THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and 2 * hocci ' (which) pay 6 shillings and 8 

 pence. In another brine-pit, Helperic, (there 

 are) 17 saltpans. In a third (' iii ') brine- 

 pit, MiDELWic, (there are) 1 2 saltpans and two- 

 thirds of a ' hoccus ' (which) pay 6 shillings 

 and 8 pence. In 5 other brine-pits there 

 are 15 saltpans.' 



From all these king Edward used to have 

 a ferm {de firma) of 52 pounds. 



to. JTab. 



In these brine-pits earl E(a)dwine used to 

 have 51^ saltpans {salinam), and from the 

 ' Hocci ' he used to have 6 shillings and 8 

 pence. All this used to pay a ferm {de firma) 

 of 24 pounds. Now king William has in 

 demesne both what king Edward and what 

 earl E(a)dwine used to have. The sheriff (has) 

 paid thence 65 pounds by weight {ad pels) znd 

 2 ' mits ' {mittas) of salt while he has had 

 (the) wood.^ For without the wood, he says, 

 he could not possibly pay that (amount). 



For {de) Chenefare [Kinver] he pays 100 

 shillings of twenty (pence) to the ounce. 

 This land is in Stadfordscire, so also is 

 SuiNESFORDE [King's Swinford]. For {de) this 

 manor and two others which are in Wire- 

 cestrescire, — that is Terdesberie [Tardebigg] 

 of 9 hides and Clent of 9 hides, — for these 3 

 manors the sheriff pays 15 pounds of pennies 

 at {de) 20 to the ounce.' 



In Came Hundret 



King William holds Terdeberie [Tarde- 

 bigg]. King Edward held (it). There are 

 9 hides. In (the) demesne is i plough and 

 another can be employed {fieri). There are 



* These five brine-pits in three localities can 

 be traced four centuries later, for Habington 

 says in his Survey (II. 296) that under Hen. 

 VII. there were ' fyve salt wells springinge in 

 three severall places, one named Upwich, the 

 other Middelwich, the last Neather Wich.' 

 The ' five other brine-pits ' of Domesday 

 are somewhat obscure. 



^ For the saltworks. 



' The entries following show that this 

 sum was made up of 11 pounds from Tarde- 

 bigg and 4 pounds from Clent. Thus 

 Domesday contradicts itself when it states 

 that the 15 pounds were the proceeds of 

 * three ' manors, of which ' Swinford ' was 

 one. From this it follows that the rent of 

 ' Swinford ' must be sought elsewhere, namely 

 on fo. 246, where it is seen to be King's 

 Swinford. Old Swinford (Wore.) will be 

 found below on the fief of William Fitz 

 Ansculf. 



2 villeins and 28 bordars with 12 ploughs. 

 In (Droit)wich * are 7 saltpans and 2 lead 

 vats {plumbi), and they pay 20 shillings and 

 100 'mits' (mittas) of salt. 



The sheriff of Stadfordscire receives, and 

 pays in Suinesford [King's Swinford], the 

 ferm of this manor, that is 1 1 pounds of 

 pennies (at) 20 to the ounce. 



In Clent Hundret 



King William holds Clent [Clent]. King 

 Edward held (it). There are 9 hides. In 

 (the) demesne is a plough and a half and there 

 are 12 villeins and 3 bordars with 9^ ploughs. 

 There are 3 oxmen {iovarii), and of wood- 

 (land there are) 2 leagues {lew'). 



The ferm of this manor, 4 pounds, is paia 

 in Suinesford [King's Swinford] in Stadford- 

 scire. 



In (Droit)wich is half a hide which be- 

 longs to the (King's) hall at {de) Gloucester.* 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF 

 WIRECESTRE 



II. The church of St. Mary of Wire- 

 cestre [Worcester] has one Hundret, called 

 OswALDESLAW, in which are {jacent) 300 

 hides. ^ In these {de quibm) the Bishop of that 

 church has, by ancient {antlquorum temporum) 

 custom, all revenue from jurisdiction {socharum) 

 and all customary dues there belonging for (his) 

 demesne support {dominicum victum) and the 

 King's service and his own, so that no sheriff'' 

 can have any claim there, either in any plea 

 or in any other matter {causa). The whole 

 county (court) testifies to this. These said 

 300 hides were of the actual {ipso) demesne of 

 the church, and if any portion of them was 

 leased {prestitum) to any man,* for service to 

 be done for it to the Bishop, he who held 

 that land on lease could not retain for himself 

 any customary due from it whatsoever except 

 by permission of {per) the Bishop ; nor could 

 he retain the land beyond {nisi usque ad) the 



* i.e. belonging to this manor. 



* A blank space follows here in the MS. 



^ In Heming's Cartulary (pp. 287-8) this 

 return of the Bishop's privileges in Oswaldslow 

 is specially entered with the heading, ' Indicu- 

 lum libertatis de Oswales Lawes Hundred,' 

 and with a few slight additions noted below. 



'' ' Or officer demanding service for the 

 King ' (exactor regalis serviiii) is added here in 

 Heming's Cartulary. 



* Heming's Cartulary has here : ' howso- 

 ever, or to whomsoever, they were leased.' 



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