PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



A VILLEIN'S SERVICES 

 IN THE MANOR OF HARTPURY 



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SERVICES OF A VIRGATE— 



A. B. holds I virgcite of 48 acres (in the Manor of Hartpury), 

 with messuage, and 6 acres of meadow land. From 

 Michaelmas till August ist he has to plough i day a 

 week, each day's work being valued at ... ... ... o 3)^ 



And to do manual labour 3 days a week, each day's work 



being valued at ... ... ... ... ... ■.. o o^ 



On the 14th day to carry horse-loads if necessary to Preston 

 and other Manors, and Gloucester, each day's work 

 being valued at ... ... ... ... ... ... o i 



Once a year to carry to Wick, valued at ... ... ...03 



To plough one acre called Eadacre, and to thresh the seed 

 for the said acre, the ploughing and the threshing being 

 valued at ... .. ... ... ... ... ...04 



To do the ploughing called "-beneherthi-^' with one meal from 

 the lord, valued '^ ullraabinn" at ... 



To lift the lord's hay for 5 days ... ... 



To hoe the lord's corn for one day (besides the customary 

 labour) with one man valued at ... 



To do I •'■ bcdripa'" before autumn with one man valued at ... 



To work in the lord's harvest 5 days a week, with 2 men 



from August ist to Michaelmas, valued per week at ... i 3 



To do I bedripa, called Bondenebedripa, with 4 men valued o 6 



To do I harrowing a year, called Londegginge, valued at ... o i 



To give at Michaelmas an aid of ... 3 3 



To pay " pannage," viz.: for a pig of a year old o i 



For a younger pig that can be separated ... ... ... o o] 



If he brew for sale, to give 14 gallons of ale as toll. 



To sell neither horse nor o.\ without license. 



Seller and buyer to give 4d. as a toll for a horse sold within 

 the Manor. 



To redeem son and daughter at the will of the lord. 



If he die, the lord to have his best beast of burden as heriot, 

 and of his widow likewise, if she out-live her husband. 



