A HISTORY OF DORSET 



The manor of the Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, is Frampton itself (no. 121), assessed at 25 1 hides. The 

 Domesday surv'ey gives the demesne as 9I not 13 hides. There were 2 hides attached to the manor which do 

 not seem to have lain in this hundred. They were probably in Cullifordtree hundred with the abbey's 

 manor of Bincombe (no. 122). Hugh de Port had only i manor in Dorset, Compton Valence (no. 357), 

 assessed at 10 hides. It paid geld in Tollerford hundred. This gives a total of 352 not 35 hides. The abbey 

 was said to hold io.\ hides of land in Cullifordtree hundred. Bincombe was assessed at 8 hides; with the 2 

 hides of land attached to Frampton there is still .' hide remaining. It is odd that the abbey should have i hide 

 too little in one hundred and J hide too much in another. 



XXXIX. LODERS HUNDRED 



In Lodre hundret sunt xx hide. De his habet rex In Loders hundred there are 20 hides. Of these the 



viii hidas in dominio de terra Heroldi et villani king has 8 hides in demesne of Harold's land and the 



tenent inde x hidas de quibus rex non habuit geldum villeins hold thence 10 hides from which the king did 



et ii hide quas tenuerunt tagni tempore regis not have geld, and 2 hides which thegns held T.R.E. 



Edwardi sunt addite huic mansioni de quibus rex were added to this manor from which the king did 



non habuit geldum. not have geld. 



This hundred consists of the manor of Loders (nos. 13 and ix), held by Earl Harold T.R.E. There were 8 

 hides in demesne, 10 hides held by the villani, and 2 hides of thegnland que non ibi pertinent which 2 thegns 

 held T.R.E. 



In Dorseta habuit rex de geldo suo cccc et xv libras In Dorset the king had from his geld £.\i^ 85. <)ld. 

 et viii solidos et viiii denarios et i obolum. Adhuc There is still owing to the king 40 — [blank\. 

 debentur regi xl — [blankl. 



The money recorded in the actual geld accounts amounts to ,£422 bs. $\d., the geld on 1,407 hides, as 

 opposed to 1,394 hides. 



SUMMARIES OF FIEFS IN EXON. DOMESDAY 



These summaries, relating to the manors of certain tenants-in-chief in the five south- 

 western counties, are entered at the end of Exon. Domesday. The entries include the 

 Dorset manors of Glastonbur}^ Abbey and Robert fitz Ceroid, translated below.^-* 



[f-527b] 



Ecclesia Glastiniensis habet ii mansiones dominicas The church of Glastonbun,' has 2 demesne manors in 



in Dorseta de xxii hidis et iii virgis et dimidia. Ibi Dorset of 22 hides and 3.1 virgates. There are 22 



sunt xxii carrucate terre non gheldantis. Ibi sunt carucates of land (which is) not liable to geld. There 



ix carruce in dominio et xHii villani et Ixxii bordarii are 9 ploughs in demesne and 43 villeins and 72 



et X (et) ix servi et xiii coliberti habentes XX carrucas. bordars and 19 serfs and 13 coliberts having 20 



Hec terra appreciata est xlv libras. Alilites abbatis ploughs. This land is valued at £45. The knights of 



habent in Dorseta v mansiones de xxxi hidis et virga the abbot have in Dorset 5 manors of 31 hides and i\ 



et dimidia. In his sunt xiiii carruce in dominio et virgate. In these there are 14 ploughs in demesne and 



xxxvii villani et xlvi bordarii et xix servi habentes 37 villeins and 46 bordars and 19 serfs having 21 



xxi carrucas. Hec terra appreciata est xxix libras. ploughs. This land is valued at £2.(). Two thegns 



Duo tagni tenent de predicta terra i manerium v hold of the aforesaid land i manor of 5 hides. In 



hidarum. In his sunt ii carruce in dominio et xii these there are 2 ploughs in demesne and 12 villeins 



villani et xxvi bordarii et iiii serv'i habentes iii and 26 bordars and 4 serfs having 3 ploughs. This 



carrucas. Hec terra appreciata est iiii libras et x land is valued at ^(^4 lOi. This land is enough for 105 



solidos. Hec terra sufficit c et v carrucis et est ploughs, and it has deteriorated by 405. 

 peiorata de xl solidos. 



Notes 



(i) The abbey of Glastonburj' had 6 manors in Dorset in 1086, i of which was held by the king. In demesne 

 the abbot had 10 hides at Sturminster Ne\\ton (no. 63) and 5 hides, 2i virgates, at Buckland Newton (no. 

 65). In addition he had in demesne land for 14 ploughs que nunquam geldavit at Sturminster Newton, and 

 land for 8 ploughs que nunquam geldavit at Buckland Newton. These non-gelding teamlands are presumably 

 the 22 carucates of the summary. The abbot had 43 villani, 40 bordars, and 32 cottars (the 72 bordars), 

 13 coliberts, and 19 servi. As the account of Sturminster Newton does not give the number of ploughs in 

 demesne and among the men these totals cannot be checked. The value of the land in demesne amounted 



to Ias- 



(2) Two manors, Okeford Fitzpaine (no. 64) and Woodyates (no. 66), were held in entirety by Norman 

 tenants. Okeford was divided between the wife of Hugh, Alvred of Epaignes,^' and Chetel; Woodyates was 



'■• See also V.C.H. Wilts, ii. 218, 220, 221. the Geld Roll for Hunesberge hundred shows that he was 



" The Domesday survey calls him simply Alvred, but Alvred of Epaignes. 



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