THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



this land, whether from the church, or from 

 Earl Leofric (Leuric) whom he served. They 

 say however that they themselves held it from 

 Earl Leofric and were able to betake them- 

 selves (se vertere) whither they would, with the 

 land. The remaining 7^ hides Britnod and 

 Alwi held T.R.E. But the county knows 

 not from whom they may have held. Bishop 

 Wulfstan (IVlstan 1 ) however says that he 

 made good his claim to (depladtasu] this land 

 before Queen Mathilda (regina Mathildi) in 

 presence of four sheriffdoms (vicecomitatuum), 

 and thereof (inde) he has the writs of King 

 William and the testimony of the county of 

 Warwic(k).* 



The same bishop holds in LOCHESHAM 

 [? Loxley] i hide. 3 There is land for 3 

 ploughs. In the demesne is one ; and there 

 are 4 villeins with i plough. T.R.E. and 

 afterwards it was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 25 shillings. 



The same bishop holds SPELESBERIE [Spils- 

 bury] 3 and Urse of him. There are 10 

 hides. There is land for 1 6 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 4 ploughs and 5 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 25 villeins and 12 bordars with 12 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 50 pence, and 32 

 acres of meadow, and (of) pastures (pascua) 

 36 acres. (There is) wood(land) i league 

 and I furlong long, and 7 furlongs broad. 

 It was and is worth 10 pounds. 



IN MERETON f MARTON] HUNDRET 4 



The same bishop holds in FLECHENHO 

 [Flecknoe] s 2 hides and half a virgate of 

 land, and Lewin (holds it) of him. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. There are 2 villeins and 



1 The whole of this passage from Bricstuin on- 

 ward is written at the foot of a column and at the 

 end of the list of the lands of the Bishop of Worces- 

 ter. Reference-signs connect it with the entry re- 

 lating to Alveston. (Sec, for it, the Introduction.) 



3 The fact that SPELESBERIE, referred to in the 

 next entry, is in Oxfordshire inclined me to 

 think that this may be Bloxham in that county. 

 But I find no trace of any interest held by the 

 bishop or church of Worcester in Bloxham, where- 

 as in Loxley temp. Edw. I. the monks of Worcester 

 had a rent. Moreover if we accept Dugdale's 

 suggestion that Lochesham is part of Loxley we 

 find that the total hidage of the place would be 

 the frequently occurring five hides. 



3 In Oxfordshire, though here entered under 

 Warwickshire. 



4 This heading is inserted in the margin. 



6 Called 'Flekcnho' by Dugdale. It is a 

 hamlet in the parish of Wolfhamcoteand Hundred 

 of Knightlow. After the date of Domesday it 

 appears, as we should expect, in Marton leet. 



I bordar with i plough. There are 6 acres 

 of meadow. T.R.E. and afterwards it was 

 worth 10 shillings ; now 2O shillings. 



HI!. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF BAYEUX 



The Bishop of Bayeux holds of the king 

 ARUE [Arrow],' and Stephen (holds it) of him. 

 Lewin held it and was a free man. There 

 are "]\ hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are two ; and (there are) 8 

 villeins and 10 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (tie) 6 shillings and 

 8 pence, and 30 acres of meadow. (There 

 is) wood(land) i league . . . and 2 furlongs 

 broad. T.R.E. it was worth 60 shillings, 

 and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 



The same bishop holds in EDRICESTONE 

 [Atherstone upon Stour] 4 hides, and Corbin 

 (holds it) of him. Sberne held it and was a 

 free man. There is land for 7 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 2 ; and 4 villeins, with a 

 priest and 4 bordars and 4 serfs, have 3 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (rli) 10 shillings and 

 10 sticks of eels. There are 3 acres of 

 meadow. T.R.E. as now, it was worth 4 

 pounds ; when (the bishop) received it, 4 

 pounds. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



The same bishop holds in BEOSHELLE 

 [Beausale] 7 half a hide ; Wadard (holds it) 

 of him, and Gerold under him. Eduin the 

 sheriff held it, and was a free man. There is 

 land for I plough. (There are) 7 villeins and 

 4 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 4 acres 

 of meadow and 2 furlongs of wood(land). It 

 was worth 5 shillings ; now 2O shillings. 



The same bishop holds in ULWARE [? Little 

 Wolford] 8 1 1 hides, a d Wadard (holds it) 

 of him, and Gerold under him. Alvric held it 

 and was a free man. There is land for i 

 plough. (There are) 3 villeins with half a 

 plough, and there are 6 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 10 shillings ; now 2O shillings. 



6 Appearing afterward in Barlichway Hundred, 

 but not in Pathlow Liberty, it was doubless in 

 the Domesday Hundred of ' Fernecumbe.' 



7 Formerly part of Hatton. 



8 Probably this estate and the estate in ULWARDE 

 recorded subsequently as held by Ralf under the 

 Count of Meulan, were parts of one place, as each 

 contained an odd half-hide, and each had been 

 held by Alvric T.R.E. Little Wolford is now in 

 Kineton Hundred. 



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