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HOLDERS OF LANDS now 7 bordars. Then as now 4 serfs. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 3 oxen, now 2 ploughs. Then 5 ploughs belonging to the men, and afterwards 4 ; now 3 : and then as now 6 freemen dwelt there. They are reckoned above. Then as now 2 mills. Wood- land for 20 swine, (and) 8 acres of meadow ; and G[odric] found 60 sheep. And it pays 14 pence in geld, and is [habet) i league in length and another in breadth. Then it was worth 6 pounds and afterwards 4 : now 100 shillings. Holm [Holme (Hale)] was held by Godric, now by the king. Then (there was) half a ploughland. Then (there were) 5 bordars, now 4. Then i plough, now half (a plough). Woodland for 20 swine. Then as now 2 parts of a mill ; 2 acres of meadow. Then it was worth 10 shillings ; now 15 shillings. And in PiCHENHAM [Pickenham] I free man held 60 acres T.R.E. and after the king came into that country [hta patriaY Earl Ralf gave it to the reeve of the hundret {propoiito hundret). And from {per) the king's sheriffs he still holds that land ; ^ and it is worth 1 6 pence. And in the same vill a certain freeman holds 12 acres and another freeman holds 3 acres of the king's soke. They have been valued above. In Acra [Acre, (South)] villeins (have) half a ploughland and 1 plough, and it is in the valuation {in cemu) of the hundret. Hundret of Gildecros [Guiltcross] In Gnateshala [Knettishall (All Saints)'] i freeman with {de) 30 acres of land, and it belongs f. 110b. {jacet) to Kenmohala'* [Kenninghall], and 2 villeins, and i acre of meadow ; then as now half a mill and half a plough and 24 acres of land. The whole is in the valuation of Chenin- chala [Kenninghall]. Hundret of Lawendic [Launditch] HoRNiNGHETOFT [Homingtoft] was held by Alvric a freeman T.R.E. for 3 ploughlands. Then (there were) 7 villeins, afterwards and now 5 ; then as now 3 bordars and 2 serfs and 4 acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now I plough and a half, and a half could be restored. Then i plough belong- ing to the men, afterwards and now half (a plough), and a half could be restored ; wood(land) for 300 swine, and half a fishery ; then as now I beast and 20 swine and 160 sheep and 20 goats. And (there are) 9 sokemen and 2 bordars (with) I ploughland and half an acre of meadow ; ' Compare f. 210 (Broc). ' For instances of reveland see Ellis i, 1 88. ^ Knettishall is just across the Little Ouse in Suffolk. ' Sic : but probably this is an error in the facsimile for Keninchala [Kenninghall]. wood(land) for 40 swine : then 2 ploughs, after- wards and now i, and another could be restored. Of these 9 sokemen Stigand had the soke T.R.E. but Ralf seized it {invaut earn) and therefore Godric has it. And Chiptena Alvric and Alfer as 2 bordars and 3 [Kipton ^] was held by 3 ploughlands ; then as now acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now none, but 4 could be employed {restaurari). And 9 sokemen (with) half a ploughland and I acre of meadow (and) then as now I plough. The whole was then worth 4 pounds, afterwards 6 pounds, now 7 (pounds) by tale. Of these 9 sokemen Stigand had the soke T.R.E. and Ralf before he made forfeit seized it and held it, therefore Godric holds it. All Hornincgitoft [Horningtoft] is 8 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth and (pays) 4 pence for geld. RuHHAM [Rougham], i ploughland and a half, was heM by Aluin a freeman T.R.E. : then (there were) 7 villeins, afterwards and now 3 : then as now 3 solidates.* Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now none, and 4 could be employed {restaurari). Then I plough belonging to the men ; afterwards and now none, but it could be restored : then as now 12 swine and 30 sheep. Here belong now as then {semper) 14 sokemen, (with) i J ploughlands, and 2 villeins f. 131. and 4 bordars. Then 2 J ploughs; afterwards and now 2, and the half could be restored. The whole belonged to Stigand's soke and to his manors {et de suis mansihus) T.R.E. ; afterwards Ralf had the whole, now Godric has it. Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings, now 60 ; and it is {habet) 7 furlongs in length and 6 in width, and (pays) 20 pence for geld. In Wesenham [Weasenham] (are) 4 free- men, I ploughland, and I acre of meadow : then as now 2 bordars and 2 ploughs. Stigand (had) the soke T.R.E. now W. de Noiers in Meleham [Mileham]. This is in the valua- tion of Esparlea [Sporle]. In Mulcham [Mile- ham] and in Britringa [Bittering] is i plough- land and 12 acres which Aluin a freeman held ; now a certain widow holds it : then (there were) 2 ploughs, now none. And I sokeman (with) 24 acres of land. Then as now half a plough, and 3 sokemen (with) 15 acres and half a plough T.R.E. All this was then worth 20 shillings. Now (she) pays nothing, because she has nothing {nichil habet) and yet {tunc ') Godric pays the tax {censum) for it. ' In Weasenham St. Peter. See Blomefield, ix, 525. ' 3 soF = solidatas ? Sir H. Ellis seems to make a soMata = a mansura (Ellis i, 96). ably (as usual) a mistake for ' wrongly extended by the scribe. ' tc, possibly in error for tn = tamcn. The word is prob- serfe ' : the s being 49 ' and yet.' 7