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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK and 40 acres of meadow and 2 salt-pans. ' One church (holds) 20 acres and (they are) worth i6 pence.' Now (there are) 12 swine and 160 sheep, and 4 sokemen with 60 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow, and then as now i plough. To this manor belongs [pertinet) I outlying estate, Martham [Martham], (consisting of) 2 plough- lands. Then as now 7 villeins and 3 bordars and I serf. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne and I plough belonging to the men, and 50 acres of meadow. There are also (adhuc) be- f. 195b. longing to this manor 2 7 sokemen — ' Richard over 30 shillings^ — with 30 acres of land and 5 acres of meadow. Then as now 3 ploughs. And in WiNTRETUNA [VVinterton] 2 sokemen of 10 acres and then as now half a plough. It was then worth 26 pounds, now 29 pounds. All this is ih leagues in length and 10 furlongs in breadth, and (renders) 30 pence geld. And" Martham is 1 1 leagues (in length) and I league in breadth, and (renders) 30 pence geld, but several hold there. In Escou [Sco "] 2 bordars with 6 acres of land, and they belong {^pertinent) to Heimesbei [Hemsby]. Heinestede [Henstead] Hundret In RoKELUNDA [Rockland] and Suther- LiNGAHAM [Surlingham] W[illiam] de Noers (holds) 2 villeins with 16 acres and 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards [semper) they held half a plough : now they plough with 2 oxen. This belongs to [pertinet in) Langale [Langley]. Half Hundret of Hersam [Earsham] In Mendaham [Mendham] W[illiam] de Noers holds i priest, Algar, 43 acres of church land [ecclesiastice terre) ; now under [sub) William de Noiers. Then as now 3 bordars. Then as now I plough between himself and the men. Wood(land) for 1 5 swine, and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings. Lotninga [Loddon] Hundret North Langale [Langley] was held by Anant, a freeman, under King Edward for 3 ploughlands. Then and afterwards (there were) 2 villeins, now I. Then as now 8 bordars. Then 2^^ ploughs, afterwards i^, now I plough on the demesne. Then as now i plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 20 swine, and 8 acres of meadow and I mill. Then 7 horses, now 6. Then 4 beasts, now I. Then 20 swine, now 14. Now 95 sheep and 25 sokemen of Anant with I ploughland. Then and afterwards 4 ploughs, f. 196. now 3. And (there are) 3 freemen of the same by commendation [ejusdem conid') (with) 40 acres, and their soke is the king's. Then i^ ploughs, ' Interlined. ' Blomefield op. cit. seems to place Sco between Martham and Repps. It was then already lost. afterwards and now i. There also 1 wliole priest and 2 halves (l pbr integer et ii dim) hold 100 acres of free land [lihere terre) and they belong to [jiiccnt in) the church of St. Andrew. Then and now as then [semper) it was worth 4 pounds. It is I league in length and i in breadth, and (renders) 1 1 pence geld. T.R.E. AyliTier [Almarm) had the land of this Anant, and they were joint-tennnts [socii) and (Anant) died suddenly. Hundret of Ensford [Evnesford] And in Turninga [Thurning] (there is) I freeman, with 15 acres of land and half a plough and I acre of meadow. Then (there was) wood(land) for 5 swine. And it is worth 8 shillings. ' And in Gregesepe [Guist] 2 soke- men with 2 acres. And the whole was worth then 10 pounds, and now 13 pounds 8 shillings.* In Helmingeham [Helmingham] one freeman, Renold, holds 2o(?)acres of land, of whoin Bishop Aylmer [Ahmirus) had only the commendation. Then as now 2 villeins and 3 bordars. Then 2 ploughs between himself and his men, now i. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings, and it is 1^ leagues in length and I in breadth, and renders 40 pence of the king's geld whoever holds there. Hundret of Taverham [Taverham] In Taverham [Taverham] i freewoman held T.R.E. half a ploughland. Then (there were) 3 villeins and 2 bordars, then as now I plough on the demesne. Then and afterwards half a plough belonging to the men, and five acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 2 swine. Then (there were) 3 sokemen with 13 acres of land, now I sokeman. Then (there was) half a plough. It was then worth 12 shillings, now 20 shillings. In Atebruge [Attlebridge] l freeman, Geoffrey, holds 16 acres of land and I bordar. Then as now half a plough and 2 acres of meadow, and it is worth 6 shillings and 8 pence. (There is) I church (holding) 6 acres and worth 6 pence. Erpincham Sud [South Erpingham] Hundret f. X96b. (Bliclinga [Blickling])^ was held by Harold T.R.E. as 3^ ploughlands. Then as now 12 villeins and 16 bordars and i serf. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 ploughs be- longing to the men ; 10 acres of meadow. Then wood(land) for 200 swine ; now 100. Then as now I mill and i rouncey and 16 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds, now 8, and is i (league in) length and I in breadth, and (renders) ' Cancelled in original. Cf. f. 193 above.

  • The place is omitted; Blomefield suggests Blickling,

Hist. ofNorf. vi, 381. Cf. supra, f. 115. 118