THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



I night's farm. The wood (boscus) of Hauocumbe 

 [Haucomb"] belongs to Burton Bradstock just as (it 

 did) T.R.E. (when) two-thirds of it were in the 

 king's farm {firma regis). The third part or the third 

 oak belonged to Earl Edwin'* which now belongs to 

 Frantone [Frampton], a manor (belonging to) St. 

 Stephen, Caen [Sancii Stefani Cadomensis). 



(x) The king has i manor which is called 

 I3ridetona and Bera and Colesbreia and Sepetona 

 and BratepoUa and Cidiohoc. King Edward held 

 these in demesne and it is not known how many 

 hides there are because they did not pay geld 

 T.R.E. and 55 ploughs can plough this land. 

 There the king has 8 ploughs in demesne and the 

 villeins 27 ploughs. There the king has 41 villeins 

 and 30 bordars and 7 coliberts and 74" cottars 

 and 20 serfs and 6 pack-horses and 9 beasts and 

 108 pigs and 800 sheep and 8 mills which render 

 £i\. T,s. I id. and 3 leagues of woodland in length 

 and I in width and 1 1 1 acres of meadow and 4 

 leagues of pasture in length and 4 in width and 

 these manors with their appurtenances and 

 customs render one night's farm. The wood of 

 Hauocumbe belongs to the above manor, that is 

 Burton Bradstock, and T.R.E. two-thirds of this 

 wood belonged to the king's farm {adiacebant ad 

 firmam regis) so that no one had any part of this 

 wood except Earl Godwin {ita lit nullmn partem 

 aliquis huius bosci habiiit excepto comite Goduino) 

 who had the third oak of this wood by reckoning 

 {per admunerationem) which now belongs to a 

 manor of St. vStephen, Caen (Saudi Stephani 

 Cadomensis), which is called Frantona. 



(3) The king holds Winborne [Wimborne Minster] 

 and Scapewic [Shapwick] and Chirce [Crichel, 

 unidentified] and Opewinburne [All Hallows Farm, 

 formerly Up Wimborne All Saints, in Wimborne 

 St. Giles]. King Edward held (this) in demesne. It 

 is not known how many hides there are because it 

 did not pay geld T.R.E. There is land for 45 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 ploughs and 15 

 serfs and 63 villeins and 68 bordars and 7 cottars 

 have 22 ploughs. There (are) 8 mills rendering 110s. 

 and 150 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 6 

 leagues long and 3 leagues wide. (There is) wood- 

 (land) 5 leagues long and i league wide. This manor 

 with its^o appurtenances renders i night's farm, 

 (xi) The king has i manor which is called Win- 

 borna and Escapewihc and Chirce and Obpe 

 Winborna. King Edward held these in demesne 

 and it is not known how many hides there are 

 because they did not pay geld T.R.E. and 45 

 ploughs can plough this land. There the king has 

 5 ploughs in demesne and the villeins 22 ploughs. 

 There the king has 63 villeins and 68 bordars and 

 15 serfs and 7 cottars and 3 pack-horses and 30 

 pigs and 250 sheep and 44 goats (capras) and 8 

 mills which render iio^. and 5 leagues of 

 wood(land) in length and i in width and 150 acres 

 of meadow and 6 leagues of pasture in length and 

 3 leagues in width. These manors with their appur- 

 tenances and customs render one night's farm. 



■' R. W. Eyton {Key to Domesday : Dorset, 85) identifies 

 this place as a region near Shipton Hill called Haucomb; 

 A. Fagersten (Place-Names of Dorset, 260) identifies it with 

 Hawcombe in Shipton Gorge parish, a site now lost. 



" 'comitis' interlined. " 'xxiiii' interlined. 



^° 'suis' interlined. 



^' Presumably some estate on or near the River Frome. 



(4) The king holds Dorecestre [Dorchester] and 

 Fortitone [Fordington in Dorchester All Saints and 

 St. Peter] and Sutone [Sutton Poyntz in Preston] 

 and Gelingeham [Gillingham] and Frome.-" King 

 Edward held (this). It is not known how many hides 

 there are because it did not pay geld T.R.E. There 

 is land for 56 ploughs. In demesne there are 7 

 ploughs and 20 serfs and 12 coliberts and 114 

 villeins and 89 bordars having 49 ploughs. There 

 (are) 12 mills rendering £b ^s. and 160 acres of 

 meadow. (There is) pasture 2 leagues long and i 

 league wide. (There is) wood(land) 4 leagues long 

 and I league wide. This manor with its appurten- 

 ances renders i night's farm. 



(xii) The king has i manor which is called 

 Dorecestra and Fortitona and Sutona and 

 Gelingeham and Fromma. King Edward held 

 these in demesne and it is not known how many 

 hides there are because they did not pay geld 

 T.R.E. Fifty-six ploughs can plough this land. 

 There the king has 7 ploughs in demesne and the 

 villeins 49 ploughs. There the king has 114 

 villeins and 89 bordars and 12 coliberts and 20 

 serfs and 5 pack-horses and 20 beasts and 72 pigs 

 and 800 sheep and 40 goats and 12 mills which 

 render ffi 5^. and 4 leagues of wood(land) in 

 length and i in width and 160 acres of meadow 

 and 2 leagues of pasture in length and i in width. 

 These manors with their appurtenances and 

 customs render i night's farm. 



(5) The king holds Pinpre [Pimperne] and Cerletone 

 [Charlton Marshall]. King Edward held (this) in 

 demesne. It is not known how many hides there are 

 because it did not pay geld T.R.E. There is land for 

 20 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 ploughs and 5 

 serfs and i colibert and 18 villeins and 68 bordars 

 with 14 ploughs. There are 2 mills rendering 40^. bd. 

 and 94 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 2 leagues 

 long and 2 leagues wide. (There is) wood(land) i 

 league long and .' league wide. This manor with its 

 appurtenances renders ' night's farm. 



(xiv) The king has i manor which is called Pinpra 

 and Cerletona. King Edward held these in 

 demesne and it is not known how many hides 

 there are because they did not pay geld T.R.E. 

 Twenty ploughs can plough this land. There the 

 king has 4 ploughs in demesne and the villeins 14 

 ploughs. There the king has 18 villeins and 68 

 bordars and i colibert and 5 serfs and 2 pack- 

 horses and 16 beasts and 25 pigs and 400 sheep 

 and 36 goats and 2 mills which render 40^. (3d. and 

 I league of wood(land) in length and ' ( league) 

 in width and 94 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of 

 pasture in length and 2 in width. These manors 

 with their appurtenances and customs render \ 

 night's farm. 



(6) The king holds Winfrode [Winfrith Newburgh] 

 and Lulvorde [East and West Lulworth] and 

 Wintreborne [unidentified]^- and Chenoltone 

 [Knowlton^^ in Woodlands, site derelict]. King 

 Edward held (this) in demesne. It is not known how 



Eyton (op. cit. 92) identifies it as the 3 modern parishes of 

 Batcombe, .Stockwood, and Hermitage; Fagersten has no 

 comment to make on this identification. 



-^ Eyton (op. cit. 97, 100) identifies this as Winterborne 

 Zelston. 



-J The name survived as the name of the hundred of 

 which Knowlton was the caput: see pp. 138-9. 



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