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HOLDERS OF LANDS and 2 acres of meadow. Then as now half a plough. It was then worth 12 pence and now 1 6 pence. In WiNTRETUNA [Winterton] (there were) 8 freemen ot Aylmer by commendation only (holding) 14 acres of land. Then as now half a plough. It was then worth 8 pence, now 24. In Martham (were) 36 freemen of Aylmer by commendation only (holding) 5 ploughlands f. 201. and 10 acres ; Bishop W[illiam] has them now ; and 50 acres of meadow. Then as now 16 ploughs. It was then worth 6 pounds, now 8 pounds and 10 shillings. (There is) I church (holding) 50 acres and worth 50 pence. In RoLUESBi [Rollesby] was 1 freeman com- mended to Bishop Aylmer (with) 80 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, and 5 bordars and 10 freemen. Then as now 2 ploughs. And in BuRH [Burgh (St. Margaret)] 2 freemen with 50 acres of land. Then as now it was worth 10 shillings. In RoLUESBEi [Rollesby] also (there was) I freeman with 80 acres of land (belonging to) Bishop Aylmer and Abbot Alwold by com- mendation only. And this man was the man of the monastery to the extent {erat ita in monas- ter'io) that he could not give nor sell his land. Then as now I bordar, 2 acres of meadow. And under him (there were) 12 freemen with 40 acres of land and 3 J acres of meadow. Then as now (they had) among them [inter eos) 2^ ploughs. It was worth 10 shillings, it now renders 30 shillings. In Bastuwic [Bastwick] (there was) i free- man of Bishop Aylmer by commendation only, and under them {iub ipsis) another freeman, and they have 30 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow. Then (there was) half a plough and (so) now. It was then worth 2 shillings, now 22 pence. In Esco [Sco ^] (there was) I freeman of Bishop Aylmer by commendation only, with [de) 15 acres of land and half a plough, half an acre of meadow. And it is worth 1 6 pence. In BiTLAKEBEi [Billockby] Ketel, a freeman held. He was half Bishop Aylmer's {dim' fuit Almari episcopi) by commendation, but all his land was so far attached to the monastery of St. Benet of Holme assigned to the monks' table [ad victum) that he could not give nor sell it. (He had) 57 acres of land (and) 10 acres of meadow. Here- wast seized [invasit) it. Now Bishop W[illiam] has it and Bernar under him. Then as now (there was) I plough on the demesne ; and under him 8 freemen (holding) 45 acres of land, 7 acres of meadow. Then as now i ploughs. It was then worth 10 shillings, afterwards and now 20 shillings. (There are) 2 thirds of a church See f. 195 above. (holdmg) 7 acres and worth 5 pence. (Billockby) is 5 furlongs in length and 3! in breadth and (renders) 20^ pence geld. f. 20lb. In Clepesbei [Clippesby] (there were) 4 free- men, 2 of them Bishop Aylmer's by commenda- tion, and I Alsi's and i St. Benet's, holding [dc) 100 acres of land; Bishop W[illiam] holds it now; (and) 10 acres of meadow. And under them 6 bordars. Then as now half a plough and I plough. It was then worth 5 shillings, afterwards and now 20 shillings. It is 7 furlongs in length and 5 in breadth, and (renders) 12 pence geld. HUNDRET OF HeiNESTEDA [HenstEAD] In Sutherlingaham [Surlingham] (there was) I freeman, Aylmer's [Elmari) by commendation T.R.E., holding [de) 10 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow and 2 bordars. Now as then he ploughs with 2 oxen. Then as now it was worth 16 pence. Now Bishop W[illiam] holds it. [Half Hundret of Disce^] In Tevetessalla ^ [Tivetshall] (there was) I freeman of 40 acres of land T.R.E. so the hundred witnesses [teste hundredo). And the man's [viri) part — ^20 acres ^ — belonged to St. Ethelreda [ad sanctum Aldridam), and (his) wife's [femine] part, 20 acres, to St. Edmund. Then as now half a plough and 2 bordars. Here- wast seized t[invasit). ^ Now Bishop W[illiam] holds it from his predecessor, and Reginald de Pierrepoint [de Perapund ") under him. It was then worth 5 shillings, now 20.' LANDS OF ST. MICHAEL OF NORWIC [NORWICH] 8 Hundret of Taverham [Taverham] In Taverham [Taverham] i ploughland was held by St. Michael T.R.E., and by Stigand under him. Then as now 4 villeins and 2 bor- dars. Then as now i plough on the demesne, and I plough belonging to the men ; and 4 soke- men (with) 12 acres of land. Then as now 8 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 12 swine. And it is worth 20 shillings. XI. LANDS OF BISHOP OSBERN GiLDECROs [Guiltcross] Hundret In Benham [Banham] Alvric, a freeman, held T.R.E. I ploughland. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 5 bordars. Then i serf, Inq.El. adds. ^ Now in Diss Hundred. Compare Inq. EI. (Hamilton), p. 1 41. ' Interlined. I.E. omits. ' I.E. omits. ^ I.E. Pedrepunt. 'I.E. 10.

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