THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



There (are) 12 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 

 60s. 



(251) Ranulf holds Inlande [Higher and Lower 

 Nyland in Kington Magna] of Turstin. Edric, 

 Dachehn, and Alward held (it) in parage" T.R.E. 

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

 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough with i serf and 

 2 villeins and 2 bordars with i plough. There (are) 



8 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 20J. 



(252) Bernard holds i hide in the same vill of 

 Turstin. Dode held (it) T.R.E. There is i plough 

 and it is worth los. It was worth 5^. 



(253) Turstin himself holds Adelingtone [Ailing- 

 ton]. Brictui held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 3 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 2 ploughs and 12 bordars with i plough and 



9 censores paying i is. There (is) a mill rendering 15s. 

 and 10 acres of meadow and 6 acres of wood(land). 

 (There is) pasture i\ furlongs long and i furlong 

 wide. It was worth ^^3. Now (it is worth) £4^. 



(254) Ranulf holds Stoches [Stoke Wallis in 

 Whitchurch Canonicorum, site lost]^^ of Turstin. 

 Ulviet held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for i hide. 

 There is land for i plough which is there with i serf 

 and 5 bordars. There (are) 10 acres of meadow and 

 16 acres of wood(land). It is worth 20s. 



(255) Ranulf holds Stoches [Thurstanshay in 

 Whitchurch Canonicorum, site lost] of Turstin. 

 Brictuin held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 3 

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

 there and 4 acres of meadow and 16 acres of wood- 

 (land). It is worth lar. 



XXXIIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 OF EU 



(256) William of Eu holds Torentone [Thorton 

 (Farm) in Marnhull] of the king and William (holds 

 it) of him. Alestan held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld 

 for 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 2 ploughs and 4 serfs and 3 villeins and 6 

 bordars with i plough. There (are) 10 acres of 

 meadow. (There is) wood(land) 3 furlongs long and 2 

 furlongs wide. It was and is worth 40^. 



(257) The same William holds Bradeford [Brad- 

 ford Peverell] of William. Tol held (it) T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for 17 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 In demesne there are 2 ploughs and 4 serfs and 10 

 villeins and 13 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 

 mills rendering 20s. and 30 acres of meadow. (There 

 is) pasture 10 furlongs long and 4 furlongs wide. It 

 was and is worth £12. 



(258) William holds i hide in HiWES [unidentified] 

 of William. There is land for \ plough. It is worth 20s. 



(259) Hugh holds Mapledre [Mappowder] of 

 William. Ulward and Almar held (it) T.R.E. and it 



" 'in paragio' interlined. 



'^ For the identification of Stoches in this and the 

 following entry, see Fagersten, op. cit. 297-8. 

 " 'inter' interlined. 

 '•* 'Ibi' interlined. 



paid geld for 3 virgates of land. There is land for i 

 plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow and 5 acres 

 of wood(land). It was worth 15^. Now (it is worth) 



7i. 



(260) The same Hugh holds Lichet [Lytchett Mat- 

 ravers] of William. Tholi held (it) T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for 12 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In 

 demesne there are 2 ploughs and 3 serfs and 16 

 villeins and 11 coscets with 5 ploughs. There (are) 

 40 acres of meadow. (There are) ii furlongs of 

 pasture. (There is) wood(land) \ league in'^ length 

 and width. (There is) i league of marshland in 

 length and width. In Wareham (there are) 2 gardens 

 (ortos) and i bordar. It was worth £g. Now (it is 

 worth) £10. 



(261) William holds Bleneford [Blandford St. 

 Mary] of William. Tou held (it) T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for 32 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is i plough and 3 serfs and 3 bordars. 

 There (are) 12 acres of meadow and 56 acres of 

 pasture. It was and is worth 40^. In the vill itself 

 William holds I hide which Tou had in pledge and it 

 was redeemed, (but) which Ralph de Limesi took 

 with that other land. Afterwards the king did not 

 have geld from it. It was worth 35. 



(262) Hugh holds Wellecome [Woolcombe in 

 Melbury Bubb] of William. Brismar held (it) T.R.E. 

 and it paid geld for 5 hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough and 2 serfs 

 and 2 villeins and 8 bordars with i plough and 3 

 cottars. Thereat (are) 8 acres of meadow. (There is) 

 pasture 8 furlongs long and 2 furlongs wide. (There 

 is) wood(land) 2 furlongs long and i furlong wide. It 

 was and is worth 50^. 



(263) William holds Suere [S\\7re] of William. Tol 

 held (it) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 9 hides. There is 

 land for 7 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs 

 and 5 serfs and 5 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering i6s. and 30 

 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 7 furlongs long 

 and I furlong wide. It was and is worth £(). In that 

 vill William holds a certain piece of land which 

 never paid geld T.R.E. but was in the demesne and 

 farm of the king. A certain royal reeve let this (land) 

 to Toxus'5 the priest. Later he took it back into the 

 king's hand. Toxus was given seizin of it again by 

 King Edward [per regem Edwardiim iterum fuit 

 saisitus), as he says, and thus he held it in the life and 

 death of King Edward and in the time of Harold. 

 Formerly it was for grazing, now it is good for seed 

 {prius erat pascualis tnodo seminabilis). 



(264) William himself holds Wenfrot [Wynford 

 Eagle] in demesne. Alestan held (it) T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for 14'^ hides. There is land for 1 1 ploughs. 

 In demesne there are 6 hides of this land and there 

 (are) 3 ploughs and 2 serfs and 13 villeins and 18 

 bordars with 8 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 

 los. and 8 acres of meadow. (There is) pasture 2 

 leagues long and i league and 4 furlongs wide. 



" The facsimile has Toxo with 'p(resbytero)' interlined, 

 the printed version Toxos. For a discussion of this name, 

 see O. von Feilitzen, Pre-Conquest Personal Names of 

 Dom. Bk. 338. 



" 'ii' interlined. 



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