A HISTORY OF DORSET 



serfs and 32 villeins and 16 bordars with 16 ploughs. 

 There (are) 2 mills rendering i6s. T^d. and 36 acres 

 of meadow. (There is) pasture 27 furlongs long and i 

 league and 3 furlongs wide. (There are) 8 furlongs of 

 wood(land). It is worth ^26. To this manor belongs 

 I hide. T.R.E. it was for the food of the monks. 

 Hugh unlawfully took this and kept (it) and his wife 

 still retains (it) bv force. 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF ST. 

 PETER OF ABBOTSBURY IN DORSET 

 (Iviii) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Abbatesberia which paid geld T.R.E. for 21 hides. 

 Sixteen ploughs can plough these. Thence the 

 abbot has 8 hides and 5 ploughs in demesne and 

 the villeins 23 hides and i6'3 ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 32''' villeins and 16 bordars and 14 serfs 

 and 4 pack-horses and 23 beasts and 30 pigs and 

 600 sheep and 2 mills which render 16s. T,d. and 8 

 furlongs of wood(land) and 36 acres of meadow 

 and 27 furlongs of pasture in length and i league 

 and 3 furlongs in width. This manor is worth ^26 

 a year and in this manor lies i hide of land which 

 on the day of King Edward's death was for the 

 food of the monks and Hugh fitz Grip unlawfully 

 took it and his wife still retains (it) by force.'' 



[f.78b] 



(no) The church itself holds Pidele [Tolpuddle]. 

 T.R.E. it paid geld for 18 hides. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 8 hides and 

 there (are) 3 ploughs and 4 serfs and 16 villeins and 

 14 coscets with 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills 

 rendering 205. and 6 furlongs of meadow and 18 

 furlongs of pasture. It is worth ^12. 



(hi) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Pidela which paid geld T.R.E. for 18 hides. 

 Twelve ploughs can plough these. Of these the 

 abbot has in demesne 8 hides and the villeins ten. 

 There the abbot has 3 ploughs and the villeins five. 

 There the abbot has 16 villeins and 14 cotsets 

 and 4 serfs and 2 pack-horses and 10 beasts and 

 20 pigs and 300 sheep and 2 mills which render 

 zos. a year and 6 furlongs of meadow and 18 

 furlongs of pasture and this (manor) is worth £,\2 

 a year. 



(ill) The church itself holds Eltone [Hilton]. 

 T.R.E. it paid geld for 18 hides. There is land for 10 

 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 9 hides and i 

 virgate of land and there (are) 3 ploughs and 8 serfs 

 and 17 villeins and 12 bordars with 7 ploughs. There 

 (is) a mill rendering 2od. and 10 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) pasture i league long and i league wide. 

 (There are) 3 furlongs of wood(land). It is worth 



(Ivii) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Heltona which paid geld T.R.E. for iS hides. Ten 

 ploughs can plough these. Of these the abbot has 

 9 hides and i virgate and 3 ploughs in demesne 

 and the villeins 9 hides less i virgate and 7 

 ploughs. There the abbot has 17 villeins and 12 

 bordars and 8 serfs and 3 pack-horses and 8 

 beasts and 20 pigs and 406 sheep and 25 goats and 

 I mill which renders 2od. and 3 furlongs of wood- 

 (land) and 10 acres of meadow and i league of 



" 'v' interlined. 

 '■• 'x' interlined. 



" 'et in ista mansione pertinet i hida terre que die 

 obitus regis Edwardi erat in victuni monachorum et Hugo 



I pasture in length and i (league) in width. This 

 I manor is worth ;(^i5 a year. 



(112) The church itself holds Portesham [Portesham]. 

 T.R.E. it paid geld for 12 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 5 hides and 

 there (are) 4 ploughs and 12 serfs and 12 villeins and 

 10 bordars with 5 ploughs. There is a mill rendering 

 los. and 24 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture i 

 league long and 2 furlongs wide. It is worth ^12. To 

 this manor belongs i virgate which Hugh fitz Grip'* 

 unlawfully took and which his wife still holds by 

 force. '7 This was for the food of the monks T.R.E. 



(lix) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 Portesham which paid geld T.R.E. for 12 hides. 

 Nine ploughs can plough these. Thence the abbot 

 has 5 hides and 4 ploughs in demesne and the 

 villeins 7 hides and 5 ploughs. There the abbot 

 has 12 villeins and 10 bordars and 12 serfs and 3 

 pack-horses and 13 beasts and 20 pigs and 250 

 sheep and i mill which renders 10^. and 24 acres 

 of meadow and i league of pasture in length and 2 

 furlongs in width. This (manor) is worth ;t,i2 a 

 year. And to this manor belongs i virgate of land 

 which on the day of King Edward's death was for 

 the food of the monks and Hugh fitz Grip unlaw- 

 fully took it and his wife still retains it by force. 



(113) The church itself holds Sevemetone [Shilving- 

 hampton in Portesham]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 5 

 virgates of land. There is land for i plough which is 

 there with i serf and i bordar. There (are) 6 acres 

 of meadow and 3 furlongs of pasture. It is worth 

 1 5$. bd. 



(Ix) The abbot has i manor which is called Sefe- 

 metona which paid geld T.R.E. for 5 virgates 

 which I plough can plough. And now BoUo the 

 priest holds it of the abbot and he cannot with- 

 draw from the church with this land. There BoUo 

 has I plough in demesne. And he has there i 

 bordar and i serf and 100 sheep and 6 acres of 

 meadow and 3 furlongs of pasture. This (manor) 

 is worth 15^. td. a year. 



(114) The church itself holds Widetone [Abbott's 

 Wootton (Farms, Higher and Lower) in Whitchurch 

 Canonicorum]. T.R.E. it paid geld for zl hides. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. Of this there is i hide in 

 demesne and there (are) 2 ploughs and 4 serfs and 4 

 villeins with 2 ploughs. There (are) 5 acres of 

 meadow and 3 furlongs of pasture and 3 furlongs of 

 wood(land). It is worth 40.S. 



(Ixi) The abbot has i manor which is called 

 \\'idetona which paid geld T.R.E. for 2! hides. 

 Four ploughs can plough these. Thence the abbot 

 has I hide and 2 ploughs in demesne and the 

 villeins i .\ hide and 2 ploughs. There the abbot 

 has 4 villeins and 4 serfs and i pack-horse and 4 

 beasts and 100 sheep and 20 goats and 3 furlongs 

 of wood(land) and 5 acres of meadow and 3 

 furlongs of pasture. This (manor) is worth 405. a 

 year. 



(115) The church itself holds i hide in Bourtone 

 [Burcombe (Farm) in North Poorton]. There is 



filius Gripponis iniuste sibi accepit et adhuc uxor sua vi 

 detinet' interlined. 



'" 'filius Grip' interlined. 



" 'vi' interlined. 



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