A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



XLV, THE LAND OF COLEB[ER]N 

 THE PRIEST! 



In the HuNDRET of Humiliart [Humble- 

 yard] Coleb[er]n built {frcit) a certain church 

 of St. Nicholas [in Bracondale*] with the king's 

 leave {concessu). And if the king allows he will 

 give (it) 20 acres. And therefore he sings mass 

 and the psalms [psalterlum) every week for the 

 king. And it is worth 2 shillings. 



f. 364. 



XLVI. THE LANDS OF EADMUND 

 SON OF PAIN {PAGAN ly 



In D[u]nham [Dunham] * Pain [Paganus) held 

 4 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there 

 were) 12 villeins. Then and afterwards (there 

 were) 4 bordars, now 13. Then 4 serfs, after- 

 wards and now 2 ; 14 acres of meadow. Then 

 as now I plough on the demesne. Then and 

 afterwards 5 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 now 4, and I plough could be added (potest 

 restaurar't). Wood(land) for I GO swine. Then 

 as now I mill. Then i rouncey, now 2. Then 

 4 beasts, now 9. Then 4 swine, now 17. 

 Now 100 sheep, and 3 hives of bees. And 

 3 sokemen (have) 43 acres of land. Then as 

 now (they had) I plough. Then and afterwards 

 it was worth 100 shillings, now 8 pounds. 

 This is held by Reynold [Rainaldus) the priest, 

 with the daughter of Pain. And it is I league 

 and 3 furlongs in length and I league in breadth, 

 and (renders) 5 pence of geld. 



XLVII. THE LANDS OF ISAC 



HuNDRET [of] WaNELUND [WaYLANd] 



In ToMESTUNA [Thompson] a freeman (held) 

 I ploughland. Then as now there was I plough. 

 And it is worth 20 shillings. This is of Earl 

 Ralf's fee {feudo) of Stou [Stow (Bedon)]. Robert 

 Blund delivered it (to Isac). 



Walessam [Walsham] Hundret 



Begetona [Beighton] was held by a free- 

 man, Hofvvard, T.R.E. (as) i ploughland. Then 

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

 (There was) i plough among them all (and) 

 7 acres of meadow. Then as now it was worth 

 40 shillings, and it is of the soke of Earl R[air]. 



Hundret [of] Lothninga [Loddon] 



In WuDETUNA [VVoodton] 2 freemen, God- 

 win's by commendation only T.R.E., were de- 

 livered instead of (pro) 60 acres. Then (they 



' In margin n=mn (fecil retomum). 



' This is said b)- Blomefield (iv, 523) to be the 

 church of St. Nicholas outside the gates of Norwich 

 in Bracondale ; Feud. Aids, iii, 606. 



' In margin/",- see note ' p. 184. 



* Probably Dunham in Launditch hundred. 



had) 2 ploughs and afterwards, now i ; and 

 half an acre of meadow. Then and afterwards 

 they were worth 10 shillings, now 5. The 

 king and the earl (have) the soke. 



In Langahala [Langhale] i freeman com- 

 mended to Tholi the sheriff T.R.E. (holds) 

 I ploughland. Then as now there was I plough 

 on the demesne, but another might be added 

 (restaurari). And 5 freemen under him (have) 

 8 acres of land, and 3 bordars, and half a plough. 

 It was then worth 7 shillings, now 10. 



In SiLiNGA [Seething] 3 freemen of Godwin 

 by commendation (held) 80 acres of land T.R.E., 

 and under them 2 villeins. Then (there were) 

 3 ploughs, afterwards i^ ploughs, now 2. It 

 was then worth 20 shillings, now 30. In 

 MuNDAHAM [Mundham] (there is) i freeman 

 of Godwin by commendation with [de] 10 acres 

 of land and I bordar. He is included in the 

 f. 364b. 

 above valuation [appretiatus est superius). 



In SiTHiNGA [Seething] a certain poor nun 

 (monialis) claims 4 acres of land which she held 

 under Ralf both before and since he suffered 

 forfeiture (forisfecisset), and so the hundret bears 

 witness. And Isac claims it as part of his 

 fee (revocat . . , ad feudum suum) of the king's 

 gift. 



XLVIII. THE LAND OF TOVP 

 Hundret [of] Feorhou [Forehoe] 



Hakeforda [Hackford] was held by Ketel, 

 a freeman, T.R.E. (as) 60 acres of land. And 

 (there are) 6 bordars and i acre (of meadow). 

 Wood(land) for 10 swine. And it is worth 

 10 shillings. And (it is) 3 furlongs in length 

 and 2 in breadth, and (renders) 7!^ pence of 

 geld. 



Hundret [of] Greneov [North Green hoe] 



Holcha[m] [Holkham] was held by Ketel, a 

 freeman, (as) 3 ploughlands. Then as now (there 

 were) 2 villeins and 8 bordars. Then 5 serfs. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 i^ ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards 

 and now 1 ; and I rood ' (virga) of meadow. 

 Then as now i mill. Then 4 beasts, now I. 

 Then 21 swine, now 5. Then as now 300 

 sheep. And (there are) 18 sokemen with all 

 custom, but he has the soke. (They have) 56 

 acres of land (and) now as then 2 ploughs. To this 

 manor have been added 3 freemen, 2 Harold's by 

 commendation, and I Gert's, (with) i\ plough- 

 lands. These his predecessor held. Under them 

 (are) 9 bordars. Then as now (there were) 7 soke- 

 men (with) 16 acres of land. They had then 



' In margin, n tcs (?) 

 « Or rod (?) 



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