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HOLDERS OF LANDS They were then worth 40 shillings, now 80. The king and the earl (have) the soke. HuNDRET OF HuMILIART [HuMBLEYARD] In CoLENEiA [Colney] Robert de Vaux {Va/s) holds I freeman (with) 30 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow. Then (there was) half a plough. And it is worth 2 shillings. HuNDRET OF DePWADE [DePWADE] In Taseburch [Tasburgh] Almar held (tenet) 30 acres of land from Stigand. Now Roger of Evreux [Ehrois) holds it ; (and) 4 acres of meadow. Then (there was) i plough, now a half, and the third part of a mill, and it is worth 15 shillings. HuNDRET [of] ClAVELINGA [ClAVERING] In Thuruertuna [Thurlton] Odar holds '] freemen of whom the predecessor of Ralf de Bollafago [sic) had the commendation only T.R.E. (with) 45 acres (of land). Then (there were) i|- ploughs, now a half. * (There is) half a church (with) 12 acres.^ And they are worth ID shillings. XX. THE LAND OF R[ALF] DE BELLOFAGO Hundret of Dochinge [Docking] ^ Niwetuna [(Bircham) Newton] was held T.R.E. by Toue, a freeman, (as) 2 plough- lands. Then as now (there were) 4 villeins and 3 bordars. Then 3 serfs, afterwards and now I. Then I plough on the demesne, after- wards 2, now 3. Then and afterwards 4 ploughs belonging to the men, now 2^. Then as now 2 rounceys and 10 swine. Then 220 sheep, now 540. To this manor belong {Hie jaeent) II freemen (with) i^ ploughlands and II I acres. Then (there were) 4 ploughs belonging to the men, now 2^. (There is) f. 236. I church (with) 20 acres, worth 16 pence. These freemen his predecessor Eudo had, Stigand (had) the soke. (The manor) was then worth 60 shillings, afterwards and now 100. The whole is half a league in length and a half in breadth, and renders 15 pence out of 20 shillings of geld. In Brecham [Bircham, (Great)] Fradre held 3 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 5 villeins and 4 bordars. Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now none ; then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; and 2 freemen (with) 2 acres. It was then worth 50 shillings, now 20 : and it is I league in length and I league in breadth, whoever holds there, and renders 27 pence of geld. ' Interlined. ' Now in Smithdon hundred. Hundret [of] Smetheduna [Smethden] RiNCSTEDA [Ringstead, (Great)] was held by i freeman T.R.E. (as) half a ploughland. ' Now Richard holds it.^ Then as now (there were) 2 villeins and half a plough, and it is worth 3 shillings. St. Benet (of Ramsey * has) the soke. Hundret of Fridrebruge [Freebridge] In Waltuna [Walton, (West)] Bunde, a free- man, held I ploughland T.R.E. Now Odar holds it. And (there are) 4 villeins and 8 bor- dars and 4 acres of meadow. Then as now (there was) i plough on the demesne, and i plough belonging to the men, and i freeman (with) 8 acres of land. And it is worth 20 shillings. Hundret [of] Scerepham [Shropham] In Elincham [Ellingham, (Great)] (are) 2 free- men (with) 22 acres of land, and 6J acres of meadow ; wood(land) for 8 swine. Then as now (there were) half a plough and 2 oxen. They were then worth 10 shillings, now 20. The soke is in Bucham [Old Buckenham]. In Herkeham [Hargham] Caurinc holds 3 ploughlands where Ulf, a freeman, held T.R.E. Then and afterwards (there were) 2 villeins, now I, then as now 2 bordars. Then and after- wards 2 serfs, 1 2 acres of meadow. Then (there was) I plough, afterwards 2 oxen, now i^ ploughs. Then (there were) 2 ploughs belong- ing to the men, afterwards I, now i^. And 10 sokemen (with) 8 acres of land. Then as now 2 rounceys, now 2 cows. Then 6 swine, now 3. Then 44 sheep, now 28. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 30. The whole is half a league in length and a half in breadth, and f. 326b. (renders) 6f pence of geld. Hundret [of] La wen dig [Launditch] Suanetu[n]a [S wanton (Morley)] was held by Godwin {Goduinus), a freeman, T.R.E. (as) 8 ploughlands. Then as now (there were) 24 villeins. Then and afterwards 38 bordars, now 54. Then and afterwards 6 serfs ; 10 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 4 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 3, now 5. Then and after- wards 1 3 ploughs belonging to the men, now 1 8. Wood(land) for 500 swine. Then as now 3 mills and i fishery, then as now i rouncey. Then 2 beasts. Then 39 swine, now 48. Then 60 sheep, now 85. To this manor belong 7 sokemen with all custom, and they have 1 1 bor- dars and 2 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs. And i freeman (with) 1 2 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow. Then half a plough, now none. And of him Ralf's {sum) predecessor had only the commendation T.R.E. His soke ' Interlined.

  • Cf. f. 215^1.

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