THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF ST. 

 PETER OF CERNE IN DORSET 

 (xxxix) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Cernelium and it paid geld T.R.E. for 22 hides. 

 Twenty ploughs can plough these. Of these the 

 abbot has 3 hides and 3 ploughs in demesne and 

 the villeins 15 hides and 14 ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 26 villeins and 32 bordars and 5 serfs 

 and 3 pack-horses and 6 beasts and 14 pigs and 

 500 sheep and i mill which renders 20^. and i 

 league of wood(land) in length and 8 furlongs in 

 width and 20 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of 

 pasture in length and 8 furlongs in width. This 

 manor renders ^^21 for the use of the church and 

 when the abbot received it it was worth as much. 

 Of these 22 hides a certain thegn called Brictuin 

 holds 4 hides of thegnland {taiglanda) of the 

 abbot and he could not leave the church on the 

 day when King Edward was alive and dead, nor 

 can he now. There Brictuin has 4 ploughs. And 

 this land renders 100^. a year. And this thegn 

 renders 30^. a year to the church, by which (it is) 

 the less {quo minus) except service. 



(77) The church itself holds Litelpidre [Little 

 Puddle in Piddlehinton]. William (holds it) of the 

 abbot. T.R.E. it paid geld for 3^ hides. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough and 

 2 serfs and i villein and 3 bordars with i plough. 

 There (are) 4 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 2 

 furlongs long and i furlong wide. It was and is 

 worth 50i. 



(xl) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Litelpidra which paid geld T.R.E. for 3.' hides. 

 Two ploughs can plough these. And now William 

 de vwnasterio holds it of the abbot. And it is the 

 church's own land {et est de propria terra ecclesie). 

 Of this William has 3 hides and i i plough in 

 demesne and the villeins \ hide and \ plough. 

 There William has i villein and 4 bordars and 2 

 serfs and 2 cows and 160 sheep and 4 acres of 

 meadow and 2 furlongs of pasture in length and 

 I in width. This manor renders 50^. and when 

 William received (it) it was worth as much. 



(78) The church itself holds Retpole [Radipole in 

 Weymouth]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 3 hides. There is 

 land for 3 ploughs. Of this half is in demesne and 

 there (is) i plough with i serf and i villein and 5 

 bordars having 2 ploughs. There (is) 10 acres of 

 meadow and 5 furlongs of pasture. It is worth 40^. 



(xli) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Retpola, which paid geld T.R.E. for 3 hides. 

 Three ploughs can plough these. Thence the 

 abbot has il hide and i plough in demesne and 

 the villeins i \ hide and 2 ploughs. There he has i 

 villein and 5 bordars and i serf and i pack-horse 

 and 20 pigs and loo sheep and id acres of 

 meadow and 5 furlongs of pasture and it renders 

 4OJ1. a year. 



(79) The church itself holds Blocheshorde [Blox- 

 worth]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 5.* hides.*' There is 



*5 'et dimidia' interlined. 



'* 'ii' interlined. 



" The MS. has viiii, the printed version viii. 



^^ *et vii cotarios' interlined. 



*' The text breaks off at this point, presumably because 

 the Exchequer scribe could not understand the end of the 

 parallel entry in Exon. Domesday : see n. 93 below. 



land for 6 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 2 

 hides and there (are) 2 ploughs and 3 serfs and 13 

 villeins and 9 bordars and 7 cottars with 4! ploughs. 

 There (are) 8 acres of meadow and 8 acres of 

 wood(land) and 8 furlongs of pasture in length and as 

 much in width. It is worth £;] los. 



(xlii) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Blochesborda which paid geld T.R.E. for 55 

 hides. Six ploughs can plough these. Thence the 

 abbot has 2 hides and 2 ploughs in demesne and 

 the villeins 3.' hides and 4.' ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 13'* villeins and 9*' bordars and 7 

 cottars^* and 3 serfs and i pack-horse and 17 

 pigs and 26 pigs {sic) and 8 acres of wood(land) 

 and 8 acres of meadow and 8 furlongs of pasture in 

 length and as much in width and it renders £•] 10s. 

 a year. 



(80) The church itself holds Affapidele [AfT- 

 puddle]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 9 hides. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 4 

 hides and there (are) 2 ploughs and 3 serfs and 6 

 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 

 2 mills rendering 15^. and 55 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) pasture 12 furlongs long and 6 furlongs 

 wide. (There is) wood(land) 7 furlongs long and as 

 much — [blank\.'^'> 



(xliii) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Affapidela which paid geld for 9 hides T.R.E. Six 

 ploughs can plough these. There the abbot has 4 

 hides and 2 ploughs in demesne'"' and the villeins 

 5 hides and 4 ploughs and there are"" 6 villeins and 

 4 bordars and 5 cottars and 3 serfs. There the 

 abbot has 9 oxen {boves) and 12 sheep and i pack- 

 horse and 12 pigs and 2 mills which render 15^. a 

 year and 7 furlongs of wood(land) in length and 

 as much in width and 12 furlongs of pasture in 

 length and 6 in width and 55 acres'^ of meadow. 

 This manor renders £•] 10s. a year, — [blank] and 

 when the abbot received (them) the aforesaid 2 

 manors [? Bloxworth and Affpuddle] were worth 

 100^. more because they were devastated on 

 account of Hugh fitz Grip {et quando abbas recepit 

 valebant c solidos plus predicte due mansiones quia 

 pro Hugone filio Grip fuerunt depredati (sic)).''^ 



[f. 78] 



(81) The church itself holds Pochesw^lle [Pox- 

 well]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 6 hides. There is land 

 for 7 ploughs. Of this there is in demesne 1 1 hide 

 and there (are) 2 ploughs with i serf and 4 villeins 

 and 8 bordars with 3 ploughs. There (are) 15 acres 

 of meadow. (There is) pasture 8 furlongs and 26 

 virgates long and 3 furlongs and 14 perches {pertice) 

 wide. Of this same land the wife of Hugh holds 3 

 hides and there is i plough. This land belonged to 

 the demesne farm of the monks and it is worth 40^. 

 The church's demesne is worth ^7. 



(xliv) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Pocheswella which paid geld T.R.E. for 6 hides. 

 Seven ploughs can plough these. Thence the 

 abbot has i\ hide and 2 ploughs in demesne and 

 the villeins i \ hide and 3 ploughs and the wife of 



'"' 'in dominio' interlined. 



" 'ibi sunt' interlined. 



''^ 'agros' interlined. 



" There are traces of 2 or 3 words erased in the MS. 

 before et quando abbas, but they cannot be made out and 

 the sense of the sentence substituted for them is very 

 confused. 



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