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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK and Robert de Curcun holds (it). There, too, {In eadem) are 3 freemen, I whole, 2 halves (j/V) belonging to Stigand by commendation (with) 46 acres of land ; and under them I bordar and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough. Then and always it was worth 5 shillings. It is half a league in length and half in breadth ; and for geld (pays) 20 pence whoever may hold there; I church (with) 10 acres; it is worth 12 pence. Robert de Curcun holds it. In Fram- INGAHAM [Framingham (Earl)] i freeman belong- ing to Edwin by commendation, and afterwards to Godric Dapifer his successor, under Earl R[alf] ; when Earl R[alf] made forfeit Almar the bishop held him, now Roger B[igot]. Tu- rold (holds) 20 acres on which dwell 2 bordars. Then as now half a plough and half an acre of meadow. Then as now it was worth 2 shillings ; I church with 30 acres, it is worth 3 shillings. In VVisiNLiNGAHAM [Whitlingham] I free- woman Ulflet held T.R.E. under Stigand the bishop {lie) 1 60 acres of land. Then as now 9 bor- dars ; then I J ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now l, and half a plough belonging to the men, 8 acres of meadow, and 13 whole sokemen and 3 halves, 43 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now i^ ploughs. Then it was worth 20 shillings, afterwards and now 30. It is half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth ; and for geld (pays) 7 pence, whoever may hold there ; I church (with) 10 acres, and it is worth 1 2 pence. The whole of this land is of the fee of Bishop Almar, and the same Robert [de Curcun] holds it. OF THE EXCHANGE OF THE LAND OF ISAAC f. 176. FisKELE ^ [Bixley] was held by Genret a free- man under Stigand T.R.E. for ploughlands, and Ranulf son of Walter holds it. Then as now 2 villeins. Then as now 4 bordars. Then and afterwards I plough on the demesne, now 2. Then as now I plough belonging to the men, and 5 acres of meadow. Then as now I horse on the demesne. Then 2 beasts, now 10 swine. And 13 sokemen dwell on the half ploughland aforesaid ; and I freeman with 2 acres of free land. Among them all then as now 4 ploughs. Then and afterwards it was worth 20 (shillings), now 50 shillings. It is half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth, and for geld (pays) 10 pence and a halfpenny ; I church (with) 24 acres is worth 2 shillings. This he received as i^ ploughlands. In Framingaham [Framingham (Earl)] Ul- chetel I freeman of Algar the Earl by commen- dation held I ploughland ; now Ulchetel holds it. Then as now 24 bordars. Then as now i ' Apparently an error for ' Biskele ' ; see below. plough on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the men, and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 horses ; then 2 beasts, now 3. Then 12 swine, now 16, and 4 hives of bees. And in the same (vill are) 10 freemen under him, 50 acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs. Then and afterwards it was worth 20 shillings, now 60 shillings, and it is half a league in length and half in breadth. And for geld (it pays) 13 pence and a halfpenny. In Kerkebei [Kirby (Bedon)] (are) 4 freemen of Ulketel's (with) 10 acres of land and half an acre of meadow. Then as now half a plough, and Ulchetel holds (them). In HoLVESTUNA [Holverstone] 3 freemen of the same (Ulketel), (with) 10 acres of land. Then as now they ploughed with 2 oxen. In Ailver- TUNA [Yelverton] 3 freemen of the same with 20 acres of land. Then as now half a plough ; I church (with) 20 acres, it is worth 20 pence. And the same (Ulchetel) holds it. In PoRRiNKELANDA [Poringland, (Great)] ^ 7 whole freemen of the same (with) 30 acres. Then as now half a plough ; I church, 12 acres, it is worth 12 pence. The same (holds it). In ScoTTEssAM [Shotesham] 3 freemen belonging to the same (with) 16 acres of land, acres of meadow. Then as now they ploughed with 2 oxen. The same (holds it). In Stokes [Stoke (Holy Cross)] i freeman belonging to the same, (he is) a half (freeman), (with) 24 acres of land. Then as now half a plough. The same (holds it). In Sutherli.vga- HAM [Surlingham] 2 freemen belonging to the same, 12 acres of land. Then as now they plough with 2 oxen. The same (holds it). In RoKELUNDA [Rockland (St. Mary)] i freeman of Ulketel's with 6 acres of land. All these have been appraised in Framingaham [Framingham (Earl)]. The same holds them. In BisKELE [Bixley] i freeman of Ulketel's in commendation and half a freeman under him with 17 acres of land, and I villein and I bordar and I acre of meadow. Then as now half a plough. Then it was worth 30 pence, now 4 shillings. The same holds it. This land Godric Dapifer claims by his man, Ralf to wit, by ordeal {judicium) or battle, that he held it as of f. 176b. {ad) the fee of Earl [Ralf], and the hundret tes- tifies (that it is) of the fee of [Roger] Bigot. But Godric reclaims this with the moiety which is (mentioned) in the king's return {breve). ' This Godric received for half a ploughland. ' The Bigot manor was Great Poringland. Feud. Aids, iii, 429, 499. ' Cl'. f. 227^, where this entry seems to be referred to, as also f. 1 243. 98