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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 1. 239b. XXIIII. THE LAND OF EUDO DAPIFER SCEREPHAM [ShROPHAM] HuNDRET In RoKELVNT [Rockland] Richard {Rikardus) holds 10 freemen (with) I ploughland. Then as now (they had) i bordar and 3 acres of meadow ; wood(land) for 4 swine. Then (they had) 4 ploughs, afterwards 2, now 3 ; the eighth part of a mill. Then it was worth 100 shillings, afterwards and now 40. The soke lay T.R.E. in the king's (manor of) Bucha[m] [(Old) Buck- enham] and (also) afterwards until Lisois [de Moustiers] {Lisius) had the land ; and to this the hundret bears witness. In Scerepha[m] [Shropham] (are) 8 freemen (with) i^ ploughlands, (whom) Roland holds, and 6 (acres) of meadow ; wood(land) for 6 swine. Then (they had) 3 ploughs, afterwards and now 2. They were then worth 60 shillings, now 37. The soke is in the king's (manor of) Bucha[m] [(Old) Buckenham], but Lisois {Lisius) kept it back {retinuit) and Eudo likewise. In Rudha[m] [Roudham] Ralf holds 8 free- men (with) I ploughland and 10 acres and i acre and i rood {virg^) of meadow. Then as now (they had) 2 ploughs. They were then worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 30. The soke is in Bucha[m] [(Old) Buckenham], but Lisois {Lisius) kept it back and E[udo] likewise. In Bretham [Brettenham] Turgis held 7 freemen T.R.E. (with) i^ ploughlands (and) 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards (they had) i^ ploughs, now i plough, and there might (also) be a half. They were then worth 30 shillings, afterwards and now 20. The soke of 6 of them is in the king's' (manor of) Bucha[m] [(Old) Buckenham]. Of the seventh St. Ethel- dreda {Adeldret) (had) soke and commendation.^ But Lisois {Lesius) kept it all back, and Eudo keeps it. The whole is i league in length and 5 furlongs in breadth and (renders) 13!^ pence of geld. Walessam [Walsham] Hundret In Tunestalua [Tunstall] Escule, Harold's man, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then (there were) 6 bordars, afterwards and now 5, and 8 acres of meadow. Then as now (there was) half a plough on the demesne and a half belonging to the men. Then (there were) 200 sheep, now 240. (There is) I church (with) 8 acres and it is worth 8 pence. (The manor) was then worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 3 pounds. And it is 7 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth, and f. 340. (renders) 8 pence of geld. ' cf. Inf. E/ien. (Hamilton, p. 140). In Brecheham Eudo Dapifer holds I sokeman by name Urban, of whom the abbot has sac and soke and commendation ; and the hundret bears witness to this. Blafelda [Blofield] Hundret In Possuic [Postwick] Escule, a freeman, held 2 ploughlands T.R.E. Then (there were) 6 villeins, afterwards and now 5 ; then as now 9 bordars and 2 serfs. Then (there were) ik ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now i. Then as now 3 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 40 swine, and 15 acres of meadow ; now (there is) i mill. Then as now (there were) 3 rounceys and 15 beasts. Then (there were) 40 swine, now 16. (There is) i church (with) 20 acres and it is worth 2 shillings. To this (manor) belongs {adjacet) I outlying estate Cattuna [Catton '] of 30 acres of land and 3 bordars. Then (there was) half a plough altogether {inter totum), and now 5 oxen ; 5 acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings, afterwards and now 4 pounds. There also Ratho, a freeman, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 5 bordars and I serf. Then as now (there was) i plough on the demesne, and a half belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 20 swine and 8 (acres) of meadow. Then as now (there were) 3 swine and 2 sokemen with {de) 4 acres of land. It was then worth 20 (shillings) and afterwards and now 40. There also moreover {adhuc) Calp {Calpus), a freeman, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins. Then (there was) 1 plough on the demesne, and then as now half a plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 1 5 swine ; 8 acres of meadow. It was then worth 1 5 shillings and now 40. The whole is i league in length and a half in breadth, and (renders) 13^ pence of geld. All this was held by Lisois {Lisius) for i manor. Now Eudo his successor holds it. And T.R.E. the soke and sac was in the hundret, but now Eudo holds it. Hundret of Humiliart [Humbleyard] Intewda [Intwood] is held by Ralf which Coleman, a freeman of Stigand, held (as) 15 ploughlands. Then (as now) 3 villeins and 3 bordars. Then (there were) 2 serfs, now 3 ; then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and li- ploughs belonging to the men ; 3 acres of meadow, f. 240b. Wood(land) for 8 swine and the fourth part of a mill. Then (there were) 4 rounceys, now 3 ; then as now 4 beasts. Then 40 swine, now 30. Then 60 sheep, now 50. (There is) i church with {de) 14 acres of land and ih acres of meadow. And (there is) I outlying estate, Torp [? Swains- thorpe] (with) 60 acres and I plough on the demesne, and i^ acres of meadow. And 15 sokemen (with) 40 acres of land ; then as now 2 ploughs, and 4 acres of meadow. And (there are) 5 freemen (with) 20 acres and I plough ; of these his predecessor had commendation 164 ' In Postwick. See Blomefield, op. cit. vi, 250.