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of the marshes and fennes, which nowe are 

 betwixte the towne of Yermouthe and the 

 eitie of Norwiche, were then all an arme 

 of the sea, enteringe within the lande by 

 the mouth of Hierus (Yare), and this was 

 aboute the yere of our Saviour MXL and longe 

 before." 



Yarmouth is mentioned in Domesday Book, 

 1086, as containing 70 burgesses, " Garleston " 

 (Gorleston) as having three salt pans, the 

 importance of which we shall see later ; twenty- 

 four fishermen in Yarmouth belonged properly 

 to Gorleston. The port of Dunwich paid, and 

 had long paid, 60,000 herrings to the King, and 

 that of Sandwich 40,000 herrings annually to 

 the monks. 



In 1088 Robert, Duke of Normandy, by a 

 charter to the abbey of La Sainte Trinite at 

 Fecamp allowed a fair to be held for one day 

 while the herring fishing was in progress. 



In 1108 Henry I. made Yarmouth a burgh, 

 the annual payment for which was ten milliards 

 of herring. 



Herrings were among the articles charged 

 with tolls or duties at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 

 the reign of Henry I. Herrings, like oysters, 

 were then very plentiful, and so highly valued 

 that silver was brought to England from Beame 

 (Bohemia) by way of the Rhine, in exchange 

 for these commodities, and for wool, butter, 

 cheese and cattle. 



By the charter of King David I. to the abbey 



