THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and 3 more ploughs could be (employed).^ 

 There are 1 7 serfs, and a mill worth [de] i o 

 shillings, and a fishery, and 6 acres of meadow. 

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

 and 3 furlongs in width. It is worth 8 

 pounds. 



THE 



LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 HEREFORD 



OF 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 



III. The bishop of Hereford holds Boc- 

 LiNTUN [Bockleton] of the King. Turchil 

 held it and could betake himself {ire) where he 

 would.^ There are 8 hides that (pay) geld. 

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

 are) 2 'radmans' and 4 villeins and 8 bordars 

 with 10 ploughs. There are 12 serfs. The 

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

 and half a league in width. It was worth 6 

 pounds ; now 4 pounds ; and 4 ploughs more 

 can be (employed) there. 



The same Bishop holds Cuer [Kyre]. 

 Bishop Walter held it. There are 2 hides 

 that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, 

 and (there are) 3 bordars and 3 serfs. It was 

 worth 12 shillings; now 10 shillings. Urse 

 holds it of the Bishop, and 2 ploughs more 

 can be (employed) there. 



In Esch Hund[ret] 



The same Bishop holds Inteberga [Ink- 

 berrow]. Earl Harold held it wrongfully, 

 but king William restored it to bishop Walter 

 because it belonged to {erat de) the bishopric.^ 

 There are 15^ hides. Of these, 10 hides 

 (pay) geld, (and) the others not. In (the) 

 demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 15 

 villeins and 12 bordars with 13 ploughs, and 

 4 ploughs more could be (employed) there. 

 There are 3 serfs, and a saltpan which 

 renders 1 5 < mits ' {mittas) of salt. The wood- 

 (land) is 2 leagues {lewa) long and I league 

 in width. For {de) the pannage there are 

 rendered 1 00 swine. It was worth 12 



* This was exceptional on the monastery's 

 estates, as is shown by the entry above, after 

 Hanbury. 



* i.e. choose his lord. 



* This entry should be compared with 

 several similar ones in Herefordshire (fo. i8ii, 

 182). Prof. Freeman (ATarw. Conq. II., 548), 

 though striving to defend Harold, shows that 

 Edward had called on him, when bishop 

 Walter was appointed (1060), to restore all 

 property alienated from the see. 



pounds T.R.E., and 10 pounds afterwards;* 

 now 12 pounds. 



THE LAND OF ST. DENIS 

 In Clent Hund[ret] 

 nil. The church of St. Denis {Dyonisii) 

 holds I hide in (Droit)wich, where are 18 bur- 

 gesses, who render 4 shillings and 6 pence, 

 and a saltpan worth {de) 20 pence. 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF 

 COVENTRY 



In Clent Hund[ret] 



V. The church of St. Mary of Coventreu 

 [Coventry] holds Salewarpe [Salwarpe]. 

 There is^ i hide in (Droit)wich. Urse holds 

 (it) of the Abbot, and this land is in his park, 

 and he has 3 burgesses and 6 saltpans in 

 (Droit)wich. It was worth 45 shillings ; now 

 35 shillings. 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF 

 CORMEILLES 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 



VI. The church of St. Mary of Cormeilles 

 [CoRMELiis] holds half a hide at Tametde- 

 BERiE [Tenbury] and (pays) geld. There is 

 a priest with i plough, and it is worth 5 

 shillings. Earl William® gave it to the 

 church. 



THE 



LAND OF THE CHURCH 

 GLOUCESTER 



OF 



In Clent Hundred 

 VII. The church of St. Peter of Glouces- 

 ter [Glowecestre'] holds half a hide in (Droit)- 

 WiCH with the same dues {in eadem consuetu- 

 dine) as the King's half hide in (Droit)wich 

 that belongs to Gloucester {GIowec[estre'\).'' 



fo. 174b. 



THE 



LAND OF ST. PETER 

 WESTMINSTER 



OF 



VIII. The church of St. Peter of West- 

 minster holds Persore [Pershore]. King 

 Edward held this manor and gave it to that 

 church as quit and free of all claims as he 

 was holding it in his demesne, the whole 

 county (court) being witness. There are 200 



* i.e. when the Bishop received it, 



* i.e. belonging to it. 



•^ William Fitz Osbern, earl of Hereford. 



'' See p. 287 above. 



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