DORSET GELD ROLLS 



his demesne there is not known. Urse held 2 manors of Ernulf of Hesdin, i of which was called Melesberie (no. 

 246), and I of the manors held by Dodeman of the Count of Mortain was called Melesberie (no. 183). The 

 manor of Urse was assessed at 40 hides and the manor of Dodeman at 2J hides. Eyton identified Brictuin's 

 manor as Melbury Sampford and the manors of Dodeman and Urse as Melbury Osmond. In 1316 Wool- 

 combe, held by John Mautravers, and Ryme, with Clifton and Trill, held by Humphrey de Bello Campo and 

 Philip Maubank, lay in the hundred of Yetminster.* In 1086 Woolcombe (no. 262) was held by Hugh of 

 William of Eu and Clifton Maybank, with 3 hides in Trill, was held by William (Malbank) of Hugh, Earl 

 of Chester. Woolcombe was assessed at 5 hides, and Clifton Maybank (no. 225) at 6 hides. This gives a 

 total of 47 hides, 6 carucates, the figure given in the Geld Roll. 



IL WHITCHURCH HUNDRED 



In hundreto Witchirce sunt Ixxxiiii hide et dimidia 

 (et i virgata) preter firmam regis. Inde habent 

 barones regis in dominio xxi hidas et (dimidiam) 

 virgam — [blank\. Abbas Cerneliensis habet inde v 

 hidas. Hungerus filius Audoeni viii hidas et Edricius 

 iii hidas et dimidiam et dimidiam virgam et Willel- 

 mus Belet iii virgas in dominio. (Abbas Abodes- 

 beriensis i hidam habet in dominio et Fulcredus vii 

 virgas in dominio). Et de xl et viiii hidis (i virga et 

 tercia parte alterius virge minus) habet rex xiiii 

 libras et xvii solidos (et x denarios et i obolum) et de 

 v hidis et dimidia quas habet Hungerus filius 

 Audoeni de terra geldanti (has tenent villani) non 

 habuit rex geldum et de iii hidis quas tenet abbas 

 Cerneliensis (has tenent villani) non habuit rex 

 geldum et de dimidia hida quam tenet BoUo 

 presbiter de abbate Cerneliensi non habuit rex 

 gildum. De i hida quam tenet Willelmus de Estra 

 de comite de Moritonio (medietas huius hide est de 

 firma regis) nunquam habuit rex geldum. De 

 dimidia hida quam tenet Britellus de comite Mori- 

 tonii 

 [f. 17b] 



nunquam habuit rex geldum et de i hida et i virga 

 quam tenet Ulfus de Willelmo Capru nunquam 

 habuit rex gildum et de i hida et dimidia quam tenet 

 Hugo de Aiulfo non habuit rex gildum hoc anno et 

 abbas Abodesberie adquietavit in alio hundreto iii 

 hidas terre et dimidiam quas ipse habet in hoc 

 hundreto. Similiter fecit Turstinus filius Rolfi de vii 

 virgis quas ipse habet in hoc hundreto. Et de denariis 

 qui redditi sunt in hoc hundreto non sunt redditi xii 

 solidi usque ad extremum terminum qui deberent 

 esse redditi ad primum. 



In Whitchurch hundred there are 84.' hides and i 

 virgate besides the king's farm. Of this the king's 

 barons have in demesne 21 hides and .\ virgate. The 

 Abbot of Cerne has of this 5 hides. Hunger fitz 

 Odin 8 hides, and Edric 3.' hides and .' virgate, and 

 William Belet 3 virgates in demesne. The Abbot of 

 Abbotsbury has i hide in demesne, and Fulcred 7 

 virgates in demesne. And from 49 hides less i| 

 virgate the king has £1^ ijs. lold.^ And from 5! 

 hides of geldable land which Hunger fitz Odin has 

 (the villeins hold these) the king did not have geld 

 and from 3 hides which the Abbot of Cerne holds 

 (the villeins hold these) the king did not have geld 

 and from I hide which BoUo the priest holds of the 

 Abbot of Cerne the king did not have geld. From i 

 hide which William de estra holds of the Count of 

 Mortain (half this hide belongs to the king's farm) 

 the king never had geld. From .' hide which Bretel 

 holds of the Count of Mortain the king never had 

 geld and from i hide and i virgate which Ulf holds 

 of William 'the Goat' the king never had geld and 

 from 1 2 hide which Hugh holds of Aiulf the king did 

 not have geld this year. And the Abbot of Abbots- 

 bury was quit in another hundred for 3' hides of 

 land which he himself has in this hundred. Turstin 

 fitz Rolf did likewise for 7 virgates which he himself 

 has in this hundred. And of the pence which were 

 rendered in this hundred 12s. were not rendered 

 until the last term which should have been rendered 

 at the first (term). 



The Abbot of Cerne had 5 hides in demesne at Symondsbury (nos. 92 and Iv), assessed at 19 hides. 

 Hunger fitz Odin had only i manor, Broadwindsor (no. 505), assessed at 20 hides. Edric held several small 

 manors as a tainus, and one of them, Pilsdon (no. 470), lay in Whitchurch hundred in 1303.* It was assessed 

 at 3 hides, and even if he held it all in demesne it is not large enough to account for all his exempt demesne 

 in this hundred. Another of his manors, Stodlei;c (no. 471), assessed at i virgate, was identified by Fiigersten 

 as Studley, in Whitchurch Canonicorum, the site of which is now lost. Fagersten also suggested that Slillege 

 (no. 469), assessed at 2 hides and also held by Edric, was a corrupt form referring to the same place. ^ The 

 manor of William Belet is probably Lyme Regis (no. 504), which lay in Whitchurch hundred in 1212.* 

 Lyme Regis was a divided vill, the other portions being held by Ulviet of Glastonbury Abbey (no. 68), 

 and by the Bishop of Salisbury (no. 36). William Belet's portion was assessed at i hide, Ulviet's portion at 

 3 hides,' and the Bishop of Salisbury's portion was not assessed in hides and had never paid geld. The 

 Abbot of Abbotsbury had i hide in demesne at Abbott's Wootton (nos. 114 and Ixi). It was assessed at 2% 

 hides. His manor of Atrim (nos. 116 and Ixiii), assessed at 2 hides, was held of the abbey by Bollo the priest 

 and a widow, and it was probably this manor, with the geldable portion of Abbott's Wootton, which paid 

 geld in another hundred. The account of Uggescombe hundred shows that it was there that these 3' hides, 

 had paid geld. The land of Turstin fitz Rolf paid geld in Godderthorn hundred and consisted of his 2 

 manors of Stoke Wallis (no. 254) and Thurstanshay (no. 255), assessed at i hide and 3 virgates, the figure 



■• Feud. Aids, ii. 41. 



5 At 6s. on the hide, the geld from 47 hides and 2| 

 virgates is £14 6s., not £n 17s. lald. 

 ' Feud. Aids, ii. 38. 



' A. Fagersten, The Place-Names of Dorset, 2g8. 

 * Bk. of Fees, 94. 



' Later evidence shows Ulviet's manor to be Colway in 

 Lyme Regis: see p. 56. 



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