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HOLDERS OF LANDS 40 swine ; afterwards and now i mill. Then as now 3 rounceys and 2 beasts and 20 swine, 120 sheep; afterwards 11 hives of bees, now 15 ; and 4 sokemen with half a ploughland. Then as now i plough, 4 acres of meadow. Then it was worth 8 pounds, and afterwards 12, now 14 pounds and 13 shillings and 4 pence; and of this 53 shillings are by tale (ad compotum and it pays the rest blanch. And it is i league in length and I in breadth, and (pays) 2 shillings for geld. Halfriate [Halvergate] was held by Earl R[alf] T.R.E. (as) 6 ploughlands. Then as now 6 villeins; then and afterwards 46 bordars, now 50 ; then 3 serfs ; then 4 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 3 ; then 7 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and now 9 ; 30 acres of meadow, and i saltpan. Then as now 2 rounceys and 7 beasts and 13 swine, 260 sheep ; and 13 sokemen with half a plough- land and 15 acres of land. Then as now 7. ploughs, 6 acres of meadow. Then it was worth 8 pounds, afterwards 9, and now 10 pounds blanch and 40 shillings of custom (consuetudine) by tale, and 20 shillings of fine [genumma) ; and it is I league in length and I in breadth, and (pays) 2 shillings for geld. And besides the sheep aforesaid there belong to this manor 700 sheep f. 129. and they render 1 00 shillings. In FisCELE [Fishley] Earl R[alf] the elder held T.R.E. 25 sokemen, i ploughland, and 30 acres of meadow. One of them, Ufward by name, is of the king's soke. Then as now 3i ploughs, and it is 8 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and (pays) for geld 10 pence. In Uptune [Upton (with Fishley)] (there are) 27 sokemen, i ploughlands, and 35 acres of meadow. Then as now 3 ploughs. It is I league in length and I in breadth, and (pays) for geld 2 shillings. Over all these the king and the earl had soke and sac except 7 whom (the earl) had in commendation in the soke. And between these two, Fiscele [Fishley] and Optune [Up- ton], 25 sokemen, 60 acres of land, and 13 acres of meadow. Then as now half a plough. In Optune [Upton] I sokeman (with) 1 2 acres is worth 2 shillings. Of these the soke is in the hundret. In Walessam [VValsham, (South)] (was) 1 freeman of Gurth's T.R.E. with i plough- land. Then as now 3 bordars and half a plough, 20 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 7 swine, half a saltpan ; and 1 7 sokemen, 1 ploughland, and i^ ploughs, 12 acres of meadow. And in the same i freeman with 30 acres of land and 2 bordars ; and he and the men have ploughs now as then, and 8 acres of meadow. And under him are 6 sokemen with 6 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow ; then I plough, afterwards 2 57 and now half (a plough). And in the same (are) 11 sokemen with 16 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, and then as now I plough. In Pankesford [Panxworth] 3 sokemen, i ploughland, 19 acres and 12 acres of meadow, and 9 bordars ; then i plough, afterwards and now 2. In Randuorda [Ranworth] 7 sokemen, 50 acres of land and 8 acres of meadow, and then as now i plough. Of these the soke is in the hundret ; and Pankesforda [Panxworth] and Randuorda [Ranworth] are I league in length and half (a league) in breadth, and (pay) 16 pence for geld. In Bastuic [Bastwick, (Wood)] i sokeman with 27 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow. Then as now i plough. In Hemelingetun [Hemblington] (are) 6 sokemen with 30 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs. In the same (are) 2 sokemen, and I of these is in the soke of the hundret (with) half a ploughland and I bordar, 6 acres of meadow : and they have under them 7 sokemen with 20 acres of land, I acre of meadow. Then as now i ploughs f. 129b. among them all. And it is i league in length and half in breadth, and (pays) 16 pence for geld. In Modetuna [Moulton] 10 sokemen, 2 ploughlands, and 5 bordars, 20 acres of meadow ; and then as now 4 ploughs ; and it is 8 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and for geld (pays) 15 pence and a halfpenny. In WiCKHAMTUN [Wickhampton] i sokeman, 1 ploughland, and 5 bordars and 4 acres of meadow ; then as now I plough, and it is 6 fur- longs in length and 5 in breadth, and (pays) for geld 10 pence and a halfpenny. King Edward had the soke and R[alf] (had it) when he made forfeiture. In Redaham [Reedham] 3 sokemen with 40 acres of land and 7 bordars and 6 acres of meadow ; and under them 6 sokemen with 20 acres of land, and among them all i plough then as now. In Modetuna [Moulton] 7 freemen. In WiCHAMTUNA [Wickhampton] i sokeman with 56 acres of land ; and they have 2 ploughs, 4 acres of meadow, and are in the soke of the hundret. And all these, with others who are in another hundret,' pay 8 pounds blanch and 100 shillings of custom by tale and 20 shillings of free gift [de genumma). Over all those who used to resort to {requirebant) the fold of the earl the earl had soke and sac ; over all the others the king and earl (had it). 'i.e. BlofJeld. See ff. 123, I23<5; East Flegg, f 135-