THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



HiLLE [Churchhill],* where he has 2 ploughs 

 and a priest, and (there are) 3 villeins and 3 

 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 3 serfs 

 and a mill worth {de) 4 shillings, and 3 acres 

 of meadow, and 2 'quarentenes' of wood{land), 

 which is {et est) in (the King's) forest. It was 

 worth 50 shillings ; now 40 shillings. Azor 

 held it on the abovesaid terms {ut supradic- 

 t[_um-]). 



The same Walter holds 3 hides at Brade- 

 COTE [Bredicot], where he has i plough with 

 2 bordars and 2 serfs. There are 16 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) 2 ' quarentenes ' of 

 wood(land). It was worth 25 shillings ; now 

 20 shillings. Brictwold the priest held (it) 

 and performed (such) service {deservivit) as the 

 Bishop willed. The wood(land) is in (the 

 King's) forest. 



Herlebald' holds I hide at PiRiAN [Pirie] ^ 

 where he has 2 ploughs and 3 villeins and i 

 bordar and 3 serfs, with i plough. There 

 are 10 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 

 2 furlongs long and i in width and is in (the 

 King's) forest. It was worth 30 shillings ; 

 now 20 shillings. Godric held (it) at the 

 will of the Bishop. 



In the same Hundred this same church ^ 

 holds OvREBERiE [Overbury] with Penedoc 

 [Pendock]. There are 6 hides that (pay) geld. 

 In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 

 15 villeins and 7 bordars with 1 1 ploughs. 

 There is a priest who has half a hide and i 

 plough. There are 6 serfs, and 2 bondwomen, 

 and 10 acres of meadow and wood(land) i 

 league {lewd) long and i (league) wide. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 6 pounds, and now 

 (it is worth) the same. 



This same Church holds Seggesbarue 

 [Sedgeberrow]. There are 4 hides that (pay) 

 geld. In the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 

 there 11 villeins and 4 bordars with 7 

 ploughs. There are a priest, who has half 

 a hide, and 4 serfs, and i bondwoman, and 2 

 mills worth [de) 10 shillings and 8 acres of 

 meadow. It was and is worth 3 pounds. 

 Dodd' held (it), and it is assigned to {de) the 

 support of the monks. Archbishop Ealdred 

 {Eldredus) proved their right to it against {a) 

 Brictic his son. 



This same Church holds Scepwestun 

 [Shipston-on-Stour]. There are 2 hides 



' Near Bredicot. 

 ^ In St. Martin's, Worcester. 

 ^ The Oswaldslow manors in the monks' 

 hands begin here. 



that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 2 

 ploughs, and there are 15 villeins and 5 

 bordars with 6 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, 

 and one bondwoman, and a mill worth [de) 

 10 shillings, and i6 acres of meadow. It 

 was and is worth 50 shillings. 



This same Church holds Herferthun 

 [Harvington] with Wiburgestoke. There 

 are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 12 villeins and 

 3 bordars with 6 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, 

 and 1 bondwoman, and a mill worth {de) 

 10 shillings, and 24 acres of meadow. It is 

 and was worth 50 shillings. 



This same Church holds Grimanleh [Grim- 

 ley]. There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In 

 (the) demesne are 3 ploughs and (there are) 

 12 villeins and 15 bordars with 15 ploughs. 

 There are 6 serfs, and i bondwoman, and a 

 mill without profit {sine censu) and half a fishery, 

 which renders ' stiches ' of eels,* and 6 acres of 

 meadow. The wood(land) is half a league 

 {lewa) long and (the same) in width. It was 

 and is worth 3 pounds. 



Robert the Despencer {dispensator) holds one 

 of these 3 hides, which is called Cnihtewic 

 [Knightwick], where he has i plough and 7 

 bordars, with 2 ploughs and 6 acres of meadow 

 and wood(land) 2 furlongs long and i in width. 

 It was and is worth 20 shillings. 



This hide rendered in the aforesaid manor 

 sac and soc and all service due to the King 

 {regis servitium) ; and it is assigned to {est de) 

 the demesne support of the monks, but it was 

 leased {prastita) to a certain Eadgyth {Ead- 

 gida), a nun, who was to have it and to per- 

 form the service {deserviret) so long as the 

 brethren were willing and could dispense with 

 it. On their number {congregatione) increasing, 

 under king William {T.R.IV.),^ she restored 

 it (to them), and she herself, who is still 

 living, is witness to the fact {inde). 



This same Church holds Halhegan [Hal- 

 low in Grimley] with Bradewesham [Broad- 

 was]. There are 7 hides that (pay) geld. In 



* There were 25 eels in a'stich.' The 

 number of the stiches seems to be omitted in 

 the MS. 



^ With this interesting phrase should be 

 compared a charter of St. Wulfstan (1089), in 

 which he says : * Nam cum a me paulo plus- 

 quam XIP™ inventi fuissent fratres usque ad 

 quinquaginta a me ibi congregati sunt in eodem 

 monasterio Dei mancipati servicio ' (Hale's 

 Registrum Prioratus IVigorniensis, p. 84<2). 



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