GIMMINGHAM, (Norfolk) on the N. E. side of Bermingham, not far from the sea-coast, bel. formerly to John of Gaunt D. of
Lancaster. 'Tis remarked by Sir Hen. Spelman, that in this place, the ancient custom of tenure in soccage is still kept
up, the tenant paying his rent not in money, but in so many day's work, or in necessaries for food and raiment; a custom
much practised by the Gauls on this side of the Alps, and which was first abolished in this Km. by Hen. II.