A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



There are 9 serfs and 1 bondwoman {ancilla), 

 and 3 mills worth [de) 13 shillings and 4 

 pence. The wood(land) is 7 leagues {leiva) 

 long and 4 leagues tsroad, and 4 eyries {airis) 

 of hawks are there. To this manor belong 

 13 saltpans (jaiiriie) in (Droit)wich and 3 salt- 

 workers who render, from these saltpans, 300 

 ' mits ' [mittas) ^ of salt, for (making) which 

 they used to be given 300 cartloads of wood 

 by the keepers of the wood(land) T.R.E. 

 There are 6 leaden vats [plumbi). 



To this manor (there) belonged, T.R.E., 

 SucHELEi [Suckley], a manor of 5 hides, but 

 earl William (of Hereford) took (it) thence 

 and put (it) in the ferm of Hereford.^ 



In all it used to pay, T.R.E. , a ferm of 18 

 pounds. Urse the sheriff paid 24 pounds by 

 weight {ad pets) so long as [dum) he had the 

 wood.^ 



To this manor (there) belonged and belong 

 Grastone * [Grafton manor], where are 3^ 

 hides, and Cochesei [Cooksey] where are 2^ 

 hides, and Willingewic [VVillingwick] where 

 are 2 hides and 3 virgates, and Celdvic [Chad- 

 wick] where are 3 hides ; in all 12 hides less 

 I virgate.* 



These lands were held by 5 thegns {teini) 

 of earl E(a)dwine, Erniet, Alwin', Brictredus, 

 Frane, Alwold, who could not withdraw {rece- 

 dere) from the lord of the manor. ^ They are 

 now held of Urse the sheriff by 4 knights, 

 (the) 3! hides by Roger, the 2| hides by 

 William, the 2 hides and 3 virgates by 

 Walter, (and) the 3 hides by Alvred. 



In these lands there are in demesne 5^ 

 ploughs, and (there are) i ' radchenistre ' ' 

 and 29 bordars who have 11^ ploughs. 

 There are 2 serfs and 6 oxmen {bovarii),^ and 

 there can be (employed) i plough more. In 

 Willingewic and Celdwic there are 4 leagues 

 {/eiuedes) of wood, but the King has put (them) 

 in (his) forest. In Droit(wich) there is 1 



* See Introduction. 



^ That is to say, among those manors which 

 paid their ferm in a lump sum at Hereford. 

 Suckley, which is on the Herefordshire bor- 

 der, is surveyed accordingly on fo. 180^, as 

 will be seen below (see p. 323). 



* i.e. for the saltworks. 



* The chapels of Grafton and Chadwick 

 were dependent on Bromsgrove. 



* This, it will be seen, implies the regular 

 Domesday equation : i hide = 4 virgates. 



® That is, could not ' commend ' them- 

 selves to another lord. 

 ^ See Introduction. 

 » Uid. 



286 



saltpan worth {de) 10 shillings. In all it was 

 worth 6 pounds and 13 shillings T.R.E. ; 

 now 100 shillings in all. 



Of the land of this manor William Fitz 

 Ansculf holds 3 virgates in Willingewic, and 

 Baldwin (holds) of him.* Wulfwine {Ulwi- 

 nus) a thegn of earl E(a)dwine held (it). 

 There is i villein with half a plough, and 

 a plough and a half more could be (em- 

 ployed) there. It was worth 5 shillings ; 

 now 2 shillings. 



King William holds in demesne Chide- 

 MINSTRE [Kidderminster] with 16 berewicks : 

 — Wenuerton [Wannerton], Trinpelei 

 [Trimpley], Worcote [Hurcote], Frenesse 

 [Franche], and another Frenesse [Franche], 

 Bristitune [ ], Harburgelei [Hab- 



berley], Fastochesfelde [ ], Gurber- 



hale [Wribbenhall ?], Ribeford [Ribbesford], 

 and another Ribeford [Ribbesford], Sudtone 

 [Sutton], Aldintone [Oldington], Mettune 

 [Mitton], Teulesberge [ ], Sud- 



wale [ ]. In these lands, together 



with the manor, there are 20 hides. The 

 whole of this manor was waste. 



In (the) demesne is i plough, and (there 

 are) 20 villeins and 30 bordars with 1 8 ploughs, 

 and 20 ploughs more could be (employed) 

 there. There are 2 serfs and 4 bondwomen 

 {ancilla) and 2 mills worth {de) 16 shillings, 

 and 2 saltpans worth {de) 30 shillings, and a 

 fishery worth {de) 1 00 pence. There is wood- 

 land extending to {de) 4 leagues {lewis). In 

 this manor the reeve holds the land of one 

 ' Radchen[istre '] and has there i plough and 

 I mill worth {de) 5 ounces (of silver). To 

 this manor belong a house in (Droit)wich 

 and another in Wirecestre [Worcester] pay- 

 ing 10 pence. 



The whole manor used to pay, T.R.E., a 

 ferm of 1 4 pounds ; it now pays 1 pounds 

 and 4 shillings by weight {ad peis). The 

 king has put the wood(land) of this manor in 

 (his) forest. 



Of the land of this manor William holds 



1 hide and the land of one ' Radchenistre,' 

 and has there i villein and 8 bordars who 

 have 4^ ploughs. It is worth 1 1 shillings. 



Of the same land Aiulf holds one virgate. 

 There (are) i plough and 2 serfs. It is worth 



2 shillings. 



In WiCH [Droitwich] king Edward had 

 1 1 houses, and in 5 brinepits {puteis) king 

 Edward used to have his share. In one 

 brine-pit — Upewic" — (there are) 54 saltpans 



* Compare p. 316 below. *" Interlined. 



