A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



holds 4 hides at Longedun [Longdon],* 

 where he has 2 ploughs ; and there are 8 

 villeins and 2 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 are 4 serfs and 4 bondwomen and 8 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 4 pounds ; now 3 

 pounds. Le(o)fric the reeve held it at the 

 will of the Bishop {sicut ephcopus voluit). 



In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds 

 NoRWiCHE [Northwick]^ with one (appur- 

 tenant) member Tidbertun [Tibberton]. 

 There are 25 hides that (pay) geld. Of these 

 3^ are in demesne, where are 4 ploughs ; and 

 there are a reeve, who has 3 virgates, and i 

 radman who has 3 virgates, and 13 villeins 

 and 18 bordars. Between (them) all they 

 have 18 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 3 

 mills, worth {de) 50 shillings, and in (Droit)- 

 wic(h) one saltpan, which renders 100 * mits ' 

 of salt for 100 cartloads {caretedes) of wood. 

 From (the) fishery (are received) 4 shillings ; 

 from the pastures {pasculs) 2 shillings. There 

 are 40 acres of meadow. The wood (land) is 

 I league {lewa) long and I in width. To 

 this manor there belong 90 houses in Wireces- 

 tre [Worcester]. Of these, the Bishop has in 

 demesne 45, which render nothing but labour 

 at the Bishop's court {in curia episcopi). Urse 

 holds 24 houses of these, Osbern Fitz 

 Richard 3 8, Walter Ponther 11, Robert the 

 Despencer* [dispensator) i. The Bishop had 

 the third penny of the borough of Worcester 

 T.R.E., and has it now with the King and 

 the Earl.^ (It was) then (worth) 6 pounds ; 

 now 8 pounds. To the same manor there 

 belong in (Droit)wich 3 houses which render 

 3 ' mits ' of salt and 2 shillings from the 

 lead work {de fabrica plumbi). It was worth 

 13 pounds ; now 16 pounds and 10 shillings. 



In the market place {foro) of Worcester 

 Urse holds of the Bishop 25 houses and ren- 

 ders 100 shillings a year. 



Of the same manor Urse holds 5 hides at 

 HiNDELEP [Hindlip] and Alcrintun [Alfre- 

 ton],^ and Godfrey holds (them) of him. In 

 (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) a 

 priest, and 3 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There are 24 acres of meadow. 

 The wood(land) is half a league [lewa) long 

 and half (a league) wide. It was worth 30 



' In Tredington. 



^ In Claines. 



' Lord of Richard's Castle. 



* Brother of Urse the sheriff. 



* This appears to mean that he had still 

 his share like the King and Earl (whose share 

 was now the King's). 



* Now Offerton farm east of Hindlip. 



shillings ; now 20 shillings. The wood(land) 

 is in (the King's) forest. Eadric {Edricus) 

 stirman held (it) and performed his service 

 [deserviebat) with the other services belonging 

 to the King and Bishop. 



The same Urse holds i hide and 3 virgates 

 at Wermedun [Warndon] and Estun [White 

 Ladies Aston] ' and Robert holds (it) of him. 

 He has there 2 ploughs with 2 serfs and there 

 are 16 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 

 2 furlongs long and the same in width, and 

 it is in (the King's) forest. It is and was worth 

 16 shillings. This land was and is (part) of 

 the villeins' land. 



The same Urse holds i hide at Cudelei 

 [Cudeley] ^ where he has 2 ploughs and 3 

 bordars and 2 serfs. The wood(land) is one 

 ' quarentene ' {de una quarentena), and is in 

 (the King's) forest. It was and is worth 10 

 shillings. j^Llfgifu {Elgiva) the nun held (it 

 on such terms) as could be obtained {deprecari). 



Of this same manor Ordric holds 3 hides 

 and I virgate {virgam) at Estun [White 

 Ladies Aston] where he has 3 ploughs and 

 (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 40 

 shillings. This land was and is (part) of the 

 demesne chief {capitali) manor. 



Ordric holds I hide at Oddunclei [Od- 

 dingley], where he has i plough, and (there 

 are) i villein and 3 bordars with i plough, 

 and a saltpan worth {de) 4 shillings, and 12 

 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 

 furlongs long and the same in width, and is 

 in (the King's) forest. Turchil held (it) and 

 did service for it to the Bishop. 



Alric the archdeacon holds i hide at 

 HuDiNTUNE [Huddington], where he has 2 

 ploughs, and there are 4 villeins and 4 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs. There is a mill which 

 renders 3 (horse) loads {summas) of grain. 

 The wood(land is), worth {de) 3 shillings and 

 is in (the King's) forest. It is and was worth 

 30 shillings. Wulfric {Vluricus) held it as a 

 villein {rusticus) doing service. 



Of the same manor Walter Ponther holds 

 i^ hides at Widintun and Rodeleah [Whit- 

 tington ^ ] where he has i plough, and 



there are are 7 bordars, with 2 ploughs, and 

 2 serfs. There are 16 acres of meadow, and 

 wood(land sufficient) only for firing. It was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now 25 shillings. Ailric 

 held it like those above. 



The same Walter holds 3 hides at Circe- 



' Alias Aston Episcopi. 

 ^ A manor in St. Martin's, two miles east 

 of Worcester. 



^ In St. Peter's, Worcester. 



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