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HOLDERS OF LANDS of meadow, I mill, i rouncey, i beast ; now 8 swine, 22 sheep. And 5 sokemen in the same (vill with) 58 acres and 1^ acres of meadow and 1^ ploughs among them all. It was then worth 3 pounds, now 3. It is i^ leagues in length, and (renders) [2 shillings cancellecf} 16 pence of geld. Others hold there. In Grenesuill [Grenevill '] St. Benet holds now as then i ploughland. Then (there were) 2 villeins, now I. Then as now 6 bordars. Then 2 serfs. Then i ploughs on the demesne, now 2. Then I plough belonging to the men, now a half ; i mill, i rouncey. Then as now 1 2 swine, 1 2 sheep, i hive {vasa) of bees. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 30. It is I league in length and a half in breadth, and (renders) 2 shillings of geld, but several hold there. In Saisselingham [Saxlingham (Thorpe)] Edric, a freeman of Stigand, held i|- ploughlands under him T.R.E., with sac and soke. After the king came to England, however, the same Edric pledged it to St.Benet{invadiafit earn . . . in Sancto Benedicto) for I mark of gold and for 7 pounds, in order to redeem himself from his capture by Waleram {ut autem se redimeret a captione TValer- ami). Now John, nephew of the same Waleram, holds it of St. Benet as a fief {in feudo). Then (there were) 1 1 bordars, now 9J. Then as now f. 217b. 1 serf. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne. After- wards none, now I. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now I. Now I rouncey on the de- mesne. And T.R.E. (there were) g sokemen, now 5, with {de) 30 acres and 4 acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs, now a half and i mill. It was then worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 30. It is 2 leagues in length and a half in breadth, and and (renders) 16 pence of geld ; but several hold there. There, too, belong 10 acres of land of the demesne of St. Benet, and (St. Benet) leased [prestavit) (them) to Edric, as the hundred wit- nesses. LOTNINGA [LoDDON] HuNDRET Hardale [Hardley] is held now as then by St. Benet for 2 ploughlands. Then as now 5 bordars. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now I. Now 2 oxen belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 3 swine, 8 acres of meadow, and I rouncey ; 4 beasts, 24 swine. Now 150 sheep, and 4 sokemen with {de) 7 acres. Then as now half a plough. It was then worth {sum omitted), now 30. It is 8 furlongs in length and 7 in breadth, and (renders) 1 1 pence of geld, and others hold there. HuNDRET OF EnSFORT [EyNSFORd] In Wicinghaha[m] [Witchingham] (there is) half a ploughland, i bordar, I plough, 2 acres ' In Stoke Holy Cross and Caister. See Rye, Norf. Topog. 127, 128. Blomefield, v, 521. of meadow. It is worth 10 shillings. The soke is in the king's (manor of) FoIsa[m] [Foulsham]. Hundret of Tavreham [Taverham]. In Vrochesham [Wroxham] Ralf Stalra held 4 sokemen with {de) 1 ploughland, and they be- long to {jacent in) Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. John")], which the same R(alf) gave to St. Benet in King William's time. Then as now i plough, 8 acres of meadow. It is worth 6 shillings. In Racheia [Rackheath] (was) a freeman (with) 30 acres T.R.E. Then i plough, now a half; 2 acres of meadow. It is worth 16 pence. This land was forfeited in King William's time, but a certain monk gave half a mark of gold for the forfeiture to the reeves {prepositis), namely, to Alwi of Colchester {Colecestra), and so had the land without the king's licence. Erpincham Nord [North ' Erpingham] Hundret ScoTOHOU [Scottowe] is held now as then by St. Benet for 3 ploughlands. Then (there were) 14 villeins, now 9. Then as now 3 bordars. 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 6 ploughs belonging to the men, now il, 10 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then I mill. Then as now 2 rounceys, 3 beasts, I I swine, and 9 sokemen (with) half a plough- land. Then as now 3^ ploughs. It was then worth 40 shillings, now 60. ^The church (has) 14 acres.'* It is i league in length, and half a league and 20 perches in breadth, and (renders) 16 pence of geld. In EsTUNA [ '] Ralf Stalra had i plough- land T.R.E., and gave it to the abbey with his f. 2l8. wife in King William's time, by the king's grant {concessione regis). Then as now 2 bordars and I plough and il acres of meadow. There also St. Benet held half a ploughland and 2 bor- dars, and it is included in the valuation {est in pretio de) Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. John)]. SuANETUNA [Swanton (Abbot)] is held now as then by St. Benet for 3 ploughlands. Then as now 15 villeins and 5 bordars. Then 2 serfs. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, 4 ploughs belonging to the men, 12 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 100 swine, 2 rounceys, 1 1 swine, 25 goats ; I sokeman (with) 30 acres. Then half a plough. Then as now it was worth 60 shillings. It is I league in length and i league in width and (renders) 4 pence of geld. The church (has) 7 acres. Caletorp [Calthorpe] is held now as then b) St. Benet (for) ploughlands. Then (there ' Feud. Aids, iii, 484. ' This should be South Erpingham. ' Interlined. ' Possibly in Scottowe. 141