38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



" Ofer,'' that the bank of a river. A battery was erected 

 on Vineyard Hill, at Over, during the Siege of Gloucester. 

 Names of places and fields in Churcham : Hester's Hill, 

 Toomey's Hill, Colt Pound, The Speak, The Sah, Solo- 

 mon's Tump, Clauses, Oxleys, Little Hedges, Lobstocks, 

 Big Cockshot, Little Cockshot. 



SERVICES OF A LUNDINARIUS 



A.B. holds one Lundinarium (in the Manor of Highnam) to wit, a 

 messuage with curtilage, 4 acres of land, and a half acre of meadow, 

 and has to work one day a week, (probably Monday, Lunse-dies, Lundi, 

 whence the title of the holding) from Michaelmas to August ist, and. 

 each day's work is valued at : — 



s d 

 To mow the lord's meadow for 4 daj's if necessary, and a 



day's mowing is valued at .. ... ... ... ... o 2 



To aid in cocking and lifting the hay for 6 days at least, and 



the day's work is valued at ... ... ... o o)^ 



To hoe the lord's corn for one day valued at ... ... ... o 0^2 



To do 2 bederipoe before August ist, valued at ... ...02 



From August ist to Michaelmas to do manual labour 2 days 



a week, and each day's work is valued at ... ... o 1% 



To gather rushes on August 1st, valued at .. ... ... o o^ 



And in all other conditions he shall do as the customers. 



The total value of the service of a lundinarius is ... 6 8 



To give 4d. as aid at Michaelmas, 15 other lundinarii hold on 



a like tenure. 



Minsterworth, anciently Mortune. From Mor, British 

 for Sea, in composition water only. So Mor-tune means 

 the Town on the water or river. 



The name Minsterworth is of later date, and was given 

 when the parish came into the possession of the Abbey of 

 St. Peter. 



Hamlets — Morcote or Boy field. The former derived 

 from Mor-water and Coed a wood. The latter from Bois- 

 wood and field. 



