THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



wine ('Ulwinus') held (it and) rendered all the 

 customary payment to the reeve (in charge) of 

 the ' ferm.' The wood(land) is half a league 

 {lewa) long and half (a league) in width. It 

 was worth 20 shillings T.R.E. ; now 15 

 shillings. 



The same Urse holds i hide at Cloptune 

 [ ]. In (the) demesne is i plough 



and (there are) 1 bordar and 6 acres of 

 meadow. Brictmar held (it and) rendered all 

 that the abovesaid (tenants) did.* It was 

 worth 20 shillings T.R.E. ; now 15 shillings. 



The same Urse holds 3 virgates at Laure 

 [Lawern]. He has there in demesne i 

 plough and 2 bordars. Sawine held it (as) of 

 the Bishop's demesne. There are 6 acres of 

 meadow. It was and is worth 7 shillings. 

 There also Urse (holds) i virgate of the 

 Bishop's demesne; (it is) worth 6 shillings. 



The same Urse holds i hide at Gremanhil 

 [Grimley], and Godfrey (holds it) of him. 

 There 2 bordars have i plough. Eddid held 

 (it and) rendered what the abovesaid tenants 

 rendered. It was and is worth 6 shillings. 



Of the same manor Robert the Despencer 

 {dispensator) holds half a hide at Laure 

 [Lawern], where he has i plough with i 

 bordar and a mill worth [de) 5 shillings and 6 

 acres of meadow and 12 oaks. Keneward 

 held (it) and performed such service as (de- 

 serviebat sicut) the Bishop willed.^ It was and 

 is worth 20 shillings. 



Of the same manor Osbern Fitz Richard 

 holds I hide at Codrie [Cotheridge], where 

 he has i plough in (the) demesne ; and (there 



* This was probably the ' Bricsmar ' whom 

 Urse is found succeeding at Broughton (fo. 

 175), for he is said to have obtained all the 

 land of iElfwine son of Brihtmar (Heming, 

 L 261). 



* This Keneward, as is shown in the 

 introduction, was known as Keneward 'of 

 Lawern,' where probably he resided. The 

 monks claimed that Lawern, which had 

 been held by his parents before him of their 

 house, reverted to them at his death, but was 

 wrongfully seized by the above ' Robert, 

 brother of Urse the sheriff' (Heming's 

 Cartulary, p. 253). Whether this wealthy 

 ' Kinwardus,' as they styled him, was the 

 Worcestershire sheriff of that name before the 

 Conquest is, as explained in the Introduction, 

 perhaps doubtful. He was, however, clearly 

 the Keneward who had held of the church of 

 Worcester at Wyre Piddle and at Elmley 

 Castle (which latter similarly passed to Robert 

 the Despencer), for the monks expressly state 

 that he had held other lands of them. 



are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs, 

 and a mill worth {de) 5 shillings. There are 

 1 2 acres of meadow and 3 * quarentines ' of 

 wood(Iand). Richard * held it by such 

 service {ad servitium) as the Bishop willed. 



In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds 

 Fledebirie [Fladbury]. There are 40 hides 

 that (pay) geld. In demesne are 7 hides, 

 where are 9 ploughs, and (there are) a priest, 

 who has half a hide, and 23 villeins and 17 

 bordars with 19 ploughs. There are 16 serfs 

 and 3 bondwomen, and a mill worth {de) 10 

 shillings and 20 ' stichs ' of eels,* and 50 

 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 

 leagues {lewte) long and half (a league) in 

 width, and the Bishop has all its proceeds in 



fo. 173. 



hunting and honey and timber {lignis) for the 

 saltpans of (Droit)wich, and 4 shillings (also). 

 It was worth ^^lo ; now £<). 



Of this manor the bishop of Hereford holds 

 5 hides at Inteberge [Inkberrow],* where he 

 has a priest and 7 villeins, with 4 ploughs, 

 and meadow for the oxen. Bishop Walter ^ 

 held it T.R.E., performing {ad) all the service 

 due to the bishop {episcopi) of Wircestre. It 

 was and is worth 30 shillings. 



Of the said manor Urse holds 5 hides at 

 Abeleng [Hob Lench] ' where he has 2 



* i.e. Osbern's father. Of Cotheridge 

 (' Coddarycge ') the monks alleged that they 

 had lost it through Arnwig a former and 

 wealthy reeve, who had given it to his dearly 

 loved brother ' Spiritus,' who had been high 

 in favour with Cnut's sons and successors, 

 Harold and Harthacnut. On ' Spiritus ' being 

 subsequently expelled from England and exiled, 

 the land was seized by Richard ' Scrob,' and 

 the monastery thus lost it (Heming's Cartulary, 

 p. 254). Domesday, it will be seen, only 

 mentions that Richard (Scrob) had held the 

 land T.R.E., but it contains in another place 

 (fo. 252*) a curious reference to the exile of 

 ' Spirtes ' (' quum fuisset exsulatus ab Anglia') 

 in Edward's days. Heming's story, therefore, 

 relates to that Spirtes (or Spirites) the priest, 

 the bulk of whose possessions, under William, 

 passed to Nigel the physician (on whom, see 

 p. 308 below). 



* i.e. from the mill pool. There were 25 

 eels in a * stich,' according to a Canterbury 

 MS. 



* He also held land there in capite (see 

 below). The above 5 hides were probably 

 Little Inkberrow. 



« Of Hereford. 



' Formerly Habbe Lench. 



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