THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



with one (appurtenant) member Gerlei 

 [Yardley]. There are 21 hides {hida) what 

 with field and wood [inter planum et silvam)} 

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

 8 villeins and 10 bordars and I ' radman ' 

 with 9 ploughs. There is wood(land) 6 

 leagues [lewa) long and 3 leagues in width, 

 which renders 40 pence. It was worth 8 

 poimds ; now 1 00 shillings. 



This same Church holds Sture [Alder- 

 minster].* There are 20 hides, and in (the) 

 demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 24 

 villeins and 8 bordars with 1 1 ploughs. There 

 are 5 serfs and 2 mills worth {de) 17 shillings 

 and 6 pence. There i knight ^ {miles) holds 

 {ten') 2 hides and 2 ' radmans.' There are 20 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 1 2 pounds ; 

 now 9 pounds. This land (pays) geld. 



This same Church holds Bradeweia 

 [Broadway]. There are 30 hides that pay 

 geld. In (the) demesne there are 3 ploughs, 

 and (there are) a priest and 42 villeins with 

 20 ploughs. There are 8 serfs. The whole 

 was worth 12 pounds and lo shillings 

 T.R.E. ; now 14 pounds and 10 shillings, 



fo. 175b. 



Of this land 2\ hides were held, T.R.E., 

 by one free man, who bought (them) of abbot 

 Edmund. This land belonged to {erat de) the 

 demesne. There are now there 2 ploughs in 

 the Abbot's demesne (intended) for (his) sup- 

 port {ad victum). Urse claims this land by 

 gift of the King, and says that he exchanged 

 it with {contra) the Abbot for a manor which 

 belonged to {erat de) the demesne. 



This same Church holds at Lege [Leigh], 

 3 hides (that pay) geld. The Abbot has i 

 of these hides in demesne, and has there 2 

 ploughs and there are 12 villeins and 32 

 bordars with 29 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, 

 and 2 mills worth {de) 10 shillings and 9 

 pence, and 30 acres of meadow. The wood- 

 (land) is 3 leagues {lewa) long and 2 leagues 

 in width. It was worth 20 pounds T.R.E. ; 

 now 16 pounds. 



^ See note on p. 300 above. 



* This is an interesting name. In the 

 valuable Index to the Charters and Rolls in 

 the British Museum { 1 900) the above ' Sture ' 

 is one of the places that defied identification, 

 'Stour'(?) being the equivalent there suggested. 



' This is an entry of some importance, not 

 only because 'knights ' occur somewhat rarely, 

 but also it contrasts sharply the ' knight ' with 

 the * radmans' who seem to be ' held' by him. 



Of this land aforesaid 2 'radmans' held 

 i^ hides, Urse the sheriff is the holder now, 

 and has there 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 2 

 villeins and 1 1 bordars and I Frenchman 

 {francigena) ; between (them) all they have 4 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and a mill worth 

 {de) 4 shillings. It is worth 50 shillings. 



The third hide * of this land is held by the 

 same Urse at Bradnesforde [Bransford 

 Chapel],^ where he has in (the) demesne i 

 plough, and there are 9 bordars with 4 ploughs, 

 and a mill worth 20 shillings. It is worth 4 

 pounds. The county (court) says of this hide 

 that it belonged to {fait de) the church of 

 Pershore T.R.E., and yet was held by the 

 church of Evesham on the day of king Ed- 

 ward's death ; but it knows not how. 



In Dodintreu Hund[ret] 



This same Church holds Matma [Mathon]. 

 There are 5 hides, but only 3 of them (pay) 

 geld. One of these 5 hides lies in Hereford- 

 scire in Radelau Hund[ret] ; it is held by 

 2 ' radmans.' The county (court) of Wire- 

 CESTRE [Worcester], has established the right 

 {diratiocinavit) of St. Mary of Pers(h)ore to 

 it, and it belongs to the abovesaid manor. In 

 this same manor there are 2 ploughs in (the) 

 demesne, and (there are) 6 villeins and 20 

 bordars and i smith ^ with 12 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth {de) 30 pence. It was 

 worth 9 pounds ; now 1 00 shillings. 



Of this manor Urse holds 3 virgates, and 

 has there i plough, and (there are) a priest, 

 and I villein, and 3 bordars, and a reeve {pre- 

 positus). Between them they have 3 ploughs. 

 It is worth 20 shillings. 



Of this same land '' Walter Ponther holds 

 I virgate. But the whole of it is waste. It 

 is worth 5 shillings. 



The county (court) says that the church of 

 Pershore ought to have ' circset ' from all 300 

 hides ; * that is from each hide where a free 

 {francus) man dwells, one (horse)load of grain 



* Domesday here gives the total as ' three 

 hides' at Leigh, but accounts in detail for 

 three and a half. 



^ A chapelry of Leigh. 



^ The mention of a smith (/w3^r) is unusual. 



'' It should be observed that Domesday here 

 employs ' terra ' as synonymous with ' mane- 

 rium,' a point on which I have laid stress in 

 English Historical Review, April 1900, pp. 



293-4- 



* i.e. the 200 held by Westminster Abbey 

 as well as its own 100. 



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