A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



LI. THE LANDS OF BERNER THE 

 ARBLASTER ' 



Fridebruge [Freebridge] hundret 

 AND A Half 



In Grimestuna [Grimston] Ulueru[n], a 

 freewoman, held I ploughland T.R.E. Then 

 as now (there were) 6 bordars and I serf, and lo 

 acres of meadow. Then (there was) i plough, 

 afterwards none {nkh'tl), now I. Then as now 

 I mill. To this manor belong [Hk jacent) 2 

 sokemen (with) 3 acres, and 3 freemen (with) 4 

 acres. The whole is worth 20 shillings. 



In CoNCHAM [Congham] (there is) i freeman 

 (with) 60 acres of land, and I bordar, and 3 

 acres of meadow. Then (there was) half a 

 plough. There also (are) 4 freemen (with) 3 

 acres. The whole is worth 10 shillings. He 

 claims {revocat) all those freemen of the king's 

 gift {dono). 



In Helingetuna [Hillington] the same 

 Uluerun held 2 ploughlands and 15 acres T.R.E. 

 Then as now (there were) 7 villeins and 8 bor- 

 dars, and 2 serfs ; (and) 10 acres of meadow. 

 Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 afterwards I, now 2. Then as now i plough 

 belonging to the men : I mill, and I saltpan. 

 Then 100 sheep, now 80. Then 12 swine, 

 f. 268. 



now 7. Then and afterwards it was worth 4 

 pounds, now 1 00 shillings. The whole is i^ 

 leagues in length and a half in breadth, whoever 

 holds there, and renders 8 pence of geld in 20 

 shillings. 



Hundret [of] Dechinga [Docking] ^ 

 Scernebrune [Shernborne] was held by a 

 freeman T.R.E. (as) i ploughland. Then (there 

 was) I (plough) on the demesne, afterwards 

 none, now i. (There are) 5 bordars, i mill, 

 the twelfth part of a saltpan, and the twelfth 

 part of a mill ; (and) 2\ acres of meadow. 

 Then and afterwards (it was worth) 16 (shil- 

 lings), but now 20. 



Hundret [of] Wanelund [VVayland] 



Asscelea [Ashill] was held T.R.E. by Alvric, 

 a thegn of Harold, (as) 2 ploughlands. Then 

 (there were) 10 villeins, afterwards and now 7 ; 

 then as now II bordars; (and) 13 acres of mea- 

 dow. Then (there was) l plough on the 

 demesne, afterwards I, now 2. Then (there 

 were) 5 ploughs belonging to the men, after- 

 wards 3, now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 

 120 swine, and I fishery. Now (there is) i 

 beast. Then 10 swine, now 8, and 24 goats ; 

 and (then) 60 sheep, now 67. Now as then it 

 is worth 50 shillings. There also 6 freemen 



' In vs\3.rg\-a,f.=^ fecit {retornum) ; see Introduction, 

 p. 2. 



' Now in Smithdon. 



(have) half a ploughland, and 7 acres of land. 

 Then (they had) 4 ploughs, afterwards and now 

 2 ; (and 2) acres of meadow. And they are 

 worth 10 shillings. This is (Berner's) by way 

 of exchange {pro esc\angio]), and was one of [de) 

 the manors of Earl Ralf. 



In ScuLETUNA [Scoulton] i freeman held 3 

 ploughlands under Harold T.R.E. Then and 

 afterwards (there were) 6 villeins, now 5 ; then 

 as now 5 bordars, 26 acres of meadow, and 2 

 ploughs on the demesne. Then as now (there 

 was) I plough belonging to the men ; (and) 

 wood(land) for 300 swine. Then as now (there 

 were) 2 rounceys ; and (then) 4 beasts, now 10 ; 

 and 24 swine, now ID; and 15 sheep, now 

 1 10 ; and then as now 30 goats. Then as now 

 it was worth 50 shillings. The whole is i\ 

 leagues in length, and I league in breadth, who- 

 ever holds there, and (renders) 15 pence of geld. 

 This is one of [de] RalPs manors. 



In ToMESTUNA [Thompson] 1 ploughland 

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

 afterwards and now a half; (and) I bordar. 

 And it is worth 16 shillings. This also is of 

 Ralf's fee [feudo). 



Hundret [of] Erpingeha[m] Nort 

 [North Erpingham] 



In Othestranda [Overstrand] Eschet held 

 (an estate rated) at {pro) 2 ploughlands T.R.E. 

 Then as now (there were) 6 villeins, and 18 

 bordars, and 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, afterwards and now i, and 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, (and) I mill. Wood(land) 

 for 3 swine. Then (there was) I rouncey, now 



f. 26Sb. 



2. Then 2 beasts, now 6. Then 4 (swine), 

 now 5 swine. Now 19 sheep, then 15. (There 

 are) 3 goats. And (there are) 5 sokemen with 

 {de) 32 acres of land, and I acre of meadow. 

 And the king has the soke. Then as now (they 

 had) I plough. It was then worth 40 shillings, 

 and (is) still {semper). And it is 7 furlongs in 

 length, and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 6f pence 

 of geld. 



Hundret of Grrehou [South Greenhoe] 



In PiKEHAM [Pickenham] i freeman has 12 

 acres and a house {domum) of the fee {feudo) of 

 Earl R[alf], and is in the soke of the hundret. 

 Now as then he has i mill, and is worth 7 

 shillings. R[obert] Blund gave (him) livery 

 {liheravit) of this (land). 



Hundret of Ensforda [Eynesford] 



In Hacforda [Hackford] i freeman held i 

 ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 

 3 villeins and 3 bordars. Then as now (there 

 was) I plough on the demesne, and half a plough 



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