THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



From G(eoffrey), Robert holds 5 hides in 

 WARA [? Cesters Over]. 1 There is land for 

 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, with i 

 serf ; and (there are) 9 villeins and 2 bordars 

 with 5 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de} 2 

 shillings, and loj acres of meadow. It was 

 and is worth 40 shillings. 



From G(eoffrey), Ansegis holds I hide in 

 NIWEHAM [Newnham Paddox]. 2 There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne is i, and 

 3 serfs ; and (there are) 16 villeins and 5 bor- 

 dars with 6 ploughs. There are 20 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 60 shillings. 



From G(eoffrey), Ulvric holds 3 hides in 

 APLEFORD [Hopsford]. 3 There is land for 3 

 ploughs, and they are there, with 6 villeins 

 and 2 serfs. There are 5 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 The same Ulvric held it freely. 



All the above-mentioned lands Lewin held, 

 and could betake himself (ire) whither he 

 would. 4 



XXXII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 DE GAND 



Gilbert de Gand holds of the king i hide 

 and ij virgates in ULLAVINTONE [Willing- 

 ton] 5 and Fulbric of him. There is land for 

 i plough. There is i villein, and 2 bordars 

 and 4 serfs with i plough. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 5 shillings, and 1 5 acres of meadow. 



1 This identification is probable, but by no 

 means certain. See note on p. 309. One of the 

 Overs is rubricated as in ' Bomelau ' Hundred, so 

 probably they were all in that Hundred, though 

 they are farther south than the places known 

 to be in that Hundred. 



1 This identification, which is Dugdale's, is no 

 doubt right so far as it goes, for this Newnham can 

 be traced as in the fee of the Mowbrays the suc- 

 cessors of Geoffrey de Wirce. But judging of its 

 importance by the particulars given I consider that 

 it must have also included Newnham Regis. I 

 suppose that, appearing afterward in Brinklow Leet, 

 it was in the Domesday Hundred of ' Bomelau.' 

 See the Introduction, p. 280, for the identity of 

 'Lewin,' its previous holder. 



3 This identification is also Dugdale's, and is no 

 doubt correct. The ' 1 ' may be a clerical error 

 for ' s.' The name generally appeared in early 

 records as ' Happesford,' and the place was in the 

 Mowbray fee. Like Newnham, it was, I suppose, 

 in ' Bomelau' Hundred. 



4 i.e. choose his lord. 



5 I suppose this is correct. Cf. note on p. 329. 

 But the total hidage seems severe. Willington was 

 doubtless in Barcheston Hundred. 



It was and is worth 20 shillings, 

 held it freely. 



Alward 



XXXIII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 SON OF TUROLD 



IN BERRICESTONE [BARCHESTON] HUNDRET 



Gilbert son of Turold holds of the king 6 

 hides in STRATONE [Stretton on the Fosse], 9 

 and Walter (holds) of him. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are i \ ploughs, 

 and 4 serfs ; and 8 villeins and 3 bordars 

 with a priest and i knight have 5 ploughs. 

 There are 23 acres of meadow, and of pas- 

 ture 40 perches long, and as much broad. 

 It was worth 70 shillings ; now no shillings. 

 Chenward and Brictric held it freely. 



XXXIV. THE LAND OF GERIN 7 



Gerin holds of the king 5 hides in BENI- 

 TONE [? Binton]. 8 There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, with i serf; 

 and (there are) 5 villeins and 5 bordars with i 

 plough. There is a mill worth (de) 4 shillings, 

 and 1 5 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 60 shillings. Grim held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



XXXV. THE LAND OF URSE DE 

 ABETOT 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 

 Urse (de) Abetot holds of the king i \ hides 

 in HILDEBORDE [Hillborough]. 9 There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. In the demesne is I, 

 and 2 serfs ; and (there are) 3 bordars with 

 half a plough. There are 9 acres of meadow, 

 and a salt pan in Wich [Droitwich] pays 3 

 shillings. It was worth 16 shillings ; now 

 2O shillings. Ernui held it freely T.R.E. 



The same Urse holds 2 hides in BENITONE 

 [Binton].' There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 the demesne is i ; and (there are) 3 villeins 

 and I bordar with I plough. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 2 shillings. It was worth 16 shil- 

 lings ; now 40 shillings. Ernui held it freely. 



8 Plainly, being close to Barcheston, and being 

 the only Stretton so situate that it would be in a 

 hundred of which Barcheston was head. 



7 This may have been an Englishman, for a 

 ' Gerin ' occurs among the English thegns of 

 Hampshire in 1 086. J.H.R. 



8 Doubtless Binton, which adjoins Hillborough, 

 and like the latter must have been in ' Fernecumbe ' 

 Hundred. 



9 Evidently Hillborough in Temple Grafton. 



10 Obviously Binton, which in a subsequent 

 entry is bracketed with Hillborough, the two being 

 rubricated as in ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred. 



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