A HISTORY OF NORFOLK LI. THE LANDS OF BERNER THE ARBLASTER ' Fridebruge [Freebridge] hundret AND A Half In Grimestuna [Grimston] Ulueru[n], a freewoman, held I ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 6 bordars and I serf, and lo acres of meadow. Then (there was) i plough, afterwards none {nkh'tl), now I. Then as now I mill. To this manor belong [Hk jacent) 2 sokemen (with) 3 acres, and 3 freemen (with) 4 acres. The whole is worth 20 shillings. In CoNCHAM [Congham] (there is) i freeman (with) 60 acres of land, and I bordar, and 3 acres of meadow. Then (there was) half a plough. There also (are) 4 freemen (with) 3 acres. The whole is worth 10 shillings. He claims {revocat) all those freemen of the king's gift {dono). In Helingetuna [Hillington] the same Uluerun held 2 ploughlands and 15 acres T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 7 villeins and 8 bor- dars, and 2 serfs ; (and) 10 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards I, now 2. Then as now i plough belonging to the men : I mill, and I saltpan. Then 100 sheep, now 80. Then 12 swine, f. 268. now 7. Then and afterwards it was worth 4 pounds, now 1 00 shillings. The whole is i^ leagues in length and a half in breadth, whoever holds there, and renders 8 pence of geld in 20 shillings. Hundret [of] Dechinga [Docking] ^ Scernebrune [Shernborne] was held by a freeman T.R.E. (as) i ploughland. Then (there was) I (plough) on the demesne, afterwards none, now i. (There are) 5 bordars, i mill, the twelfth part of a saltpan, and the twelfth part of a mill ; (and) 2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards (it was worth) 16 (shil- lings), but now 20. Hundret [of] Wanelund [VVayland] Asscelea [Ashill] was held T.R.E. by Alvric, a thegn of Harold, (as) 2 ploughlands. Then (there were) 10 villeins, afterwards and now 7 ; then as now II bordars; (and) 13 acres of mea- dow. Then (there was) l plough on the demesne, afterwards I, now 2. Then (there were) 5 ploughs belonging to the men, after- wards 3, now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 120 swine, and I fishery. Now (there is) i beast. Then 10 swine, now 8, and 24 goats ; and (then) 60 sheep, now 67. Now as then it is worth 50 shillings. There also 6 freemen ' In vs.rg-a,f.=^ fecit {retornum) ; see Introduction, p. 2. ' Now in Smithdon. (have) half a ploughland, and 7 acres of land. Then (they had) 4 ploughs, afterwards and now 2 ; (and 2) acres of meadow. And they are worth 10 shillings. This is (Berner's) by way of exchange {pro escangio]), and was one of [de) the manors of Earl Ralf. In ScuLETUNA [Scoulton] i freeman held 3 ploughlands under Harold T.R.E. Then and afterwards (there were) 6 villeins, now 5 ; then as now 5 bordars, 26 acres of meadow, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then as now (there was) I plough belonging to the men ; (and) wood(land) for 300 swine. Then as now (there were) 2 rounceys ; and (then) 4 beasts, now 10 ; and 24 swine, now ID; and 15 sheep, now 1 10 ; and then as now 30 goats. Then as now it was worth 50 shillings. The whole is i leagues in length, and I league in breadth, who- ever holds there, and (renders) 15 pence of geld. This is one of [de] RalPs manors. In ToMESTUNA [Thompson] 1 ploughland was held T.R.E. Then (there was) i plough, afterwards and now a half; (and) I bordar. And it is worth 16 shillings. This also is of Ralf's fee [feudo). Hundret [of] Erpingeha[m] Nort [North Erpingham] In Othestranda [Overstrand] Eschet held (an estate rated) at {pro) 2 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 6 villeins, and 18 bordars, and 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now i, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men, (and) I mill. Wood(land) for 3 swine. Then (there was) I rouncey, now f. 26Sb. 2. Then 2 beasts, now 6. Then 4 (swine), now 5 swine. Now 19 sheep, then 15. (There are) 3 goats. And (there are) 5 sokemen with {de) 32 acres of land, and I acre of meadow. And the king has the soke. Then as now (they had) I plough. It was then worth 40 shillings, and (is) still {semper). And it is 7 furlongs in length, and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 6f pence of geld. Hundret of Grrehou [South Greenhoe] In PiKEHAM [Pickenham] i freeman has 12 acres and a house {domum) of the fee {feudo) of Earl R[alf], and is in the soke of the hundret. Now as then he has i mill, and is worth 7 shillings. R[obert] Blund gave (him) livery {liheravit) of this (land). Hundret of Ensforda [Eynesford] In Hacforda [Hackford] i freeman held i ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 3 bordars. Then as now (there was) I plough on the demesne, and half a plough 190
