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 HOLDERS OF LANDS 31 villeins and 4 bordars and 5 serfs. Then as now 4 ploughs on the demesne and 8 ploughs belonging to the men : 6 acres of meadow, 1 mill. Then as now I rouncey and I beast {animal) and 16 swine and 60 sheep and 17 sokemen with 80 acres of land and 4 ploughs ; 1 2 churches (hold) i6acresand they are worth 16 pence.' It was then wortii 8 pounds, it now renders 20 pounds and is i league in length and I league in breadth, and (pays) 2 shillings of geld (in 20 shillings). There have been taken from this manor 60 acres ; Peter de Valognes {Valonih) holds them now. Erpingeham Nort' [North Erpingham] HUNDRET In GuNETUNE [Gunton] which Aylmer [Alma- rus) bought T.R.E. for the bishopric [ad episcopa- tum) he held at the day of his death 2 ploughlands, 8 villeins, then as now 6 bordars. Then as now 1 plough in demesne, 2 ploughs belonging to the men, 4^ acres of meadow. Then I mill and now I. Then as now i rouncey and I beast and 2 swine ; and 7 sokemen with half a ploughland and I bordar ; i mill, half an acre of meadow : then as now 2 ploughs. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 4 pounds. It is half a league in length and 6 furlongs in breadth, and (renders) 6f pence {et tii ferding') geld. Of this {De has) William de Nuers (holds) I ploughland and I plough upon it {super euni), and it is worth 12 shillings in the above valuation {in eodem pretio). f. ig4b. In ScEPEDANE [Shipden ^], an outlying estate {berwita) of Gunetune [Gunton], I ploughland. Then as now 3 villeins, 3 bordars. Then i plough on the demesne, now half (a plough). Then as now I plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 6 swine, I acre of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings, now 5 shillings and 4 pence, and it is half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. And (it renders) 6 pence of geld (in 20 shillings). HuNDRET OF WaLESSAM [WaLSHAM] In Begetuna [Beighton] Bishop Aylmer {Al- marus) held by purchase [emptionem) T.R.E. from Earl Algar, with sac and soke over {de) the bordars and those who owe suit to the fold {sequentihus faldam), 3 ploughlands. Then (there were) 40 bordars, now 29. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 55 ploughs belonging to the men, now 5 ; i6 acres of meadow. Now (there is) I rouncey, now 16 swine, now 140 sheep; and 5 sokemen with 32 acres of land, and 9 soke- men with 50 acres of land and 8 acres of land. Then as now l plough. The whole was then worth 6 pounds, now 7 pounds and 13 shillings and 4 pence : and it is half a league in length and half in breadth. And (it renders) 12 pence ^ Interlined. ^ Now Cromer. geld. One church (holding) 7 acres, worth 7 pence. HuNDRET OF Grenehou [(North) Greenhoe] In Hoccham [Holkham] William de Nocrs iiolds of Bishop William l freeman, whom Bishop Aylmer held T.R.E. with 23 acres of land ; but he could not give or sell his land, and he was in the king's soke. It was then worth 5 shillings, it now renders 22 shillings and 4 pence. And in Hoc- cham [Holkham] (the bishop) holds i sokeman of ID acres of land, and he belongs to {pertinet) Indregeham [Hindringham]. HuNDRET OF WaLASSAM [WaLSHAM] In Walassam [(South) Walsham] i freeman with 18 acres which that freeman gave to St. Benet of Holme {de Holmo but Bishop Here- fast {Ervastus) took them away. Now Bishop William holds him and he is worth 4 shillings. Blafelda [Blofield] Hundret In Blafelda [Blofield] Bishop Aylmer held T.R.E. 2 ploughlands. Then as now 9 villeins and 2 serfs. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne and half a plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 8 swine and 4 acres of meadow. f. 195. Then as now 2 rounceys and 2 beasts ; now 1 1 swine and 3 goats. And to this manor belonged [pertinent) 43 sokemen T.R.E., and now as then, who could not sell or give their lands, (holding) 3 ploughlands and 4 acres of meadow. Then 10 ploughs, now 9. William holds 5 sokemen, Reynold {Rainaidus), Baldwin, and Elias {Helius) (hold others). Over {Super) these the bishop had T.R.E. the six forfeitures, but the hundret has seen neither the king's writ, nor seal, nor grant. Then the whole was worth 7 pounds, now 8 pounds, and it is I league and 3 fur- longs in length, and I league and I furlong in breadth ; and (it renders) 30 pence of geld. This manor Aylmer got {accepit) with his wife before he was bishop, and afterwards held it in his bishopric. Now Bishop William holds it. In Plumesteda [Plumstead] 1 sokeman was added by Herefast {ab Ervasto), but he belonged to Stigand ; (he has) 3 acres of land. Now as then he ploughs with 2 oxen and renders 5 pence. Flec West [West Flegg] Hundret Hemesbei [Hemsby] was held by Earl Algar T.R.E. and Alwi bought it. Stigand took it from him and gave it to his brother Aylmer {Almaro but the hundret does not know by what right {quornodo). Thenceforth it was in the bishopric. In demesne 3 ploughlands ; and then as now 33 villeins and 13 bordars. Then 6 serfs, now 3. Then as now 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 1 1 ploughs belonging to the men. 117