A HISTORY OF NORFOLK HUNDRET OF ClAVELINGA [ClAVERING] KiLDiNCHAM [GiUingham] (was held by) 2 freemen of Guerth, 35 acres and half a plough and I acre of meadow. This is in the valuatiori (in prcclo) of Gorlestuna [Gorleston], St.gand (has) the soke. All the churches (are mcluded) in the valuation with the manors. HuNDRET OF NORWIC [NoRWICH] empty. And on the land of which Harold had the soke there are 15 burgesses and 17 empty messuages, which are in the occupation of the castle. And in the borough (are) 190 empty messuages in this (quarter) which was m soke of the king and earl, and 81 in the occupation ot the castle. In the borough are in addition [adhuc) 50 houses from which the king has not his custom. Of these Rainald, the man of Rocrer Bigot, has 2 houses and 2 messuages, and In NoRUic [Norwich] there were T.R.E. 1,320 burgesses. Of whom i was so (much) King Edward's own {ita dornirticus regis E.) that he could not withdraw nor do homage without his leave {licentia); whose name was Edstan. He had [hic hahehat) 18 acres of land and 12 (acres) of meadow and 2 churches in the borough, and a sixth part of a third ; and to i church belonged a messuage [nuimura) in the borough and 6 acres of meadow. This Roger Bigot holds of the king's gift. And of 1,238 (bur- gesses) the kino; and earl had soke and sac ana custom ; and over 50 Stigand had soke and sac and commendation; and over 32 had Harold soke and sac and commendation ; of whom I was so much his own [ita ei dominicus) that he could not withdraw or do homage without his leave. Altogether {inter Mum) they had between them {omnes) 80 acres of land and 20^ acres of meadow. And of these I was a woman, Stigand's sister, (with) 32 acres of land. And between them all they had half a mill and the fourth part of I mill, and still have. And in addition {adhuc) (they had) 12^ acres of meadow which Wihenoc f. Il6b. took away from them [tulit eis) ; now Rainald son of Ivo has them. And in addition 2 acres of meadow which belonged to [jacebant ad) the church of All Saints ; those also Wihenoc took away and now Rainald has. There is also in the borousjh a certain church of St. Martin which Stigand held T.R.E. with 12 acres of land ; this William de Noiers now has as part of {ad) the fee of Stisiand. Stigand also held a church of St. Michad to which belong ii2 acres of land and 6 of meadow and I plough. This Bishop William holds, but not of his bishopric. And the burgesses held 1 5 churches to which belonged in almoign 181 acres of land and meadow. And T.R.E. 12 burgesses held the church of Holy Trinity ; now the bishop (holds it) by gift of King William. The king and earl had 180 acres of land. The abbot has a moiety of the church of St. Laurence and i house belonging to {de) St. Edmund. This was all T.R.E. Now there are in the borough 665 English bur- gesses and they pay the customary dues {conmetu- dines); and 480 bordars who on account of poverty pay no customary due. And in that land which Stigand held T.R.E. now dwell of those above named {ex illis superiorihm) 39 bur- gesses, and on the same (land) are 9 messuages f. 117. Robert Baro 2 houses and Abba i house, and Rabel [the engineer] 2 houses and 2 mes- suages ; and 2 ^messuages which two women hold, and Ascolf the Englishman {unglicus, sic) (holds) I house, and Teodbald, a man of the abbot of St. E[dmund's], i house, and Burg- hard I house, and Wala i house, and Wil- liam, the man of Hervi B[er i], i house, and Meinard the watchman i house, and Mem hurgenses I house, and Hervi de B[er] I house, and Ralf the crossbowman 2 houses and i mes- suacre, and Hereber the ditcher {fossator) 3 houses, and^ Roger of Poitou 2 houses, and Meinard, a man of the abbot of St. Benet, 1 house, and Peter, a man of the abbot of St. Edmunds, I dwelling-house, and Euerwin a burgess i house, and Baldwin i house, and William an English- man I house, and Gerard the watchman {vtgil) 1 house, Robert the lorimer {lorimarius) I mes- suacre, and Hildebrand the lorimer i house, and Godwin the burgess I house, and William, the man of Hermer [de Ferri^res], i house, and Gisbert the watchman i house, and Fulbert, a certain priest of Hermer's, i house, and Walter I house, and Reinold son of Ivo i house, and Richard de Sentebor - i house, and Hugh, the man of William de Scoies, 1 house. And the bishop's men 10 houses, and in the bishop's own court 14 dwelling-houses which King William gave to Erfast {£) for the princi- pal seat of the bishopric, and Gilbert the cross- bowman I house and 2 messuages, and William de Scoies i house, and Meinard i house, the abbot of Ely i messuage. And in the borough the burgesses hold 43 chapels. And the whole of this town {tviUa) used to pay T.R.E. 20 pounds to the king and 10 pounds to the earl, and besides this 2 1 shillings and 4 pence (to certain) pensioners (prebendarios) 'and 6 quarts of honey and I bear and 6 dogs for bear (baiting). And now 70 pounds king's weight and 100 shillings by tale as a fine {de gersuma ') to the queen and I goshawk {asturconem ) and 20 pounds blanch to the earl and 20 shillings by tale as a fine to G[odric]. ' i.e. Vere. » S/V/or Sentder. ' Gersuma, a free gift according to Sir H. hll.s
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