THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



hides, and they used to mow {secabant) in the 

 meadows of their lord for one day, and to do 

 such service as was commanded {eis precipie- 

 batur). (They were) Elric, Reinbald, Elward', 

 Brictric, Alfric, Godric cloch, and (another) 

 Godric, Alwi, and AIwi blac. What they 

 held was worth in all 1 1 pounds and 1 1 

 shillings. 



Of this land king William holds 5 hides 

 and 3 virgates. Reinbald * and Alfric were 

 the holders. In (the) demesne are 3 

 ploughs, and (there are) 12 villeins and 12 

 bordars with 14 ploughs. There are 7 serfs, 

 and 3 bondwomen, and a mill worth {de) 2 

 shillings. 



Of the same land Drogo Fitz Ponz {filius 

 Ponzii) holds I hide, Godric held (it). There 

 is I plough, and (there are) 2 oxmen {bovarii) 

 and 6 acres of meadow. It is worth 15 

 shillings. 



Of the same land Urse holds 5 hides. 

 The holders were four of the above (men), 

 Elwar (j/V), Brictric, Alwi, and Godric. There, 

 in (the) demesne, are 5 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 3 villeins and 9 bordars with 3 ploughs. 

 There (are) 8 serfs, and 3 bondwomen, and 28 

 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 3 fur- 

 longs long and 2 furlongs in width. It is 

 worth 70 shillings. 



Of this same land William Fitz Baderon * 

 holds 2^ hides. Alwi held (them). He 

 has there 2 ploughs, and (there are) 4 vil- 

 leins and 5 bordars with 3 ploughs. It was 

 worth 40 shillings. There are 12 acres of 

 meadow. 



Of the same land Roger de Laci holds 5 

 hides. Alric {sic) held (them). He has 

 nothing in demesne. The wood(land) is i 

 league {lewa) long and half (a league) in 

 width. Of him a ' radman,' Le(o)fric, holds 

 one hide and one virgate, where he has one 

 plough, and (there are) 3 villeins and 8 bor- 

 dars with 4 ploughs. There are i serf, and 

 3 bondwomen, and a mill worth 8 shillings, 

 and 12 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 

 shillings.' 



* It can scarcely be a coincidence that 

 Eldersfield, close by, had been held, T.R.E. 

 (Domesday, fo. i8oi), by 'Reinbald canceler' 

 (the latter word is interlined), the chancellor 

 of Edward the Confessor (on whom, see 

 Feudal England, pp. 421-426). The name 

 appears to be unique T.R.E. 



* Of Monmouth, founder of the baronial 

 house, which took its name thence. 



' It should be observed that the holdings 

 of the above Norman tenants amount to 19^ 

 hides (at 4 virgates to the hide). This ex- 



In Poiwic [Powick] are 3 hides. There, 

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

 are) 16 villeins and 5 bordars with 10 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs, and i bondwoman, and 3 

 boors (coliberts),* who render 3 sestiers {sex- 

 tarios) of honey and 45 pence, and one mill 

 for the use of {serviens) the hall. There are 

 20 acres of meadow, and from a certain rent 

 {quadam reddita) 30 shillings (are received). 

 It is worth 20 pounds. 



There are a priest who has i plough, and 

 2 oxmen {hovar'), and 5 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There were 8 ' radmans,' .^thel- 

 ward {Agelward), Edward, Brictmer, Saulf, 

 iElfwine (Jlwinus), Godric, iElfwig {Alwi), 

 Ketelbert, who had between them 10 ploughs, 

 and many (plures) bordars and serfs with 7 

 ploughs. What they held was worth 100 

 shillings. 



The said {ipsi) 'radmans' mowed {secabant) 

 for one day a year in the meadows of their lord, 

 and did all the service that they were bidden 

 {quod eis jubebatur). 



Urse holds the lands which were held by 

 iElfward {Mlwari) and Saulf and Brictmer 

 and j5^1fwine, and has there 7 ploughs and 22 

 bordars and 14 serfs. The whole is worth 9 

 pounds and 5 shillings. 



Gilbert Fitz Turold holds what was held by 

 jElfwig and Ketelbern, and there, in (the) 

 demesne, are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 7 bor- 

 dars and 3 serfs, with i plough, and a mill 

 worth {de) 16 pence. It is worth 43 shil- 

 lings. 



Walter Ponther holds what Godric held, 

 and there he has half a plough, and (there 

 are) i villein and 6 bordars and 2 serfs with 

 2 ploughs. It is worth 25 shillings. 



A certain Frenchman {francigena\ Artur, 

 holds what Edward held, and has there i 

 plough and 2 oxen.* 



ceeds the 18 hides assigned to their English 

 predecessors, the excess, which is \\ hides, 

 being possibly the holding of Leofric the 

 ' radman ' (who was not one of them) 

 which is entered at that amount. But, even 

 so, the 1 1 hides in the monks' demesne 

 would not, with either total, make up exactly 

 30 hides. 



* The word ' coliberti ' is interlined above 

 ' buri ' as a gloss. A similar gloss is found on 

 a Hampshire manor (fo. 38^), where ' vel 

 bures ' is interlined above ' coliberti ' (see also 

 Maitland's Domesday Book and Beyond, p. 



36). 



* i^ plough teams, the Domesday plough 

 team consisting of 8 oxen. 



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