HOLDERS OF LANDS 



by commendation of Edric ; and Earl Ralph 

 (held it) when he suffered forfeiture {forisfecit), 

 (as) witness the hundret ; and Robert Blund 

 (held it) afterwards as in the king's hand(s). And 

 now Aitard, Roger Bigot's man by commenda- 

 tion, holds it since R[alf's] forfeiture [poitquam 

 R. forisfecit). The hundret bears witness that 

 this is so, and the {ilia) woman offers to prove by 

 the ordeal (offert judicium) that it is true, as the 

 hundret testifies [teste hundreto) ; and Aitard 

 asserts the contrary (contradicit). And under her 

 are 2 whole (integri) freemen and a half with 

 (de) 6 acres, and i^ acres of meadow. Then 

 as now (they had) half a plough among them all 

 [inter omnes). It was then worth 2 shillings, 

 now 4. 



In BiCHESLE [Bixley] (there was) i freeman 

 of Anslec by commendation together with [cum) 

 half a free(man) T.R.E., holding [de) 17 acres. 

 Then as now (they had) half a plough, I villein, 

 (and) I bordar. Roger Bigot kept this man, as he 

 says, in the king's hand, and renders cess [censum) 

 (for him) in the hundret. But the hundret bears 

 witness that Godric the sewer [dapifer) held 

 him under the king, during one year as of the fee 

 of Earl R[alf] before he suffered forfeiture [foris- 

 faceret) and afterwards for 2 years of the king's 

 gift. And in reply [contra) Roger Bigot's man 

 offers to prove the contrary by ordeal or by 

 battle [contradicit judicio vel hello). Godric claims 

 this estate [reclamat istam) with half the land 

 which is in Roger Bigot's return [ireve)} This 

 estate [banc) Godric the sewer [dapifer) received 

 f. 273. 

 for half a ploughland. 



In PoRRiNGHELANDA [Poringland] (there is) 



1 freeman (who was) Eduin's by commendation 

 T.R.E. Afterwards Godric (held it) and after- 

 wards Alfred on account of a forfeiture. And 

 of that forfeiture he had made himself clear 

 [quietum) the hundret witnesses ; but by order 

 of the bishop of Bayeux [Baiocensis) Roger Bigot 

 kept (the land) in the king's hand(s), and still 

 [adhuc) keeps it. He holds 1 5 acres. Then 

 (he had) half a plough, now 2 oxen. Then as 

 now he was worth 16 pence. 



Dice [Diss] Half Hundret 



In OsMUNDESTONE [Osmondiston ^] Hugh de 

 Cordun has seized [invasit), under Roger Bigot, 

 half I freeman with 10 acres of land and part of 

 a close [partem hege). This Earl R[alf] held 

 when he suffered forfeiture [forisfecit), and after- 

 wards, when it was in the king's hand(s), it was 

 seized by Hugh de Corbun, who now holds it. 

 Ralf de Felgeris holds this manor, but he has not 

 this part [partem). Then as now it was worth 



2 shillings. 



' See f. 160 above. 

 2 



Now Scole. 



201 



East Hundret of Flec [East Flegg] 



In Phileby [Filby] i freeman (held) 51 

 acres T.R.E. Then Alwin had only the 

 commendation of his wife, and the said [eadem) 

 wife had nothing out of this land. And Earl 

 R(alf) was seized of this land when he suffered 

 forfeiture [forisfecit), and Robert Blund held it at 

 cess [censum) in the king's hand. Afterwards 

 the said [idem) Alwin, R[oger] Bigot's predecessor, 

 seized it under [sub) Godric, and Stanart his son 

 held it, and for this [ex hoc) Roger Bigot has given 

 pledge [dedit vadem) (and) does not claim this 

 land as part of his fief [non revocat banc terram ad 

 suum feudum). Now Godric keeps it in the 

 king's hand(s). And there is on that land I 

 plough, and i^ acres of meadow. It is worth 5 

 shillings. 



Hundret of Humiliart [Humbleyard] 



In Suerdestuna [Swardeston] (there is) half 

 a freeman of whom Godric's predecessor had 

 only the commendation T.R.E. And the said 

 [idem) Godric was seized of it [inde) when Earl 

 R(alf) suffered forfeiture [forisfecit). Recently 

 [modo) Ralfde Norun [sic) held him [tenebat eum). 

 And he has 1 5 acres and half a bordar, and half 

 a plough, and half an acre of meadow. And he 

 rendered 10 shillings to Godric. He was 

 recently rendering [modo reddebat) 1 2 shillings to 

 Ralf. And (Ralf) kept back [detinuit) this man 

 from [adversus) Godric, and likewise another half 

 man with 5 acres (who is) worth 12 pence. 



Depwade Hundret 



In Appetuna [Hapton] i freeman (holds) 15 

 acres. He is worth 32 pence. Herbert, Roger 

 Bigot's chamberlain [camerarius), held him, and 

 Count Eustace's men claim him [calupmniantur) 

 (as belonging) to his fief: and he is of his fief. 

 Now he is in the king's hand(s). As to this 

 f. 273b. 



[de hoc) Herbert has given pledge for 16 pence, 

 which he had [dedit vadem de xvi d' quos habuit). 



Hundret and a Half of F[r]edebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



In Dersincham [Dersingham] i freeman 

 (holds) 1 2 acres. He is worth 1 2 pence. This 

 is held by Peter De Valognes [Valoniensis). 

 His predecessor had only the commendation of this 

 (man), and Stigand the soke. There also 2 1 free- 

 men hold 2 ploughlands and 35 acres (with) 5 

 bordars. Then as now (they had) 3 ploughs 

 (and) 7 acres of meadow. The whole [totum) is 

 worth 40 shillings. Of all these his predecessor 

 had only the commendation, and 1 8 of them were 

 to pay [daret) 2 shillings each if they wished to 

 withdraw themselves [recedere). Stigand (had) the 

 soke of them all. There also 2 freemen (hold) 2 

 ploughlands. Then and afterwards (there were) 



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