A HISTORY OF NORFOLK was worth lO pounds, now 13 pounds and 8 shillings. And Hidolvestuna [Hindolveston] is I league in length and I in breadth, and pays 8 pence and a halfpenny for geld. Helmincham [Helniingham] ' was held by Ailmar the bishop T.R.E. for a manor, and for 3 ploughlands ; now Gonfrid the archdeacon (holds it) of the bishop. Then 8 villeins, now 4. Then as now 9 bordars. Then I serf, now none ; then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne ; then as now i^ ploughs belonging to the men ; and 8 acres of meadow and i mill ; now 1 1 swine and 19 sheep. Two churches with 10 acres, and they are worth 8 pence. And 13 sokemen are held by the same with 40 acres of land. Then as now 5 ploughs and 2 acres of meadow. Then as now it was worth 4 pounds. In CoRPSTY [Corpusty] 30 acres of land were held by Ailmar the bishop T.R.E. ; then as now half a plough and I acre of meadow ; woodland for 4 swine ; and it is worth 2 shillings. The soke is in Caustuna [Cawston]. HUNDRET OF ToNSTEDA [TuNSTEAd] In SuAFFELDA [Swafield] Gonfrid holds I sokeman, 24 acres of land, and 2 bordars and a half, and a plough, and it is worth 5 shillings and 4 pence. There too [In eadem) 28 acres (belong) to the church ; then as now I bordar, and 2 acres of meadow, and it is worth 2 shillings And the whole is l league in length and 4 furlongs and I perch in breadth, whoever may hold there, and (pays) 18 pence for geld. HuNDRET OF DePWADE Stratuna [Stratton] is held by Walter the deacon (as) 2 ploughlands (and) 30 acres, which A[ilmar] the bishop held T.R.E. Then as now 7 villeins, and 6 bordars and a half. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now I. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now i, 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 6 swine, and then as now I mill and I beast and 1 1 swine. And 26 sokemen are held by Ranulf and Walter the deacon : the king and earl (have) half the soke ; and they have 83 acres, then as now 2 ploughs. Then as now it was worth 4 pounds and 2 shillings. A certain man of Earl Alan's claims half one of these (sokemen), and he says that R[alf] held him after he had made forfeiture. Upon this he offers the ordeal. THE FIEF OF THE SAME BISHOP f. 193b. Smeteduna [Smethden] Hundret Secesforda [Sedgeford] was held by Guert T.R.E. In demesne 3 plough(lands) and 1 5 acres. Then 15 villeins, afterwards and now 5. Then as now 39 bordars and 5 serfs, 8 acres of meadow. ' In Morton-on-the-Hill. Then as now 5 ploughs belonging to the men, wood(land) for 60 swine, 4 mills. Then as now I rouncey and 45 swine and 300 sheep. To this manor belongs an outlying estate {jacet una heruita) called Frenga [Fring]. Then as now I plough on the demesne, and 7 villeins and 2 sokemen holding i ploughlands, and of (the holding of) I sokeman Bishop Aylmer [Agclmarus] made an outlying estate {fecit heruitam) and (he has) 7 bordars. And the other sokeman has 4 bordars, and I freeman (had) i plough on the demesne, of this also he made an outlying estate ; then as now (there were) 6 bordars and 2 serfs. And another freeman (had) then as now i plough on the demesne, and of this he made an outlying estate ; then as now (there were) 4 bordars and 2 serfs. And (there are) 2 freemen (holding) 2 ploughlands, of this also (he made) an outlying es- tate ; (there are) 2 ploughs on the demesne and 5 bordars and 2 serfs and 2 acres of meadow ; and T.R.E. (there was) i mill. This Anant the predecessor of Peter de Valognes [Faloniis) took away. All this T.R.E. was worth 16 pounds, afterwards and now 24 pounds. There also [In eadem) Ingulf holds I ploughland which Guert held T.R.E. : then as now I plough on the demesne, and it is worth i o shillings. The whole is I league in length and i league in breadth, and renders 4 shillings in 20 shillings geld. To this manor belonged [hie jacent) then as now 8 freemen by soke and commendation [soca et commendatione) only [tantum), 4 ploughlands. Then as now 5 villeins, 4 acres of meadow. Then 4 ploughs, now 3. It was worth then 40 shillings, now 80. The whole is I league in length and a half in breadth, and renders 1 7^ pence in 20 shillings geld. f. 194. Scerpham [Shropham] Hundret In EccLES [Eccles] Earl Ralf held T.R.E. 4 ploughlands ; afterwards Earl Ralf his son held them. Afterwards [Postea) Bishop Aylmer [Ail- marus) held of both [de utroque). Afterwards [Postea) Bishop Herefast [Arf). Now Bishop William holds them. Then as now 12 villeins and II bordars. Then 5 serfs, now 2. (There are) 20 acres of meadow, wood(land) for loo swine. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 5 ploughs belonging to the men, now 4. Then as now I mill. Now 3 beasts [animalia), and 7 swine, 180 sheep. It was then worth 100 shillings, now 60. The whole is I league in length and 4 furlongs (yr') in breadth, and (renders) 7 pence geld. Bishop A[ylmer] had this land in the time of both (the elder and younger Ralf) [in tempore utrorumque) and the hundret does not know by what title [quomodo). And it never was (land) of the bishopric, as the hundret witnesses [teste hundreto). Hundret of Holt In Langaham [Langham] Guert held 4 ploughlands T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 116
