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HOLDERS OF LANDS him (or) Bishop William, and he has half a bordar. Wood(land) for 2 swine, half a plough. It was then worth 2 shillings, now 16 pence. In Berningeham [Barningham (? Norwood)] (there is) I freeman with 1 5 acres of land, whom Wiulf held T.R.E. Now W[illiam] de Noiers holds him of (ab) Bishop W[illiam]. Then as now (there was) half a plough. Then as now it was worth 1 6 pence. In Betcheham [Beckham, (East)] i freeman of Bishop Aylmer held by commendation 80 acres of land. Then as now 2 villeins and 5 bordars. Wood(land) for 5 swine ; and I sokeman with 2^ acres of land. Then as now 2 ploughs ; 1 church with 2|- acres. And it was added as an outlying estate to Blikelinges [Blickling]. It was then worth 7 shillings, and now 12, and it is half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth, and (renders) 4^ pence (of geld). tigg. Walessam [Walsham] Hundret In Hemelintuna [Hemblington] (there were) 2 freemen with 60 acres of land (belonging to) Ralf Stalre T.R.E. with soke and sac, but of one Bishop Aylmer had the commendation only. Bishop W[illiam] has one, and Earl R[airi 1 the other, and they are worth 2 shillings. Hundret of Blafelda [Blofield] In Plummesteda [Plumstead] Godwin had (tenet) one freeman of Gert (with) I plough- land, now Bishop W[illiam] has him. Then as now 5 bordars. Then as now i plough on the demesne. Then as now half a plough belong- ing to the men. Wood(land) for 8 swine, i acre of meadow. Then as now 2 beasts : and there are there 10 freemen with 30 acres of land (who were) commended only to Godwin. Then as now I plough and I acre of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings, now 40. And after King William came into this land Bishop Ayl- mer seized {invasit) it for a forfeiture, because a woman who held it married within a year of her husband's death. In Berlungeham [Burlingham] 2 plough- lands were held by 15 freemen. Bishop Aylmer's by commendation only. Then as now 9 bordars, 8 acres of meadow. Then as now 8 ploughs. It was then worth 20 shillings, and now 26 shillings and 8 pence. (There is) 1 church (holding) 30 acres and worth 2 shillings and 8 pence. W[illiam] de Noiers holds it now. (There were) also {adhuc) in Plumesteda [Plumstead] 2 freemen of Gert and of Stigand whom [quod] Bishop Herewast [Ervastus] seized (invasit). (They had) 50 acres of land and 2 acres meadow. Then as now 2 bordars. Then as now I plough. Earl R[alf] had them when he forfeited (his lands) and R[obert] Blund (has ' Apparently now held by the king ; see p. 57. 2 121 them) at a rent {ad censum). It was then worth 5 shillings, now 3. In Plumesteda [Plumstead] i freeman, Ayl- mer's {Almari) by commendation only, held 16 acres of land. Then (there was) half a plough, now 2 oxen. It was then worth 2 shil- lings, now 16 pence. In Frietorp [Freethorpe] i freeman, Alsi, (held) under Earl R[alf] 16 acres of land. Then as now half a plough ; i acre of meadow. Then as now it was worth 2 shillings. Baldwin, the bishop's reeve, held this by commendation only, but now he is commended to Godric (and) in 1. 199b. the king's hand {in manu regis). In Letha [ ] (there were) 7 free- men, Aylmer's by commendation only T.R.E. ; now Reynold {Renoldui) has i^ ploughlands. Then as now 3 ploughs, and then as now 4 bordars. Wood(land) for 4 swine and 12 acres meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings and 4 pence ; ^now 10 shillings ;- (there is) i church (holding) 5 acres and worth 5 pence. And it is 1 league in length and 5 furlongs in breadth, whoever holds there, and (renders) 6J pence geld. In Berlungeham [Burlingham, (North)] (there were) T.R.E. 3 freemen of Aylmer by commen- dation only, now Heluis holds 46 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough, and it was worth then as now 4 shillings. There also (was) I freeman of Bishop Aylmer by commendation only T.R.E. ; now the same {idem) Heluis has (him) with {de) 60 acres of free land {terre libere) and 40 which belong to a cer- tain church ; 7 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 4 bordars in the free (land), now 5, and 2 bordars in the land which belongs {appendet) to the church. Then i^ ploughs, afterwards and now 2 ploughs. And under him {mb u) I church with 10 acres and worth 10 pence. And under him {mb ie) there are 7 freemen by commenda- tion only, holding {de) 40 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough. It was worth then as now 13 shillings. There also (were) 2 freemen of Aylmer by commenda- tion only T.R.E. ; now W[illiam] de Noers has (them) with {de) 50 acres of land. Then as now I villein and 4 bordars and 12 acres of meadow. Then as now i^ ploughs, and half a saltpan (jfl/'). It was then worth 50 pence, it now renders 10 shillings. And the said vill is 10 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth and (renders) 20 pence geld. In Sutberlingeham [South Burlingham] (there were) 8 freemen of Bishop Aylmer by commendation only, now W[illiam] de Noiers has (them) with [de) 140 acres of land. Then as now 1 1 bordars and 8 acres of meadow. Then ' Interlined. 16