HOLDERS OF LANDS 



half a plough and half an acre of meadow : and 

 they are worth i6 pence. 



In RiDLiNKETUNA [Ridlington] (there are) 

 1 6 sokemen (with) 120 acres of land. Then as 

 now (they had) 5 ploughs and I acre of meadow. 

 And they are worth 20 shillings. 



HuNDRET OF HaPINGA [HaPPING] 



Walecota [Walcot] is also {idem) held (by 

 Humfrey) which Edric, a thegn, held T.R.E, 

 (as) 4 ploughlands and 6 acres. Then as now 

 (there were) 8 villeins and 16 bordars. Then 

 and afterwards (there were) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, now 3. Then as now 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, 8 acres of meadow, and 



1 mill. Now 2 rounceys. Then 3 beasts, now 

 16. Then 4 swine, now 24. Then 80 sheep, 

 now 70 ; and 4 hives of bees. (There is) I 

 church (with) 20 acres, and it is worth 20 pence. 

 f. 261. 



And ~^ freemen by commendation only (with) 

 7 acres are also [idem) held (by Humfrey). Then 

 and afterwards (they had) 2 ploughs, now 2^. 

 And he also [idem) holds 4 freemen, who were 

 added to this manor in King William's time (with) 

 90 acres. And they [quoi) were added by Ranulf 

 brother of Ilger, and Humfrey holds them. Then 

 (they had) 3 ploughs, now 2|-, and they were 

 worth 15 shillings. Of two his predecessor had 

 only the commendation, and of one Robert 

 Malet's predecessor in like manner [similiter). 

 The king and the earl (have) the soke. And 

 the manor was then worth 40 shillings, now 60. 

 And it is one league in length and a half in 

 breadth, and (renders) 15 pence of geld, whoever 

 holds there. 



HuNDRET OF HoLT 



In Edisfeldam [Edgefield] Humfrey holds 



2 ploughlands, which Bond, a freeman of Harold, 

 held T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 2 vil- 

 leins and 7 bordars and 2 serfs. Then as now 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 5 acres of meadow (and) i mill. Now 2 

 rounceys. Then 7 swine, now 23. Then 7 

 sheep, now 80. Then 13 goats, now 21. Then 

 a hive of bees, now 2. And (there are) 17 soke- 

 men with [de) 24 acres of land. Their ploughs 

 are included in the above total [hti sunt in 

 superius car"). It was then worth 30 shillings, 

 now 40. And it is i league in length and a 

 half in breadth, and (renders) 9 pence in geld. 



In EsTODEiA [Stody] Humfrey [idem) holds 

 I freeman (formerly) Harold's, now Ro[bert]'s,^ 

 with [de) 2 ploughlands, as [pro) a manor. Then 

 as now (there were) 8 villeins and 7 bordars and 

 I serf, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i^ 



' Probably a mistake for ' Ranul/'s.' 



ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 

 40 swine, 6 acres of meadow (and) 3 mills. 

 Then (there were) 2 rounceys, now I : now 9 

 beasts. Then 5 swine, now 12. Now 40 sheep. 

 Then 60 goats, now 25 : and 3 hives of bees ; 

 and 4 sokemen with [de) 16 acres and half a 

 plough. It was then worth 30 shillings, now 40. 

 To this manor belong [pertinent) 25 acres and 

 half a plough in Laringaseta [Letheringsett]. 

 This is included in the valuation of the manor 

 [Appretiata est cum manerio). 



65 — 120 — 90.' 



f. 261b. 

 XXXVII. THE LANDS OF TEHEL' 



HuNDRET OF EnsFORD [EyNESFORd] 



GuTHEKETUNA"' [Guton], which Lefstan, a 

 freeman, held T.R.E., is held by Osbert (as) 

 4 ploughlands. Then and afterwards (there 

 were) 9 villeins, now 4. Then and afterwards 



1 7 bordars, now 1 5 ; and 2 serfs. Then and 

 afterwards (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 now 3. Then as now 4 ploughs belonging to 

 the men, and 30 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 

 for 60 swine, and i mill. Then as now 4 

 rounceys. Then 8 beasts, now 14. Then also 

 [et) 14 hives of bees. And he also [idem) holds 



18 sokemen (with) 113 acres of land, and i 

 bordar. Then and afterwards (they had) 4 

 ploughs, now 3 ; and 3 J acres of meadow. The 

 king and the earl (have) soke over the whole 

 [totum). Then and afterwards it was worth 

 4 pounds, now 6 pounds. And it is i league in 

 length, and a half in breadth ; and renders 7 pence 

 towards (/n) the king's geld. 



Hundret of Sud Erpincham [South 

 Erpingham] 



In Caletorp [Calthorpe] Gueric and Osbert 

 hold I ploughland, which was held by Lestan, a 

 freeman. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins 

 and 8 bordars, and I plough on the demesne, and 

 \\ ploughs belonging to the men : 6 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 15 swine. The third 

 part of a mill. 'Then 3 rounceys.' Then 13 

 beasts, now I. Then 30 swine, now 10. Then 

 7 hives of bees, now 2. It was then worth 

 ' 20 shillings,' now 30. 



BoTUNA [Booton] is held by the same persons 

 [idem homines) (as) I ploughland ; a sokeman of 

 Harold (held it) T.R.E. Then as now (there 



' These figures are jotted down at the bottom of 

 the page, but what they referred to is not clear ; 

 possibly the acreage of the holdings of the freemen 

 and sokemen. If so 65 is probably a mistake for 70. 



' In margin f=^fecit retornum ; see Introduction, 



p. 2 



* In Brandcston ; Blomefield, viii, 195. 

 Repeated. 



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