A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



(and) I acre of meadow. They are worth 5 

 shillings. In Letuna [Letton] 2 freemen by 

 commendation only (held) 21 acres T.R.E. 

 Now I freeman holds it, and 4 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 4 swine. It is worth 

 3 ^ shillings and 4 pence. In B[ur]c [Burgh 

 (Mattishall)] half a freeman, by commendation 

 only, (holds) 2 acres. He is worth 6 pence. 



The Encroachment {Invasio) of Baignard 



HUNDRET OF ClaCKCLOSE 



In Phincham [Fincham] Baignard seized 

 (tnvasit) I ploughland, which 6^ freemen held 

 T.R.E. , now 7^ (hold it). Then as now 

 (there were) 2 bordars and I plough, (and) 8 

 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 shil- 

 lings, now 40 shillings. His men claim this 

 land by way of exchange {pro escangio), but they 

 cannot produce the feoffor {non habent libera- 

 torem). In Bertuna [Barton (Bendish)] (there 

 are) 30 acres, which a freeman held T.R.E. 

 Of these he gave 4 acres in pledge {dedit in 

 vadimonio) and Wihenoc de Burli took a.vfa.y{tu/it) 

 8. In Stoches [Stoke (Ferry)] 100 acres were 

 held by Ulchetel T.R.E. Then as now (there 

 were) 4 villeins and 4 bordars, (and) I plough 

 (and) ID acres of meadow. It is worth 40 shil- 

 lings. This he claims by way of exchange [pro 

 escangio). 



[Launditch Hundret] 



In Scerninga [Seaming] a freeman (holds) 

 24 acres by commendation only. (He has) 2 

 bordars, 2 acres of meadow, (and) half a plough. 

 He is worth 5 shillings. (His) soke is in 

 the king's (manor of) Muleha[m] [Mileham]. 



Feorhou [Forehoe] Hundret 



In Hidichetorp [ ^] 24 freemen 



(have) 120 acres, which [quod) Baignard holds, 

 of whom his predecessor had not even [nee) the 

 commendation. And of these (de quibus) 3 were 

 in Wimundeham [Wymondham] and i in the 

 bishopric {episcopatu) and 3 of {de) Kiburnelai 

 [Kimberley] and 17 in Hincha[m] [Hingham]. 

 They have among them {inter totum) 4 ploughs 

 (and) 5 acres of meadow. They are worth 30 

 shillings. 



f. 175b. 



[Clackclose Hundret] 



The Abbot of St. Edmunds holds in Run- 

 ghetuna [Runcton, (South)] 150 acres, which 

 5 freemen held T.R.E. Then (there were) 

 2^ ploughs, now 2 ; (and) 4 bordars. It is 

 worth 20 shillings. He claims this land (as) of 



1 Substituted for ' 5.' 



' Identified by Blomefield with Dykebeck in Wy- 

 mondham. Hii*. ofNorf. ii, 499. 



the king's gift [dono). There also a freeman 

 holds half a ploughland (and) 4 bordars ; (and 

 there are) 2 freemen with {de) 6 acres. It is 

 worth 10 shillings. There also (there are) 46 

 acres which 3^ freemen hold. Then as now 

 (there was) I bordar, 3 ploughs, (and) 6 acres of 

 meadow. It is worth 10 shillings. 



[Diss Half Hundret] 



In ScELVAGRAVA [Shelfanger] I freeman of 

 Algar by commendation held 12 acres of Wine- 

 ferthinc [Winfarthing] T.R.E. And he {qui) 

 was slain at the battle [helium) of Hastinges. 

 Afterwards the abbot held it as part of [in) his 

 manor of Brasincham [Bressingham]. Then as 

 now it was worth 16 pence. But his (i.e. the 

 abbot's) steward [dapifer) offers to prove as the 

 ordeal demands [sicut judicium proportat) that 

 he acted in ignorance [offert se nescisse). In 

 Wineferthinc [Winfarthing] (there is) i free- 

 man with [de) 2 acres whom Earl R[alf] held 

 when he suffered forfeiture {se forisfecit), and 

 Godric afterwards, in the king's hand(s). After 

 Godric, Herolf held him as part of {in) the land 

 of St. Edmund, by leave of the abbot's reeve 

 [licentia prepositi abbatii). So the hundret 

 testifies [Teste Hundret). 



[Shropham Hundret] 



In Scerepha[m] [Shropham] i freeman (holds) 

 30 acres, 3 acres of meadow, I bordar, (and) 

 half a plough. He is worth 4 shillings. 



[Clackclose Hundret] 



In Dereham [Dereham, (West)] Rainald son 

 OF Ivo holds 6 freemen with [de) 32 acres, whom 

 Wihenoc seized [invasit) (though they were) 

 only commended to his predecessor. In Roche- 

 sham [Roxham] (there is) i freeman, com- 

 mended only, with [de) 9 acres. (These) are 

 worth 8 shillings and I penny. In Fordeham 

 [Fordham] (there are) 3 freemen by commenda- 

 tion, and St. Benet (of Ramsey) (has) the soke. 

 They have [de) 25 acres. And there is I free- 

 man with 5 acres. Of him St. Edmund had 

 the commendation T.R.E. This is held by 

 Rainald (and) is worth 5 shillings. 



In Duneham [Downham (Market)] (there 



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are) 3 freemen with [de) 2^ acres, (holding) by 

 commendation only. They are worth 10 pence. 

 There also (there is) i freeman with [de) 7 

 acres (who was) commended to the predecessor 

 of William de Warenne. Now Rainald holds 

 him, and he is worth 12 pence. In Beches- 

 wella [Bexwell] (there are) 2 freemen, i with 

 [de) 1 5 acres of whom Hermer's predecessor had 

 the commendation. And they are worth 2 

 shillings and 8 pence ; and another (freeman) 

 had 3 acres and was worth 6 pence. Rainald 

 now holds these. 



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