A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



In Snodesbyrie [(Upton) Snodsbury] * are 

 1 1 hides. Of these, there are in demesne 7 

 hides and I virgate, one of which hides has 

 never (paid) geld. There, in (the) demesne are 

 2 ploughs, and (there are) 6 villeins, and 16 

 cottars, and 2 Frenchmen who serve {franci- 

 gente servientes)} Between (them) all they 

 have 1 1 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 20 

 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is i league 

 {lewa) long and the same in width. It is 

 worth 7 pounds and 10 shillings. 



Of this land Urse holds 4 hides, less I vir- 

 gate.' iElfward {Alwardus) held (them), and, 

 as a customary due [per comuetudinem) mowed 

 (for) 1 day the meadows of his lord and did 

 the service he was bidden [servitia qua juheha- 

 tur). There is i plough and a half, and (there 

 are) 5 cottars and 4 oxmen, with i plough 

 and a half, and 6 acres of meadow. The 

 wood(land) is 3 furlongs long and 2 furlongs 

 in width. It is worth 50 shillings. 



In HusENTRE [Martin Hussingtree] are 6 

 hides. There 1 1 villeins have 4 ploughs and 

 render annually 100 cartloads of wood for the 

 saltpans of (Droit)wich. He who has the 

 custody of this land has, of it, i hide, where 

 he has i plough, and (there are) one villein 

 and 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. The whole is 

 worth 30 shillings. 



In WiCH [Droitwich], there were and are* 

 4 furnaces [furni), which rendered annually, 

 T.R.E., 60 shillings and 100 mits {mittas) of 

 salt, and 31 burgesses [burgensis] who render 

 15 shillings and 8 pence. There 2 priests 

 hold I hide which has never paid geld and is 

 in the Abbot's demesne. And Leofnoth [Leue- 

 not) the priest has I saltpan, which renders I O 

 shillings. 



All this is worth 112 shillings and 8 

 pence. 



From the King's tithe(s) of Wich [Droit- 

 wich] St. Peter (of Westminster) has 8 

 pounds.* 



William Fitz Corbuz[ion] holds Dormes- 



* Upton and Snodsbury were formerly dis- 

 tinct. 



* This somewhat unusual expression pos- 

 sibly means that they held by 'serjeanty.' 



' This holding is identified as Cowsdown 

 by a 1 2th cent, survey (see p. 328 below). 



* i.e. belonging to the abbey. 



* This is the explanation of the entry 

 which recurs annually, under Worcestershire, 

 in the 1 2th century Pipe Rolls: 'In decimis 

 constitutis monachis de West[monasterio] 



TUN [Dormston]. Waland held (it) T.R.E. 

 There are 5 hides, and in (the) demesne are 

 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 14 

 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, 

 and I bondwoman, and 3 acres of meadow. 

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

 and 3 furlongs in width. Albert holds of 

 William 2 hides, and has there i plough and 

 (there is) i villein with half a plough. There 

 are 2 serfs. The aforesaid Waland mowed 

 the meadows of his lord and did all the service 

 he was bid. It is worth 4 pounds and 10 

 shillings. 



fo. 175. 



Urse the sherifiF holds Pidelet [North 

 Piddle]. » Toll, a free man, held it. There 

 are 5 hides, and in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and 8 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 

 60 shillings. The abovesaid Toli did service 

 for {serviebat de) this land like the other free 



The same Urse holds Newentune [Naun- 

 ton Beauchamp], There are 10 hides.'' Three 

 free men held it T.R.E., jElfward {Alwardus), 

 Saulf, and Elward. In (the) demesne are 4 

 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins with 2 

 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 12 acres of 

 meadow. The wood(land) is 2 furlongs long 

 and I furlong in width. It was worth 100 

 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



Of these 10 hides, Herbrand holds of Urse 

 3 hides and i virgate, and has there 2 

 ploughs and 4 serfs, and 2 bondwomen, and 

 6 acres of meadow, and 2 cottars. It was 

 worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings. Those 

 who held these lands rendered services {servie- 

 bant) like the other free men. 



The same Urse holds Garstune [Grafton 

 Fly ford]. jElfwine {J/winus), a free man, 

 held (it). There are 2 hides less i virgate.* 

 In (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 

 3 bordars and 2 cottars, and 2 serfs, and 6 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 shil- 



viii li[bras].' The amount, however, ap- 

 pears to exceed considerably a tithe of the 

 revenue received by the King from Droitwich 

 in 1086, though king John let his rights to the 

 burgesses for _^ioo a year. 



•^ I make this to be North Piddle, which is 

 divided from Dormston by Grafton Flyford 

 which follows below. 



' This clause is added in the margin, 



8 i.e. I J hides. 



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