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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK worth 3 pounds, afterwards lOO shillings, now 10 pounds. WiCHE [(Ash) Wicken] was held by Leofric (Levricus), a freeman, (as) 2 ploughlands T.R.E.; now Roger holds it. Then (there were) i 2 vil- leins, now 7. Then as now (there were) 3 bordars and 2 serfs and 20 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, now I. Then (there was) i plough belonging to the men, now a half. To this manor {Hie) belong 7 sokemen (with) 12 acres of land — and Roger {idem) holds them — and 2 acres of mea- dow. Then as now (they had) half a plough. Then (they had) 5 beasts. Then 7 swine, now 5. Then 200 sheep, now 30. Then half a saltpan. It was then worth 4 pounds, now 40 shillings, and I plough can be added {restaurari). The whole is 6 furlongs in length and 3 in breadth, and renders 6 pence in (every) 20 shil- lings of geld whoever holds there. In Masinicham [Massingham] 60 acres of land were held by Ulmar, a freeman, T.R.E., now Ralf holds them. Then as now (there were) 4 villeins. Then (there was) i plough, now a half. And it is worth 13 shillings and 4 pence. HUNDRET OF GrIMESHOU [GrIMSHOE] In EsTANFORDA [Stanford] 2 freemen held 14 acres of land and were delivered to Wihenoc. Now Ralf holds them. Then as now (they had) half a plough, and they are worth 2 shillings and 8 pence. HuNDRET OF GrENEHOU [SoUTH Greenhoe] In Caldanchota [Caldecot] a certain free- man held half a ploughland T.R.E. Then £332. (there were) 2 villeins and l freeman with {de) 5 acres under him. Then and afterwards and now {semper) half a plough and I ^ acres of mea- dow and I mill. It was then worth 3 shillings, now 5 shillings. And this land was held by a cer- tain freeman, but after the king came into this land Wihenoc seized it, and therefore R[eynold] holds it, and the king has soke and sac. There also are 3 freemen holding 50 acres ; and they have half a plough, and are worth 3 shillings, and he holds them in the same way. Cleietorpa [Cley, (Cockley)] was held by Toli T.R.E. Now Arnold {Ernaldus) holds it. Then and afterwards (there were) 6 villeins, now I, and 2 bordars. Then as now (there were) 3 serfs. Then and afterwards (there were) 2 ploughs, now I. Then and afterwards (there was) I plough belonging to the men, now a half. Wood(land) for 16 swine, 2 (acres) of meadow. When he received it (there was) i rouncey, now 1 5 unbroken mares {eqtte silvatice). Then (there were) 20 swine, now 11. Then lOO sheep, now 300. And he also {idem) holds 3 sokemen (with) 20 acres, and now as then half a plough. And of these 3 the king has the soke. It was then worth 60 shillings, now 40. A certain freeman.' Reynold {idem) holds 30 acres of land in PiNKENHAM[Pickenham, (South)'], and after the king came into that country Earl R[alf] held that land. But one of Wihenoc's men {unus homo Wihenoc) fell in love with {amavit) a certain woman, the woman on that estate {terra), and married {duxit) her, and afterwards he held that land as part of Wihenoc's fee {ad fedum W.) without the king's gift, and without livery of seisin {Uheratione) (to him) and to his successors. Then as now (there was) half a plough, and i bordar, and I acre of wood(land) and 2 J acres of meadow. Then as now it was worth 3 shillings. In HouTUNA [Houghton (on the Hill)] 'Her- luin holds' a freeman with {de) 19 acres, and he is worth 16 pence. He was seized {invasit) by Wihenoc. In PiKENHAM [Pickenham (South)] Wihenoc seized 15 acres, and they are worth 16 pence. This is claimed by Ralf de Toeni, (and) the hundret bears him witness. HuNDRET [of] WaINELAND [WaYLANd] Pennewrde [Panworth] was held by Harold (if?r«/(2'uj) T.R.E. (as) li^ ploughlands. Reynold {idem) holds it now. Then and afterwards (there were) 6 villeins, now 5 ; then as now 8 bordars. Then and afterwards 4 serfs, now 2 ; 10 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and half a plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine. And (then) I roun- cey, now 2. Then as now 6 beasts. Then 35 swine, now 22. Then 27 sheep, now 60 ; and 3 hives of bees. And 7 sokemen (with) half a plough(land) and 16 acres. Then as now (they had) ih ploughs. Now as then it is worth 40 shillings. f. 232b. In Essalai [Ashill] he also {idem) holds 15 sokemen — (the soke) is the king's (and is) in Saham [Saham (Toney)] — (with) I ploughland and 8 acres. Then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 3 bordars. Then (there was) I serf and 6 acres of meadow. Then as now (there were) 6^ ploughs. Wood(land) for lOO swine. Then as now it was worth 30 shillings. The whole is half a league in length and a half in breadth, and (renders) 1 5 pence of geld. In Trecstuna [Threxton] (there were) 8 free- men (with) 3 ploughlands and 28 acres T.R.E. ' The scribe appears to have begun a sentence with these words and to have omitted to delete them. ' Fees in Cockley Cley and South Pickenham were held in 1302 by the earl of Gloucester, to whom Reynold's fee descended. Feud. Aids, iii, 447. ^ Interlined. [56