HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Now Humfrey {Humfridus) holds it. Then as 

 now (there were) 7 villeins and 8 bordars and 

 2 serfs. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, 

 afterwards I, now 2. Then and afterwards 8 

 ploughs belonging to the men, now 5, and 3 

 ploughs could he added {fieri). Wood(land) for 

 1 2 swine, and i mill, and 6 acres of meadow. 

 To this manor hzlongtA [Hie pertinchant)T.^.Y,. 

 6 sokemen (with) 48 acres. And Earl Ralf 

 took them away [abstulit) and now Count Alan 

 has them. Then as now (there was) i rouncey 

 and 10 beasts, and 16 swine (and) 70 sheep. 

 Now 4 hives of bees. Then as now it was worth 

 4 pounds. And it is I league in length and a 

 half in breadth, and renders 8|^ pence (of geld) 

 whoever holds there. The soke is in the king's 

 (manor of) Folsa[m] [Foulsham]. 



HUNDRET OF HuMILIART [HuMBLEYARD] 



Walsincham [ ^] is held by 



Warin {Garinus) where Ketel, a thegn of Stigand, 

 held T.R.E., for ij ploughlands. Then as 

 now (there were) 2 villeins and 3 serfs ; and 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and half a plough 

 belonging to the men ; 4 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 12 swine. Then 4 rounceys. 

 Then 4 beasts. Then 35 swine, now 20. 

 Then 25 sheep, now 60 ; 2 hives of bees. 

 And 13 freemen (held) 30 acres by fold-soke and 

 commendation only T.R.E. Then (they had) 

 I plough, afterwards (and) now a half; 2 acres 

 of meadow. (There is) I church (with) 60 acres 

 (included) in the valuation of the manor. 



In Carletuna [Carlton, (East)] the same 

 Warin holds 75 acres, where Godric, a freeman 

 of Kitel, held T.R.E. Then (there was) i 

 , now nothing. (There 

 and 9 freemen (holding) by 

 fold-soke and commendation only. The king 

 and the earl (have) the soke. And they have 

 33 acres. Then and afterwards (they had) 2 

 ploughs, now I, and 2 acres of meadow. And 

 I freeman (holding) by commendation only (has) 

 24 acres. Then as now (he had) half a plough 

 and 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards 

 it [Walsincham] was worth 60 shillings, now 

 no, and Carletuna [Carlton] is worth 20 shil- 

 lings. And the freeman is worth 2 shillings, 

 f. 254b. 



but he is included in {in numero de) the no 

 shillings. And Walsincham [ ] is 



6 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and 

 (renders) 6f pence of geld. 



Meltuna [Melton, (Great)] is also held by 

 [tenet idem) Warin {Garinus)^ where Ketel held 

 T.R.E., (as) 2 ploughlands. Then as now 

 (there were) 2 villeins, and 17 bordars, and 2 

 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 5 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and 

 now 4 : 20 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 



' In East Carleton. 



plough, afterwards 

 are) 2^ bordars. 



100 swine. Then as now I mill and 2 rounceys. 

 Then 4 beasts, now 6. Then 30 swine, now 

 45. Then 60 sheep, now 114; 2 hives of 

 bees. And (there are) 6 freemen with {de) 1 7 

 acres, by fold-soke T.R.E. ; and by commenda- 

 tion only, then as now 77 acres. (There is) 

 1 church (with) 3 acres, (included) in the valua- 

 tion of the manor. And (the freemen) are 

 worth 2 shillings, and are (included) in the 

 valuation of 7 pounds. Then and afterwards 

 (the manor) was worth 6 pounds, now 7. And 

 it is I league and 3 furlongs in length and half 

 a league in breadth, and (renders) i6|- pence of 

 geld, whoever holds there. 



Keterincham [Ketteringham] is also held 

 by Warin, where Ketel held T.R.E., (as) 

 I \ ploughlands. Then as now (there were) 3 

 bordars, and i|- ploughs on the demesne, and 

 half a plough belonging to the men : 4 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now i rouncey and 7 swine. 

 Now 40 sheep. And 4 freemen (holding) by 

 fold-soke and commendation only 15 acres, and 

 half a plough, and i acre of meadow. It was 

 then worth 30 shillings, afterwards 40, now 60. 

 And the freemen are worth 2 shillings, and are 

 included in the above valuation {eodem pretio). 



In Meltunana [Melton, (Great)] Warin also 

 holds I freeman (with) 6 acres of meadow. And 

 he is worth 6 pence. This R[anulf] Pevrel 

 seized (invasit). 



Half Hundret of Hersa[m] [Earsham] 



RiUEssALA [Rushall] is held by Warin 

 {JFarincm) where Henry held of St. Edmund, 

 entirely within the church (omnino inter ea/esiam), 

 T.R.E. for i^ ploughlands. Then as now 

 (there were) 7 villeins and 3 bordars. Then as 

 now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and I plough 

 belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 40 

 swine, and 5 acres of meadow. Now I horse 

 {equus) and 3 beasts. Then 50 swine, now 17. 

 Then 19 sheep, now 18. Now 12 goats. 



f. 255- 



Then 3 hives of bees, now I. Then and 

 afterwards it was worth 40 shillings, now 60. 

 It is half a league in length and 5 (furlongs) in 

 breadth, and (renders) 8 pence of geld. But 

 more than one [plures) hold there. Ranulf now 

 holds this land as a fief of the king {ad fMdum 

 regis). 



XXXIII. THE LAND OF ROBERT 

 GERNON {GRENONIS)' 



Hundret of Ensford [Eynesford] 



Sparham [Sparham] is held by Osbert, 

 where Ulric, a freeman, held T.R.E., for a 



' In margin / r- 

 tion, p. 2. 



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