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 A HISTORY OF NORFOLK (there were) 4 bordars and 5 acres of meadow, and 4 villeins. Then there were 2 ploughs, now i^. This is included in the valuation {est in pretio) of Freta[m] [Frettenham]. TONESTEDA [TuNSTEAd] HuNDRET TuNESTEDA [Tunstead] is (also) held by Roger (idem). Alfere, a thegn of Harold, (held it) T.R.E. (as) 51^ ploughlands. Then as now (there were) 23 villeins and 16 bordars. Then and after- wards (there were) 2 ploughs, now a half. Then (there were) 1 2 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and now 7 ; 8 acres of meadow : wood(land) for 12 swine. Then (there were) 3 beasts. Then (there were) 4 swine, now i. Then 140 sheep, now 100. And 24 sokemen (with) I ploughland. Then (they had) 12 ploughs, afterwards and now 5, and 2 acres of meadow. And they [idem) were added in King William's time. And Earl R[alf] added 6 freemen (with) i^ ploughlands. Of these St. Benet has the soke, and the commendation of one (of them) ; and of (the) 24 (sokemen) the three forfeitures. And the 6 freemen have under them 4 bordars. Then (they had) 4 ploughs, afterwards and now 3, and 2 acres of meadow. To this manor Robert Arblaster {Arbal after Earl Ralf suffered forfeiture [foriifecit), added — by Godric's order as he says, but Godric {ipse) denies it — I ploughland which belonged to {jacehat in) Hovetuna [Hoveton (St. Peter i)] T.R.E., which Earl Robert gave to St. Benet with his wife. Then (there were) 7 villeins, and when Robert took it {tulit) 7, now 6, and it is worth 10 shil- lings. Then there were i^ ploughs, and when Robert took it the same {similiter), now I plough and 4 acres of meadow. (The whole) was then worth 100 shillings, and 10 pounds when Robert Arblaster {Arb') held it in the king's hand of Godric, now II : and it is I league and i fur- long in length, and i league in breadth, and f. 344b. (renders) 18 pence of geld. In Ristuna [See Ruston] (there is) I freeman (with) 6 acres of land and I acre of meadow (included) in the same valuation. In Westwic [Westwick] (there are) 1 1 freemen (with) 1 2 acres (included) in the same valuation. Hersam [Earsham] Half Hundret In ScoTOFORD [Shotford -] Ulfriz, a free- man, held I ploughland and 15 acres T.R.E. Then as now (there were) 10 villeins, and 4 bordars. Then as now (there was) I plough on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 40 swine, and 7 acres of meadow. It was then worth lO shillings, now 20. ' Feud. Jids,Vn, 619. ' Near Mendham ; Blomefield, v, 276. XXVII. THE LANDS OF IVO TAILGEBOSC ' Hundret of Grenehov [Greenhoe, (South)] NouTUNA [Newton (by Castleacre)], where a freeman, ^Elfere, held, is held by Odo. Then (there were) 6 villeins and now 8. Then (there were) 3 bordars, now 5, and I serf. Then and now I plough on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now I. When he re- ceived it (there were) 4 (rounceys), afterwards - and now 6. Then and now 5 beasts. Then 12 sheep {piues), now 16. And 2 freemen dwell {manent) there whom his predecessor held, hold- ing I ploughland and i^ ploughs. It is 4 fur- longs in length and 3 in breadth, and renders 6 pence in geld. It was then worth 40 shillings, now 4 pounds, Hundret of Dochinga [Docking] * In Serlebruna [Shernborne] (there were) 16 freemen T.R.E., whom Harold held, holding 5 ploughlands, and when (Ivo) received it, the same, now 3. And they {idem) now hold of Ivo. Then as now (there were) 2 villeins, and li acres of meadow, and i mill. Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings, now 4 pounds. This land was held by Ralf when he suffered forfeiture {forisfecit). The whole is I league in length, and a half in breadth who- f. 245- ever holds there, and renders 27 pence in {de) 20 shillings. From this land Earl Ralf took {tulit) I ploughland one year before he suffered forfeiture, for Roger son of Reynard {Rainardi) : as the hundret witnesses. XXVIII. THE LANDS OF RALF DE LIMESI {Limesio)'' Hundret of Grenehou [Greenhoe, (South)] Oxenburh [Oxborough] was held by Tur- chill. Then (there were) 15 villeins, now 7. Then as now (there were) 9 bordars and 3 serfs. Then and afterwards (there were) 3 ploughs on the demesne, now 3. Then (there were) 2 (ploughs) among {inter) the men, now I. (There (is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 1 2 acres of meadow, 2 mills and I fishery. When he received it (there was) I rouncey and now (the same). Then (there were) 31 swine, now 15. Then 220 sheep, now 180. And 8 freemen hold 1 00 acres and (had) 6 ploughs, now (they have) 3 ploughs (and) 12 acres of meadow. Then as now (there were) 2 villeins and 4 bordars. And it is i mile in length and a half in breadth and renders ' Against his name is written in the margin n'/' r, probably for non fecit retomum—' he made no return '; see Introduction, p. 2. ' In margin r n" f=retontum non fecit. l68
 * Now in Smithdon hundred.