THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and (there are) 7 bordars with i plough. 

 There are 5 acres of meadow and 2 ' quaren- 

 tenes ' of wood(land). It was and is worth 

 20 shiUings. Two priests held it of the Bishop. 



Of this same manor Ralf de Bernai^ had i 

 hide at Cunhille [Queenhill].^ Ailric held 

 it T.R.E., and did service for it to the Bishop. 

 It is now in the King's hand(s). And there 

 are 8 acres of meadow and 2 ' quarentenes ' 

 of wood(land). It was worth 40 shillings. 



Of the same manor Brictric son of Algar^ 

 held I hide at Burgelege [Bursley]* on the 

 same terms as the abovesaid (hide), and it was 

 worth 15 shillings. It is now in the King's 

 hand(s). 



In the same Hundred the same Bishop 

 holds Blochelei [Blockley]. There are 38 

 hides that (pay) geld. Of these, there are in 

 demesne, 25^ hides, where are 7 ploughs ; 

 and there are a priest, who has i hide, and 4 

 ' radmans,' who have 6 hides, and 63 villeins 

 and 25 bordars ; between (them) all they 

 have 5 1 ploughs. There are 1 4 serfs and 1 2 

 mills, worth [de) 52 shillings less 3 pence, and 

 24 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is half 

 a league [lewa) in length and in width. It 

 was worth 16 pounds ; now 20 pounds. 



Of this manor Richard holds 2 hides at 

 DiCFORD [Ditchford],^ where he has i plough, 

 and (there are) 2 villeins and i bordar and 2 

 serfs with i plough. There are 4 acres of 

 meadow. It was and is worth 30 shillings. 

 Alward held (it) and rendered service (for it). 



Ansgot holds i^ hides of the land appro- 

 priated to the villeins {propria terra villanorum\ 

 and has i plough with i bordar. There are 

 3 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 15 

 shillings. 



To the abovesaid manor belongs [jacet) i 

 hide at Iacumbe [Icomb] apportioned {pertinens) 



^ A follower of earl William of Hereford, 

 and sheriff, under him, of Herefordshire, and 

 a despoiler of the church of Worcester. 



^ A chapelry in Ripple. The name could 

 be read in Domesday as ' Cumhille ' or 

 ' Cunhille.' The monastery's version of the 

 text reads 'Cumhille,' but interlines ' Cyn- 

 hylle' above it. The 'Chonhelme' on 

 fo. 1 80^. of Domesday is the same place. 



^ See note above. 



* This name was preserved till recently on 

 the Ordnance Map in Borley House, half-way 

 between Holefast and Queenhill Chapel. It 

 is also found, apparently, in the * Borsley 

 Lodge ' of an inscription in Nash's Worcester- 

 shire, II. 447. 



6 In Blockley. 



to the support of the monks. There are 2 

 ploughs and (there are) 4 villeins and 2 bordars 

 and 4 serfs with 2 ploughs. This (estate) is 

 valued in the chief manor {in capite manerii). 

 There are 1 2 acres of meadow. 



Stephen son of Fulchered holds 3 hides at 

 EiLESFORD [Dailsford], where he has 2 ploughs 

 and a priest and 6 villeins, with 5 ploughs 

 and 4 serfs and i bondwoman. There are 

 20 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 

 3 pounds. 



Hereward held 5 hides at Eunilade [Even- 

 lode]. There are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 

 9 villeins, with 3 ploughs, and i serf, and 

 there was a mill worth {de) 32 pence. It is 

 and was worth 3 pounds. 



These 2 estates {terras), Eilesford and Euni- 

 lade, were held by the abbot of Evesham 

 from the bishop of Worcester until the bishop 

 of Bayeux received them from the abbey,® and 

 these same lands were assigned to {fuerunt de) 

 the support of the monks." 



In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds 

 Tredinctun [Tredington] with one (appur- 

 tenant) member Tidelmintun [Tidmington]. 

 There are 23 hides that (pay) geld. One of 

 these is waste. In the demesne are 5 ploughs ; 



fo. 173d. 



and (there are) 42 villeins and 30 bordars and 

 a priest, who has i hide, and i * radman.' 

 Between (them) all they have 29 ploughs. 

 There are 10 serfs and 3 mills worth {de) 32 

 shillings and 6 pence. There are 36 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 10 pounds; now 12 

 pounds and 10 shillings. 



At Blachewelle [Blackwell]® are 2 hides 

 assigned {pertinentes) to the support of the 

 monks. In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and 

 there are 10 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and i bondwoman 

 and 10 acres of meadow. It was and is 

 worth 50 shillings. 



Of the same manor Gilbert son of Turold 



® They formed part of the lands involved 

 in the great suit between the Bishop and the 

 Abbot which is discussed in the Introduction. 



' The monastery's version of the Domesday 

 text (Hearne, p. 304) adds, imder Blockley, a 

 marginal note : ' De hoc manerio tenet Urso 

 V hidas in Dome.' As the Domesday entry 

 on Blockley is complete without it, this holding 

 must have been taken out of Blockley by Urse 

 after the completion of the survey. It is 

 clearly represented by the 5 hides in Blockley 

 held by his representative Walter de Beau- 

 champ temp. Henry I. (Hearne, p. 314). 



* In Tredington. 



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