THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



[Chillington]. 1 There are 3 hides. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is I 

 plough, and 9 serfs ; and (there are) 1 3 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars with 5 ploughs. There 

 are 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 2 

 leagues long, and half a league broad. It 

 was worth 4 pounds ; now 30 shillings. The 

 Bishop of Chester claims this estate. 



XXIX. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 BUENVASLETH 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 

 William Buenvasleth holds of the king 

 LISTECORNE [Lighthorne]. There are 5 

 hides beside 'inland.' 2 There is land for 18 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs and 

 7 serfs ; and 1 9 villeins and 9 bordars with a 

 priest have 6 ploughs. There are 30 acres of 

 meadow, and I grove (grava) 1 furlongs 

 long and 20 perches broad. It was worth 100 

 shillings ; now 7 pounds. Earl Ralf 3 held it 



fo. 343b 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 



The same William holds 3 virgates of land 

 in ERBURBERIE [Harbury]. 4 There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. There are 2 villeins. It was 

 worth 10 shillings ; now 5 shillings. Ulwin 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



From W(illiam), Roger holds 4^ hides 

 in OPTONE [Upton juxta Haselor]. 5 There 

 is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 1 1, and 4 serfs; and (there are) I o villeins 

 and 5 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 30 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 10 furlongs 

 and 1 8 perches long, and 5 furlongs broad. 

 It is worth 70 shillings. It was worth 6 

 10 shillings. Three men of Earl Leofric 

 (Leurici) held it freely. 



From W(illiam), Hugh holds 2 hides in 

 SPERNORE [Spernall]. 7 There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In the demesne is I ; and (there) 



1 In Brewood, Staffordshire. 

 1 ' Inland ' paid no geld to the king. This was 

 evidently a case of 'beneficial hidation.' 



3 Probably Ralf Earl of Hereford. J.H.R. 



4 This is the last of the five entries relating to 

 Harbury, and brings thehidage up to exactly izj. 



5 This identification is clear, for this is the only 

 Upton found afterwards in Barlichway Hundred, 

 which Hundred absorbed ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred. 

 Upton is not far from Studley and Spernall. 



The text is doubtful here. 

 ' Near Studley. 



are 4 villeins and 7 bordars with 3 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 4 shillings and 7 

 sticks of eels, and 8 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) 3 furlongs long and I broad. It is worth 

 40 shillings. 8 



From W(illiam), William holds I hide in 

 STODLEI [Studley]. 9 There is land for 2 

 ploughs. In the demesne is i plough ; and 

 (there) are 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 3 

 furlongs long and 2 furlongs broad. It is 

 worth i o shillings. Godric held it freely. 



XXX. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY 



DE MANNEVILE 



Geoffrey de Mannevile holds of the king 

 CUNTONE [Long Compton]. 10 There are 30 

 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 7, and 25 serfs ; and 45 villeins 

 with a priest and 13 bordars and 2 knights 

 have 10 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 

 IO shillings, and meadow 3 furlongs long 

 and as much broad. Wood(land) 2 furlongs 

 in length and breadth. It was worth 1 5 

 pounds ; now 30 pounds. Asgar the Staller 

 (stalre) held it. 



IN HONESBERIE HUNDRET 



From the same Geoffrey, William holds 

 half a hide and the fourth part of a hide in 

 WIMELESTONE [Wormleighton]. There is 

 land for ij ploughs. In the demesne is I 

 plough with 2 bordars. It was worth 2O shil- 

 lings ; now 1 5 shillings. 



XXXI. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY 



DE WIRCE 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 



Geoffrey de Wirce 11 holds of the king CHIR- 

 CHEBERIE [Monks Kirby]. There are 15 

 hides. There is land for 2O ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 7, and 6 serfs, and 2 bond- 

 women ; and (there are) 41 villeins and 2 bor- 

 dars with 2 priests, who have (habentes) 2 1 

 ploughs. There are 40 acres of meadow. 



8 Doubtless like Studley, it was in ' Fernecumbe ' 

 Hundred. 



9 This hide, together with the 4 hides held by 

 William fitz Corbucion in demesne, make Studley 

 a 5 -hide place. 



10 As shown in my former note concerning the 

 Comptons, this was evidently Long Compton, for 

 Dugdale clearly traces the tenure of the Mande- 

 villes. Judging by its position, I suppose that it 

 was in Barcheston Hundred. 



11 See Introduction, p. 275. 



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