mendham ; Blomefield, v, 276. 



XXVII. THE LANDS OF IVO 

 TAILGEBOSC ' 



Hundret of Grenehov [Greenhoe, (South)] 



NouTUNA [Newton (by Castleacre)], where a 

 freeman, ^Elfere, held, is held by Odo. Then 

 (there were) 6 villeins and now 8. Then (there 

 were) 3 bordars, now 5, and I serf. Then and 

 now I plough on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, now I. When he re- 

 ceived it (there were) 4 (rounceys), afterwards - 

 and now 6. Then and now 5 beasts. Then 

 12 sheep {piues), now 16. And 2 freemen dwell 

 {manent) there whom his predecessor held, hold- 

 ing I ploughland and i^ ploughs. It is 4 fur- 

 longs in length and 3 in breadth, and renders 

 6 pence in geld. It was then worth 40 shillings, 

 now 4 pounds, 



Hundret of Dochinga [Docking] * 



In Serlebruna [Shernborne] (there were) 16 

 freemen T.R.E., whom Harold held, holding 

 5 ploughlands, and when (Ivo) received it, the 

 same, now 3. And they {idem) now hold of 

 Ivo. Then as now (there were) 2 villeins, and 

 li acres of meadow, and i mill. Then and 

 afterwards it was worth 40 shillings, now 

 4 pounds. This land was held by Ralf when 

 he suffered forfeiture {forisfecit). The whole is 

 I league in length, and a half in breadth who- 



f. 245- 



ever holds there, and renders 27 pence in {de) 

 20 shillings. From this land Earl Ralf took 

 {tulit) I ploughland one year before he suffered 

 forfeiture, for Roger son of Reynard {Rainardi) : 

 as the hundret witnesses. 



XXVIII. THE LANDS OF RALF DE 

 LIMESI {Limesio)'' 



Hundret of Grenehou [Greenhoe, (South)] 

 Oxenburh [Oxborough] was held by Tur- 

 chill. Then (there were) 15 villeins, now 7. 

 Then as now (there were) 9 bordars and 3 serfs. 

 Then and afterwards (there were) 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne, now 3. Then (there were) 2 

 (ploughs) among {inter) the men, now I. (There 

 (is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 1 2 acres of meadow, 

 2 mills and I fishery. When he received it (there 

 was) I rouncey and now (the same). Then (there 

 were) 31 swine, now 15. Then 220 sheep, 

 now 180. And 8 freemen hold 1 00 acres and 

 (had) 6 ploughs, now (they have) 3 ploughs (and) 

 12 acres of meadow. Then as now (there 

 were) 2 villeins and 4 bordars. And it is i mile 

 in length and a half in breadth and renders 



' Against his name is written in the margin n'/' r, 

 probably for non fecit retomum—' he made no return '; 

 see Introduction, p. 2. 



* Now in Smithdon hundred. 



' In margin r n" f=retontum non fecit. 



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