A HISTORY OF DORSET 



was changed. Now there are 88 houses and lOO were completely destroyed from the 

 time of sheriff Hugh until now. 



[Exon. f. lib] 



In Dorecestra there were 172 houses on the day when King Edward was alive and 

 dead and they paid geld T.R.E. for 10 hides, that is, i silver mark for the use of the 

 housecarls and they were assessed for all the king's service as 10 hides excepting the 

 customs which belonged to the night's farm. And of these 172 houses there are 88^ 

 still standing and 100 were completely destroyed from the time of sheriff Hugh 

 until now. And there were 2 moneyers T.R.E. each of whom rendered i silver mark 

 to the king and 20s. when the coinage was changed. 



In Brideport [Bridport] T.R.E. there were 120 houses and they were assessed for all 

 the king's service and paid geld for 5 hides, that is, h silver mark for the use of the 

 king's housecarls excepting the customs which belonged to the farm of i night. There 

 was I moneyer rendering to the king i silver mark and 20s. when the coinage was 

 changed. Now there are 100 houses and 20 are so impoverished (destitute) that those 

 who dwell in them are not prosperous enough to pay geld {geldum solvere non valent). 



[Exon. f. 12] 



In Brideport there were 120 houses on the day when King Edward was alive and 

 dead and they paid geld T.R.E. for 5 hides, that is, \ silver mark for the use of the 

 housecarls and they were assessed for all the king's service as 5 hides excepting the 

 customs which belonged to the night's farm. And of these 120 houses there are 100 

 still standing and 20 of these 100 houses were so ravaged that^ the men who dwell 

 in them have nothing whence they may render geld {xx ex his c doiuibits ita sunt 

 adnidiilate quod ho?nities qui intus manent non habetit wide reddent mdlum^ geldum). 

 And 20 houses' were completely destroyed from the time of sheriff Hugh until 

 now. And there was i moneyer T.R.E. who rendered i silver mark to the king and 

 20s. when the coinage was changed. 



In W.\RHAM [Wareham] T.R.E. there were 143 houses in the king's demesne. This vill 

 {villa) was assessed for all the king's ser\'ice and paid geld for 10 hides, that is, i silver 

 mark for the king's housecarls excepting the customs which belonged to the farm of 

 I night. There were 2 moneyers each rendering i silver mark to the king and 20s. when 

 the coinage was changed. Now there are 70 houses and 73 were completely destroyed 

 from the time of sheriff Hugh. In the part (belonging to) St. Wandrille {de parte 

 Sancti Wandregisili) there are 45 houses standing^ and 17 are^ waste. In the parts 

 (belonging to) the other barons {de partibus aliorum baronum) there are 20 houses 

 standing^ and 60 were destroyed. 



[Exon. f. 12b] 



In Warham there were 143 houses on the day when King Edward was alive and 

 dead in the king's demesne, which paid geld. Of these 143 houses 70 are still 

 standing and 73 were completely destroyed from the time of sheriff Hugh until now. 

 In the part (belonging to) the Abbot of St. Wandrille {de parte abbatis Sancti 

 Wandregisili) there are 45 (houses) standing and 17 destroyed. And in the parts 



^ 'viii' interlined. 5 'Jomus' interlined. 



' 'domibus ita sunt adnichilate quod' interlined. So the ^ 'stantes' interlined. 



MS. ; the printed version has 'na' for 'ita'. ' 'sunt' interlined. 



* 'nullum' marked for omission. * 'stantes' interlined. 



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