A HISTORY OF DORSET 



XXIIII. THE LAND OF THE 

 KING'S ALMSMEN 



(144) Bristuard the priest holds the churches of 

 Dorecestre [Dorchester] and Bere [Bere Regis] and 

 the tithes. One hide and 20 acres of land belong 

 there. It is worth ^^4. 



(xiii) Bristuard the priest has the church of 

 Dorecestre and the church of Bere and i hide of 

 land and 20 acres of land and the tithes belonging 

 to them and they are worth £^ a year. 



(145a) Bollo the priest has the church of Winfrode 

 [Winfrith Newburgh] with i virgate of land. There 

 is i plough. It is worth 10s. 



(xvi) Bollo the priest has the church of Winfrode 

 and he has there i virgate of land and he has there 

 2 plough and it is worth 10s. a year. 



(145b) Bollo the priest has the church of Pitretone 

 [Puddletown] and Calvedone [Chaldon Herring or 

 East Chaldon] and Flote [Fleet]. To these belongs 

 li hide. It renders 67^. 6d. 



(xix) Bollo the priest has the church of Pidretone 

 and the church of Calvedone and the church of 

 Flote. To these belongs i.l hide of land and they 

 render 67^. 6d. 



(146) Rainbald the priest holds Polehaim [Pulham] 

 of the king. He himself held (it) T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for 10 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. Of 

 this there are in demesne 4 hides — [blank]''' and 2 

 serfs and 9 villeins and 5 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

 There (are) 8 furlongs of meadow in length and 

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

 width. It is worth iio^. 



(147) Walter the deacon holds Cernel [unidentified] 

 of the king, and Bernard (holds it) of him. Godwin, 

 a free man, 35 held it T.R.E. and it paid geld for 3 

 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne there 

 are 2 ploughs and 3 serfs and 8 villeins and 6 bordars 

 with 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 10^. and 

 3 acres of meadow and 7 furlongs of pasture in 

 length and 6 furlongs in width. It was worth iocs. 

 Now (it is worth) £6. 



XXV. THE LAND OF COUNT ALAN 



(148) Count Alan holds De\'ENIS [Dewlish] of the 

 king. Brictric held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 15 

 hides. There is land for 15 ploughs. Of this there are 

 in demesne 5 hides and there (are) 3 ploughs and 13 

 serfs and 19 villeins and 6 bordars with 6 ploughs. 

 There (are) 15 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 

 23 furlongs in length and width. (There is) wood- 

 (land) 6 furlongs in length and width. It was and is 

 worth £22. 



XXVI. THE LAND OF THE 

 COUNT OF MORTAIN 



(149) The Count of Mortain holds Westone 

 [Buckhorn Weston] and Haimo (holds it) of him. 

 Godric and Bruno held (it) in parage^' T.R.E. as 

 2 manors and it paid geld for 7 hides. There is land 

 for 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs and 5 



serfs and 14 villeins and 7 bordars with i\ plough. 

 There (are) 40 acres of meadow and (there is) 

 wood(land) .' league long and as much in width. It 

 was worth ^4. Now (it is worth) ^7. 



(150) The same count holds 2 hides in Iland 

 [Higher and Lower Nyland in Kington Magna] and 

 Drew (holds it) of him. There is land for i plough. 

 It is waste. 



(151) The count himself holds H.\nford [Hanford]. 

 Alward held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 4 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs and 4 serfs and 2 villeins and 2 bordars with 

 I plough. There (are) 2 mills rendering i6,f. and 35 

 acres of meadow and 15 acres of wood(land). (There 

 is) pasture 1 league long and i furlong wide. It was 

 and is worth 100s. 



(152) The count himself holds Acford [Child 

 Okeford]. Alwin held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 

 5 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 2 ploughs with i serf and 6 villeins and 17 

 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (is) half of two mills 

 rendering los. and 40 acres of meadow and the same 

 amount of pasture. (There is) wood(land) 2 furlongs 

 and .' league long and i J furlong wide. It was and is 

 worth £j. 



(153) The same count holds i| hide in Cernel 

 [unidentified] and a certain woman (holds it) of him. 

 Brungar held (it) T.R.E. There is land for i plough 

 which is there and 3 acres of meadow. (There is) 

 pasture 2 furlongs long and i furlong wide. It is 

 worth 10^. 



(154) The same count holds Frome [Bhompston 

 Farm in Stinsford] and William (holds it) of him. 

 Alward held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 4 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs) and 15 acres of meadow. (There is) 

 pasture 4 furlongs long and 2 furlongs wide. It was 

 worth 40i'. Now (it is worth) 60^. 



(155) Robert holds Stanford [West Stafford] of 

 the count. Britnod held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld 

 for 3 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. There is i 

 villein and 3 bordars with I plough. There (is) a mill 

 worth 4i. and 30 acres of meadow. (There is) 

 pasture i league long and 3 furlongs wide. It is 

 worth 20s. 



(156) Ansger holds Cerne [unidentified] of the 

 count. Two thegns held (it) freely^' T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs, 

 which are there in demesne, and 2 villeins and 6 

 bordars. There is a mill worth ^s. and 4 acres of 

 meadow. (There is) pasture 5 furlongs long and 3 

 furlongs wide. It was and is worth £2- 



(157) Ralph holds Cerne [unidentified] of the 

 count. Ten thegns held (it) in parage^^ T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is i (plough) and 2 villeins and 2 

 bordars and 2 French Serjeants {servientes francigeni) 

 with I plough. There (are) 3 acres of meadow. 



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

 " 'liber homo' interhned. 



^' 'in paragio' interlined. 

 ^' 'libere' interlined. 



^* 'in paragio' interlined. 



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