A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



This same Church holds Hambyrie [Han- 

 bury]. There are 14 hides that (pay) geld. 

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

 are) 16 villeins and 18 bordars and a priest 

 and a reeve. Between (them) all they have 

 24 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, and i bond- 

 tvoman, and 20 acres of meadow. The 

 wood(land) is I league {/ewa) in length and 

 half (a) league in width, but it is in the King's 

 forest. (There are received) from the salt- 

 pans in (Droit)wich 105 'mits' {mittas) of 

 salt. It was worth 7 pounds ; now 6 pounds. 

 Of this land 2 hides are waste. 



Urse holds 2 hides of this land, and Ralf 

 (holds them) of him. He has there i plough. 

 It was and is worth 5 shillings. 



In none of these manors can there be (em- 

 ployed) more ploughs than is stated.^ The 

 county court {vicecornitatus) says that from 

 every hide of land, (whether held by) free or 

 villein (tenure), belonging to the church of 

 Worcester the Bishop ought to have on the 

 feast-day of St. Martin one (horse)load of 

 grain, of the best {meliori) that is grown there. 

 But if that day should pass without the grain 

 being rendered, (he) who has kept it back 

 shall render the grain, and shall pay eleven- 

 fold {undecies persolvet) ; and the Bishop more- 

 over shall receive such penalty [forhfacturam) 

 as he ought to have from his land. 



In Came Hund[ret] 



This same Church holds Stoche [Stoke 

 Prior] with two Berewicks, Estone [Aston] - 

 and Bedindone [ ]. 



There are 10 hides. In (the) demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 13 villeins and 

 7 bordars and a priest ; between (them) all 

 they have 14 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, 

 and I bondwoman, and 2 mills which render 

 7 ounces (of silver). The wood(land) is one 

 league [lewa) and a half long. This wood- 

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

 40 shillings ; now 100 shillings. 



In Cresselau Hund[ret] 

 This same Church holds Huerteberie 



this story, will be found below, as ' Croelai ' 

 on the fief of Osbern Fitz Richard (p. 314). 



The above ' Simund ' was probably the 

 ' Simund danus ' who had held Wolverton 

 (Warw.)T.R.E.,and the 'Simon' who had pre- 

 ceded Osbern Fitz Richard at Shelsley (p. 3 1 3). 



^ That is, apparently, than the number 

 given as existing. 



' Aston Fields, south of Bromsgrove. 



[Hartlebury] with 6 Berewicks. There are 

 20 hides, and in (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 24 villeins and 3 bordars and 

 a priest; between (them) all they have 21 

 ploughs. There are 12 serfs, and 3 bond- 

 women, and 2 mills worth {de) 4 shillings 

 and 10 (horse)loads of grain. The wood- 

 land) is I league [lewa) long and half (a 

 league) in width ; and in (Droit)wich there 

 are 5 houses which render 5 mits {mittas) of 

 salt. It was worth 16 pounds T.R.E. ; now 

 13 pounds and 10 shillings. 



This same Church holds Ulwardelei 

 [Wolverley]. There are 5 hides. In (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 4 

 villeins and 5 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 are a priest, who has half a plough, and one 

 free man, who has i hide and renders 2 

 sestiers [sextaria) of honey. There are 6 

 serfs, male and female [inter servos et ancillas), 

 and a mill worth [de) 6 shillings. It was 

 worth 4 pounds T.R.E. ; now 30 shillings. 



In Came Hund[ret] 

 This same Church holds Alvievecherche 

 [Alvechurch] with 4 Berewicks, Costone 

 [Coston Hacket], Warstelle, Tonge,^ 



OvRETONE. 



In these, with the manor, are 13 hides. 

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

 are) a priest, and a reeve, and a ' Radchen- 

 [istre],' and 12 villeins and 7 bordars; be- 

 tween (them) all they have 14 ploughs. 

 There are 7 serfs, male and female [inter 

 servos et ancillas), and 4 square leagues [lewedes), 

 of (wood)land, of which the King has taken 

 half into his wood. In (Droit)wich there are 

 8 saltpans; one of these renders 50 'mits' 

 [mittas) of salt ; the other 7 render 70 'mits' 

 of salt. It was worth 100 shillings T.R.E., 

 and now it is worth the same. 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 

 St. Mary * holds Ardolvestone [Eardis- 

 ton in Lindridge] and Cnistetone [Knighton 

 (on Teme)], (which are) assigned to the sup- 

 port [de victu) of the monks. The two manors 

 are of 15 hides.* In (the) demesne are 8 

 ploughs, and (there are) a priest and 15 

 villeins and 10 bordars with 15 ploughs, 



' The name was preserved, according to 

 Habington, in some fields between Alve- 

 church and Lea end. 



* The monastery. 



* There is here a marginal note: ' r[e]- 

 q[uire].' 



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