THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Frenclimen {^francigence) of him. In (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) a 

 priest, who has half a hide, and 8 villeins and 

 2 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 4 serfs 

 and 4 bondwomen and a mill worth [de) 12 

 pence and 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 



12 pounds ; now 10 pounds. Four free men 

 held (it) of the Bishop, rendering all proceeds 

 of jurisdiction [iocam et sacam) and church-scot 

 {circset) and (fees for) burials, and service by 

 land and water [expedlt'wnes et navigia) and 

 (attendance at) pleas at (the court of) the 

 aforesaid Hundred, and the present holders 

 do likewise.* 



In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds 

 Breodun [Bredon]. There are 35 ^ hides 

 that (pay) geld. In demesne are 10 hides 

 and 3 ploughs, and (there are) 33 villeins and 



13 bordars with 20 ploughs. There are 6 

 serfs and a mill worth {de) 6 shillings and 8 

 pence and 80 acres of meadow. The wood 

 (land) is 2 leagues {lewie) long and a league 

 and a half wide. The Bishop has from it 10 

 shillings and all its proceeds in honey and 

 hunting and (all) else. It was worth j^io 

 T.R.E. ; now 10 shillings less. 



To this manor belong {jacent) 3 hides in 

 Teotintune [Tedington] ^ and i hide at 

 MiTUNE [Mitton],* and they belong to {sunt 

 de) the support of the monks. There are in 

 (the) demesne 5 ploughs, and (there are) 12 

 villeins and 6 bordars with 9 ploughs. There 



^ In addition to the places enumerated above 

 Throckmorton, which is not mentioned in 

 Domesday, was a member of Fladbury, 

 and I hide was held in Fladbury, of the 

 Bishop temp. John {Testa de Nevill, p. 41). 

 One virgate of this hide was then held by 

 'Henricus filius Johannis' {Ibid.), who, as 

 'Henricus filius Johannis de Trochemerton[e],' 

 acknowledged the grant by bishop Mauger 

 (11 99-1 2 1 2) of half a hide claimed by him 

 in Fladbury, the deed being assigned by Mr. 

 Poole to circ. 1200 (14th Report on Hist. 

 MSS., App. 8, p. 194). Another virgate was 

 then held by Adam, son of Robert, possibly 

 the Adam ' de Trokemertun[e] ' who occurs 

 in 1 220-1 22 1 (Hale's Register of Worcester 

 Priory, p. 5417). The first of the house, 

 perhaps, to emerge is the ' Reoland Trokemard- 

 tune ' who appears as a juror for the Hundred 

 of Oswaldslow in the middle of the I2th 

 cent. (Heming, p. 291). 



* 5 is interlined above 30. 



* A detached hamlet of Overbury, almost 

 surrounded by Gloucestershire. 



* A chapelry in Bredon. 



are 10 serfs and 3 bondwomen and 40 acres 

 of meadow and 2 * quarantenes ' of wood. It 

 was and is worth ^^4. 



Of this manor jEilric the archdeacon holds 

 2 hides at Codestune ^ [Cutsdean], and he 

 has there 2 ploughs and a priest, and 4 villeins 

 and 7 bordars, with 3 ploughs. It was and is 

 worth 30 shillings. Bishop Bricsteg* had 

 leased {prestiterat) this land to Dodo, but 

 archbishop Ealdred {/Eldredus) proved his right 

 to it in the time of king William. 



Of this same manor Urse holds 7 hides at 

 RiDMERLEGE [Redmarley d'Abitot],'' and 

 William (holds) of him 2 hides out of these. 

 In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 23 villeins and 9 bordars with 10 ploughs. 

 There are 6 serfs and 2 bondwomen and a 

 mill worth 5 shillings and 8 pence. The 

 wood(land) is i league {lewa) long and half 

 (a league) wide. It was worth 1 pounds ; 

 now 10 shillings less. Azor and Godwine 

 held (it) of the Bishop and performed (their) 

 service {deserviebant). 



The same Urse holds 2 hides at Peonedoc^ 

 [Pendock], where he has 2 ploughs and 3 

 bordars, and 3 serfs and i bondwoman. The 

 wood (land) is half a league {lewd) long and 

 half (a league) wide. It was worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; now 4 shillings less. Godwine held it 

 on the same terms as above.* 



The same Urse holds 3 hides at Wase- 

 BURNE [Little Wash born e],'" where he has 2 



* A chapelry of Bredon on the Cotswold 

 Hills. 



^ i.e. Brihtheah. 



■^ Nash says it was 'surnamed D'Abitot, 

 from Robert d'Abitot, steward of the house- 

 hold to William the Conqueror, and brother 

 to Urso d'Abitot the sheriff.' But, like 

 Cromb, it was probably named from the 

 later D'Abitots, who held these manors under 

 the Beauchamps. 



^ This place gave the name to the family 

 of ' de Penedok,' which held the 4 hides at 

 Westmancot for several generations. 



* The monks' story was that ' Peonedoc ' 

 had been given them by a certain ' Northman ' 

 with his son, in the time when bishop Wulf- 

 stan was dean. They claimed this as an 

 act of restitution, though it was given that 

 Northman's son might be received as a monk. 

 The monastery, they said, held it till Ralf 

 de Bernai (' Rawlfus vicecomes ') seized it 

 by the help of William Fitz Osbern, together 

 with other lands, of which he violently de- 

 prived them. 



*" A detached hamlet of Overbury sur- 

 rounded by Gloucestershire. 



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