HOLDERS OF LANDS 



belonging to the men, and 2 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 30 swine. Then as now i 

 rouncey, and 5 swine, and 12 sheep. And it is 

 worth 20 shillings. 



LII. THE LANDS OF GILBERT 

 {GISLEBERTI) THE ARBLASTER » 



HUNDRET [of] ScEREPHAM [ShROPHAM] 



(In Shropham) Alvric held 1 ploughland for 

 {pro) a manor T.R.E. Then as now (there 

 were) 3 bordars. Then and afterwards 2 serfs, 

 now I ; and 10 acres of meadow. Then (there 

 were) 2 ploughs, afterwards and now 1. Then 

 as now I mill. And i freeman was added to 

 this manor {hie) by way of exchange [pro escangio) 

 with {de) 30 acres, (and) 4 acres of meadow, and 



1 bordar, and now as then half a plough. Now 

 (there is) i rouncey and 2 beasts. Then (there 

 were) 3 swine, now 8. Then 80 (sheep), now 

 40 ; and 3 hives of bees. The whole is worth 

 30 shillings. The soke of the freeman (is) in 

 Bucham [Buckenham, (Old)]. 



HuNDRET [of] WaLESSa[m] [WaLSHAM] 



In TuNESTALLE [Tunstall], a freeman, Ratho, 

 held half a ploughland. Then as now (there 

 were) 6 bordars, (and) 8 acres of meadow. Then 

 (there was) half a plough, now I plough on the 

 demesne. Then as now half a plough belonging 

 to the men ; (and) 3 beas.ts. Then 52 sheep, 

 now 28. It was then worth 10 shillings, now 

 22 shillings. 



HuNDRET [of] BlAFELDA [BlOFIELd] 



In Brundala [Brundall] (an estate rated) at 

 {pro) I ploughland, was held by a freeman, God- 

 f. 369. 



win, commended to Gert. After the king came 

 Earl R[alf] received it {accepit), now Gilbert the 

 Arblaster holds it as {pro) 2 ploughlands. (There 

 were) then 5, and now 4 bordars. Then and 

 afterwards (there was) I plough on the demesne, 

 now 2. The men plough, now as then, with 



2 oxen. (There is) wood(land) for 5 swine, and 

 25 acres of meadow. And (there are) there 

 12^ freemen with 90 acres {Ixxx ac' et x) of 

 land. Then as now (they had) \\ ploughs. 

 It was then worth 25 shillings, now 40. And 

 it is I league in length, and a half in breadth, 

 and (renders) 7 pence of geld. 



Half Hundret [of] Dice [Diss] 



In Telventuna [Thelverton] Alsi held under 

 King Edward (an estate rated) at {pro) 2 plough - 

 lands. Then as now (there were) 4 villeins and 

 2 bordars. Then and afterwards (there were) 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, now I. Then as now 

 (there was) I plough belonging to the men. 



' In margin, y;=yff/V {retonium) ; see Introduction, 

 p. 2. 



Wood(land) for 30 swine, and 4 acres of mea- 

 dow. Now (there is) i horse {equus) in the 

 homestead {aula). Then (there were) 9 beasts, 

 now 8. Then 8 swine, now 11. Now 20 sheep 

 and I hive of bees. And (there are) 6 freemen 

 belonging to Gilbert {ejmdem) by commendation, 

 with {de) 60 acres of land. Then as now (they 

 had) 2 ploughs among them all {inter omnes) and 

 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 40 shillings, now 20. 



Lin. THE LANDS OF RALF THE 

 ARBLASTER 



Hundret [of] Blafelda [Blofield] 



In Plumestede [Plumstead] Tovi, a freeman 

 of Gert, held I ploughland T.R.E. Then as 

 now (there was) i villein. Then (there was) 

 half a plough, afterwards none {nichiPj, now a half ; 

 and 2 acres of land. Then 1 1 sheep. In this 

 manor dwelt {manebant) d^ freemen (with) 20 

 acres of land (and) 2 acres of meadow. Then 

 as now (they had) I plough. These he claims to 

 hold {reclamat) by livery {ex liberatione). The 

 demesne land {Hoc quod est in dominio) was then 

 worth 5 shillings, now 10 shillings ; and the free- 

 men 5 shillings. And it is I league in length 

 {latitudine) and a half in breadth, and (renders) 

 14 pence of geld, whoever holds there. 



LIIII. THE LANDS OF ROBERT THE 

 ARBLASTER 



Hundret [of] Feorhou [Forehoe] 



In Appethorp [ ^ ] Alfere, a freeman, 



held I ploughland T.R.E. (as) 30 acres of land 

 for {pro) a manor. Then (there were) 2 villeins, 

 f. 269b. 



now 4, and 1 5 sokemen ; then as now 3 ploughs, 

 wood(land) for 15 swine, and 4 acres of meadow. 

 Now (there are) 6 swine, 20 sheep, (and) 20 

 goats. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 32. 

 And it is 4 furlongs in length and 2 in breadth, 

 and (renders) 5 pence of geld. 



LV. THE LANDS OF RABELLUS THE 



CARPENTER {ArtifidsY 



Hundret [of] Blafelda [Blofield] 



In Mora [ i' The Moor ■* ] Siric, a freeman, held 

 2 ploughlands T.R.E. Then (there were) 8 vil- 



' See f. 145^, and note. 



' In margin, f. = fecit {retoi-num) ; see previous 

 note. 



' That is to say Mousehold Heath. In Norwich 

 Book of Pleas, fol. xxvi, dors.. Extracts from 

 Pipe Roll, 'Item in Norf.' in 34 Hen. III. Th. 

 Grclley accuses the citizens of Norwich of taking 

 toll of his tenants of Mor', in Blofield Hundred : 



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