THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. Of this there are 

 in demesne 3 hides and 3 virgates of land and there 

 (are) 2 ploughs and 2 serfs and 22 villeins and 16 

 bordars with 18 ploughs. There (are) 12 acres of 

 meadow. (There is) pasture i league long and as 

 much in width. It was worth ^(^16. Now (it is worth) 

 5^23. The king has i hide of the manor of Kingston 

 in which he built the castle of Warham [Corfe 

 Castle]^^ and (in exchange) for this he gave to St. 

 Mary the church of Gelingeham [Gillingham] with 

 what belongs to it, which is worth 40^. Of the same 

 manor William of Briouze has i virgate of land 

 which the church held T.R.E." 



(135) The church itself holds i hide in Ferneham 

 [Farnham] which Aiulf and the wife of Hugh fitz 

 Grip hold of it. 



(136) The church itself holds Stoche [Stoke Wake]. 

 T.R.E. it paid geld for 5 hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 3 hides and i 

 virgate of land and there (are) 2 ploughs and 4 

 serfs and 7 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering izd. and 15 acres of 

 meadow. (There is) pasture 6 furlongs long and i 

 furlong wide. (There is) wood(land) 12 furlongs long 

 and 4 furlongs wide. It was and is worth £^. 



(137) The church itself holds Mapledretone 

 [Mapperton in Aimer], T.R.E. it paid geld for 11 

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

 in demesne 7 hides and i virgate of land and there 

 (are) 2 ploughs with i serf and 6 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 7 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) 1 1 furlongs in length and as 

 much in width of pasture and wood(land). It was 

 worth 30^. Now (it is worth) loos. 



(138) The church itself holds Ceseburne [Chesel- 

 bourne]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 16 hides. There is 

 land (for) — [blank].^^ Of this there are in demesne 

 2 hides and 3 virgates of land and there (are) 3 

 ploughs and 5 serfs and 21 villeins and lo bordars 

 with 8 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 15^. and 

 10 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture il league 

 long and i league wide. It was and is worth £16. 

 Earl-' Harold took this manor and Sture [East and 

 West Stour] from St. Mary T.R.E. but King 

 William restored them because a writ with the seal of 

 King Edward was found in the church itself ordering 

 that they should be returned to the church with 

 Melecome [Bingham's Melcombe in Melcombe 

 Horsey]^" which the king still holds. EarP' Harold 

 himself also took from the church Pidele [unidenti- 

 fied]. The Count of Mortain holds (it). 



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XX. THE LAND OF THE ABBEY 

 OF WILTON 



(139) The church of St. Mary, Wilton, holds 

 Dedilintone [Didlington (Farm) in Chalbury]_ 



^^ That this was Corfe Castle is shown by the fact that 

 in 12 1 2 the abbess held the advowson of Gillingham 

 church in escambtum pro terra ubi caslelhmi de Corf 

 positum est: Bk. of Fees, 91. 



-' The conclusion of no. 134 and the whole of no. 135 

 were added at the foot of the column (after no. 138). 



^' Space in the text. For a comment, see p. 5. 



^^ 'comes' interlined. 



T.R.E. it paid geld for 6 hides. There is land for 5 

 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 2 hides and 3 

 virgates of land and there (are) 2 ploughs and 4 serfs 

 and 7 villeins and 12 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 (is) a mill rendering 12s. bd. and 36 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) pasture I league long and as much in 

 width. (There is) wood(land) i league long and I 

 league wide. It is worth £"]. 



(140) The church itself holds Winburne [Philipston 

 in Wimborne St. Giles, site lost]." T.R.E. it paid 

 geld for 3.* hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. It is all 

 in demesne except for i virgate and there (is) i 

 plough and 2 serfs with i villein and 6 bordars. 

 There (is) a mill rendering -js. 6d. and 7 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) 4 furlongs of pasture in length 

 and width. (There is) wood(land) 3 furlongs long 

 and I furlong wide. It was worth 40*. Now (it is 

 worth) 305. 



XXI. THE LAND OF HOLY 

 TRINITY, CAEN 



(141) The church of Holy Trinity, Caen, holds 

 Tarente [Tarrant Launceston]. Brictric held (it) 

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

 for 8 ploughs. Of this there are in demesne 4 hides 

 less 4 acres and there (are) 2 ploughs and 14 serfs 

 and 9 villeins and 1 bordar with 4 ploughs. There 

 (are) 38 acres of meadow. (There are) 33 furlongs of 

 pasture in length and width. (There is) 15 furlongs 

 of wood(land) in length and width. It was worth £11. 

 Now (it is worth) £1^. 



XXII. THE LAND OF THE CANONS 

 OF THE CHURCH OF COUTANCES 



(142) The canons of Coutances hold Wintreburne 

 [Winterborne Stickland]. T.R.E. it paid geld for 8 

 hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. Of this there are 

 in demesne 3 hides and 3 virgates of land, and there 

 (are) 4 ploughs and 5 serfs and 12 villeins and 20 

 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 

 12^. 6d. (There is) pasture 26 furlongs long and 3 

 furlongs wide. (There is) wood(land) 5 furlongs long 

 and 4 furlongs wide. It was worth /]io. Now (it is 

 worth) £15. 



XXIII. THE LAND OF ST. MARY 

 MONTEVILLIERS 



(143) The church of St. Mary Villiers holds 

 Wadone [Friar Waddon in Portesham]. Three 

 thegns held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 6 hides. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. Of this there are in 

 demesne 5.2 hides and there (are) 3 ploughs and 4 

 serfs and 2 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 There (are) 20 acres of meadow and 15 furlongs of 

 pasture. It was and is worth £10. Hugh fitz Grip" 

 gave this land to the same church. Of this the church 

 of Abbotsbury had 6 acres of crops and 3 church-scots 

 by custom T.R.E. but Hugh never gave (this). 



'" See no. 30. 



" 'comes' interlined. 



" See Eyton, Key to Domesday: Dorset, 119-20, for this 

 identification. The manor of Philipston was held by the 

 abbess in 1235-6: Bk. of Fees, 426. Her carta of 1166 

 mentions a certain Philip de Winburne from whom the 

 name possibly derived: Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), 239. 



" 'filius Grip' interlined. 



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