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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK leins, afterwards and now 5. Then 4 serfs, afterwards and now 2. Then 1^ ploughs on the demesne, afterwards I, and now 2. Then as now half a plough belonging to the men, and 10 acres of meadoW. Now (there is) I rouncey. Then as now 3 beasts. Then 3 swine (/>«/), and now 12 ; now 100 sheep and I saltpan. It was then worth 40 (shillings), afterwards 30, now 40. And it is 8 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and (renders 20 pence r) in a geld of 20 shillings. And the soc and sac belong to the king and the earl. East Hundret of Flec [East Flegg] In Philebey [Filby] R[alf] Stalara held 2 ploughlands and 47 acres as (/"■«) a manor T.R.E. Then (there were) 8 villeins, afterwards and now 6 ; and 2 bordars. Then as now (there was) I plough on the demesne and I plough belonging to the men, and 14 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 rounceys and I beast. Then (there were) 7 swine, now 10. And (there are) 3 sokemen (with) 15 acres. Then as now (they had) ih plou2;hs and I acre of meadow. And (there are)% freemen (with) half a ploughland and 6 acres. Then as now (they had) 2^ ploughs and 1 acre of meadow. It was then worth 40 shil- lings, afterwards and now 50. The king and the^'earl (have) soke over {de) the freemen. And it is I league and 3^ furlongs in length, and half a league and 25 perches in breadth, and (renders) 2 shillings of geld, whoever holds there. LVI. THE LANDS OF HAGON Hundret of Ensford [Eynesford] In BiNNETRE [Bintree] Hagon [Hagonus) the king's reeve holds 100 acres of land. Then as now (there were) 10 sokemen. Then as now the men (had) 4 ploughs among them [Inter se), and 7 acres of meadow. Then as now it was worth 20 shillings. In Gegesete [Guist] (there are) 1 00 acres of land. Then as now (there were) 2 villeins and 5 bordars. Then as now the men (had) 2 ploughs among them [inter se), and 4 acres of meadow. (There is) wood(land) for 8 swine. Then as now it was worth 20 shillings. 1. 270. In NoRTUNA [(Wood) Norton] (there are) 50 acres of land, and 5 sokemen dwelling [manentes) on the said [ipsa) land. Then as now the men (had) 2 ploughs among them [inter se), and 2 (^v ifiform. Rev. W. Hudson, F.S.A.). As, however, Rabeil held other lands in the neighbourhood of Lim- penhoe and Southwood (p. 203) it seems possible that ' the moor ' may refer to the marshlands lying between the rivers Yare and Bure ; as indeed seems implied by the reference in Feui^. Aids, iii, 418. acres of meadow. (There is) wood(land) for 5 swine. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings. In Gegestueit [Guestwick] (there are) 50 acres of land, (and) then as now 2 sokemen and I bordar (dwelling) on the said [ipsa) land. Then as now the men (had) l ploughs among them [inter se) and 5 acres of meadow. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings. And in Westuna [Weston] (there is) i sokeman (with) 16 acres of land. Then as now (he had) half a plough. And he is worth 2 shillings. And in Sparham [Sparham] (there is) i free- man (with) 30 acres of land and I bordar, over whom his predecessor had only commendation. Then as now (he had) half a plough and 2 acres of meadow. And he is worth 4 shillings. And in Tytheby [Tyby i] (there is) i free- man (with) 1 5 acres, and 2 bordars. Then as now (he had) half a plough, and half an acre of meadow ; wood(land) for 3 swine. Then as now he was worth 3 shillings. And in Salla [Sail] (there is) i sokeman. And in Tirninga [Thurning] (there is) I (sokeman with) 20 acres of land. Then as now (he had) I plough. And he is worth 4 shillings. LVII. THE LANDS OF RALF SON OF HAGON Hundret of Holt ' In Kellinga [Kelling] Wester, a freeman of Guert, held 2 ploughlands T.R.E. Now Ralf son of Hagon [Hagana) (holds them). Then as now (there were) 6 villeins and 20 bordars. (Then) and afterwards (there was) i (plough), now 2 (ploughs). Then as now (there were) 2 ploughs belonging to the men, and I acre of meadow. Then as now (there was) I rouncey. Then 16 swme, now 20. Then as now 40 sheep and 24 goats. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 40. Hundret [of] Lothninga [Loddon] In MuNDAHAM ' [Mundham] St. Etheldreda [Aldreda) held 20 acres in demesne T.R.E. Now R[alf] ^ holds them. Then as now (there were) 2 bordars. And it is worth 3 shillings. Hundret of Ensforda [Eynesford] In Salla [Sail] Wester, a freeman, held i ploughland T.R.E. Then as now (there was) i villein, and 10 bordars. Then as now I plough > In Wood Dalling. ' Compare f 267 above. » See Inq. Ellen. (Hamilton), p. 1 40. ' Inj. Elien. adds ' son of Rainard,' cf. f. 267 above. This mistake must have been made in the breve from which both /«f . Elien. and Domesday were copied. 192