A HISTORY OF DORSET 



ploughs in demesne and the villeins 3 \ hides and 8 

 ploughs. There the king has 8 villeins and 12 

 bordars and 7 cottars and 10 serfs and 4 pack- 

 horses and 10 cows and 51 pigs and 1,037 sheep 

 and 4 mills which render i8s. a year and 2\ leagues 

 of wood(land) in length and 2 leagues in width 

 and 20 acres of meadow and 2 '. leagues of pasture 

 in length and i league and i furlong in width and 

 40 goats. This manor rendered ^^24 in the queen's 

 lifetime and now renders £.}0. 



(17) The king holds Aisem.\re [Ashmore]. T.R.E. it 

 paid geld for 8 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. Of 

 this there are in demesne 4 hides and there (are) 

 3 ploughs and 8 serfs and 10 villeins and 6 bordars 

 with 4 ploughs. There (are) 10 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) pasture 10 furlongs long and i furlong 

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

 league wide. It was and is worth £15. Brictric held 

 these 3 manors T.R.E. 



(xxiii) Queen Maud had i manor which is called 

 Aisemara which Brictric held on the day when 

 King Edward was alive and dead. This paid geld 

 T.R.E. for 8 hides. Seven ploughs can plough 

 these. And now the king holds it in demesne. 

 Thence the king has 4 hides and 3 ploughs in 

 demesne and the villeins 4 hides and 4 ploughs. 

 There the king has 10 villeins and 6 bordars and 8 

 serfs and 3 pack-horses and 10 beasts and 27 pigs 

 and 82650 sheep and 50 goats and 2 leagues of 

 wood(land) in length and i league in width and 10 

 acres of meadow and 10 furlongs of pasture in 

 length and i in width. This manor rendered ^15 

 in the queen's lifetime and now renders as much. 



(18) The king holds Medesham [Edmondsham]. 

 Dodo held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 2 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. Of this there is in 

 demesne i hide and there (is) i plough with i serf 

 and 8 bordars. There (is) a mill rendering ^s. and 2 

 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 3 furlongs long 

 and I furlong wide. (There is) wood(land) 5 furlongs 

 long and 1 1 furlong wide. It was and is worth 



(xxiv) Queen Maud had i manor which is called 

 Medessan which Dodo held on the day when King 

 Edward was alive and dead, and he could go with 

 his land to any lord, and it paid geld for 2 hides. 

 Three ploughs can plough these. Of these the 

 king, who now holds this manor, has i hide and i 

 plough in demesne, and 8 bordars and i serf and 8 

 beasts and 22 sheep and i mill which renders 5^. a 

 year and 5 furlongs of wood(land) in length and 

 1 3 in width and 2 acres of meadow and 3 furlongs 

 of pasture^' in length and i-s* in width and it is 

 worth bos. a year and when Schelin, who used to 

 hold this manor of the queen, received (it) it was 

 worth the same amount. 



(19) The king holds Hame [Hampreston]. Saul held 

 (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 2 hides and i virgate 

 of land. There is land for 2 ploughs. Of this there is 

 in demesne i hide, and there (is) i plough and 2 serfs 

 and 5 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough. There 

 (are) 40 acres of meadow and pasture i league long 



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^' 'et ii villanos et iiii bordarios et ii servos' interlined. 



and 5 furlongs wide and 2 acres of wood(land). It 



renders 50^. 



(xxv) The king has i manor which is called Hama 

 which William Belet held of the queen and 

 (which) Saul held T.R.E. and he could go with 

 his land to any lord, and it paid geld for 2 hides 

 and I virgate and 2 ploughs can plough (it). 

 There the king has i plough and the villeins i and 

 the king has there in demesne i i hide less 6 acres 

 and 2 villeins and 4 bordars and 2 serfs,-" and the 

 \illeins have 3 virgates and 6 acres and (the king 

 has) I pack-horse and 15 beasts and 11 pigs and 

 40 sheep and 2 acres of wood(land) and 40 acres 

 (aqros (sic)) of meadow and i league of pasture in 

 length and 5 furlongs in width and it renders 505. 

 a year. 



(20) The king holds Wichemetune [Witchampton], 

 Two thegns held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 4j 

 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. Of this there are 

 in demesne 2 hides and if virgate of land, and there 

 (are) 2 ploughs and 2 serfs and 5 villeins and 15 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 

 10^. and 16 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 5 

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

 (land) 6 furlongs long and 2 furlongs wide. It was 

 and is worth 100s. 



(xxvi) The king has i manor which is called 

 Wichamatuna which 2 thegns held T.R.E.'*" and 

 these (men) could go with their land to any 

 lord and it paid geld for 45 hides. Four ploughs 

 can plough these. Of these the king has 2 hides 

 and I g virgate and 2 ploughs in demesne and the 

 villeins 2 hides and i virgate and 2 ploughs. There 

 the king has 5 villeins and 15 bordars and 2 serfs 

 and 2 cows and 2 pigs and 40 sheep and i mill 

 which renders 10s. a year and 6 furlongs of 

 wood(land) in length and 2 furlongs in width and 

 16 acres of meadow and 5 furlongs of pasture in 

 length and 3 furlongs in width. This manor 

 renders loos. a year and was worth as much 

 formerlv when Schelin-" received (it) who*- used 

 to hold it of the queen (and) who never paid geld 

 to the king on 3 hide in the manor which we 

 mentioned above (qttam in hoc mansione supra 

 nominavimus). 



(21) The king holds Winbltine [Wimborne Minster, 

 part of]. Ode held (it) T.R.E. There is i hide and it 

 never paid geld. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is i virgate and i plough and 2 serfs 

 and 4 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 (are) 14 acres of meadow. (There is) wood(land) i 

 furlong long and as much in width. It was and is 

 worth £^. This land does not belong to the farm of 

 Wimborne. 



(xxvii) The king has i manor which lies in 

 Winburne which Odo the treasurer (ihesaurarius) 

 held T.R.E. There is i hide and it never paid 

 geld. Two ploughs can plough this. There the 

 king has i virgate and i plough and the villeins 

 the other virgate and 2 ploughs. There are 4 

 villeins and 7 bordars and 2 serfs and 2 beasts and 

 10 pigs and 127 sheep and 30 goats and 14 acres 

 of meadow. This renders ^^4 a year and was worth 



*" 'tempore Edwardi regis' interlined. 

 ■•' The text reads here quando et icelinus with the 'et' 

 interlined. 

 *^ 'qui' interlined. 



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