THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



This same Church holds Liteltune (Little- 

 ton). There were 7 hides T.R.E. In (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 1 5 

 villeins and i Frenchman {francigena) with 

 2 villeins ; between (them) all they have 7 

 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, and 8 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 4 pounds and 10 

 shillings ; now 70 shillings. 



This same Church holds Huniburne 

 [Church Honeybourne]. There were 2^ 

 hides T.R.E. In (the) demesne are 4 

 ploughs ; and (there are) a priest and 1 o 

 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 are 4 serfs. It was worth 3 pounds ; now 4 

 pounds. There are 1 1 acres of meadow. 



This same Church holds Ambreslege 

 [Ombersley]. This (land) was of old {anti- 

 quitus) free for 3 hides,* as the charters of the 

 church say, but it was reckoned at [numerata 

 pro) 15 hides T.R.E., what with wood and 

 field,^ and of these, 3 hides are free (of geld). 

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

 (there are) 30 villeins and I2 bordars and 2 

 priests and 2 ' radmanni ' and 10 oxmen 

 \bovarii). Between (them) all they have 20 

 ploughs. There is a fishery and a half, ren- 

 dering 2,000 eels, and 2 mills worth {de) 8 

 shillings, and 4 acres of meadow. There are 

 2 ' lewedes ' of wood(land), and in (Droit)- 

 wich I saltpan. It was worth 18 pounds 

 T.R.E. and afterwards ; now 16 pounds. 



In Oswoldeslau Hund[ret] 



The same Church holds Hantun [Hamp- 

 ton by Evesham]. There were 5 hides T.R.E. 

 In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs ; and there 

 are 15 villeins and 5 bordars, and i French- 

 man {francigena) with 4 bordars. Between 

 (them) all they have 7 ploughs. There are 

 8 serfs, and i o acres of meadow ; and a 

 newly-planted {novella) vineyard is there, and 

 2 mills worth (de) 20 shillings. It was worth 

 100 shillings ; now 6 pounds. 



This same Church holds 4 hides at Be- 

 ningeorde [Bengeworth], and a 5th hide is 

 held by Urse. Abbot Walter proved his 

 right to {diratiocinavit) these 5 hides at Ilde- 

 berga* [ ] in (a court of) 4 shires 



* Was quit of paying on more than 3 

 hides. 



* See note on p. 300 above. 



' In the Evesham account of this suit 

 {Chronkon Abbatia Eveshamensis [Rolls Series], 

 p. 97), this place is called ' Gildeneberga,' 

 Mr. Macray, the editor of the Chronicle, 



before the bishop of Bayeux and other barons 

 of the King.* 



There are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 5 

 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 are 6 serfs. It was worth 60 shillings T.R.E. 

 and 50 shillings afterwards;* now 60 shil- 

 lings. 



In Esch Hund[ret] 



This same Church holds Mortune [Abbot's 

 Morton]. There were 5 hides T.R.E., but 

 a large part of them has been leased out 

 {prestita forts). In (the) demesne is i plough ; 

 and (there are) 7 villeins and 2 oxmen 

 {bovarii) with 4 ploughs. There are 15 acres 

 of meadow. The wood(land) is 3 furlongs 

 long and i furlong in width. It was and is 

 worth 30 shillings. Rannulf^ holds it of the 

 Abbot. 



This same Church holds Achelenz [Atch 

 Lench]. There are 4^ hides. In (the) 

 demesne is i plough and (there are) 3 vil- 

 leins and 4 bordars with i plough. There 

 are 2 serfs, and 6 acres of wood(land). It 

 was worth 25 shillings T.R.E., and 20 shil- 

 lings afterwards ; now 15 shillings. 



This same Church holds Buintun ' [Bev- 

 ington]. There is i hide and i plough and 

 3 bordars and 3 acres of wood. It was worth 

 20 shillings, and 15 shillings afterwards ; now 

 10 shillings. 



This same Church holds Circelenz [Church 

 Lench]. There were 4 hides T.R.E. In 

 (the) demesne are 2 ploughs ; and there are a 



hesitated, as to its identity, between Peter- 

 borough (the ' Golden Borough ') and ' gild 

 beorh,' a boundary mark of Evenlode (Wore), 

 as the locality. I adopt without hesitation the 

 latter, which is found in a charter of 969 

 (Heming's Cartulary, p. 214), for I identify 

 it with the ' four shire stone ' which marks to 

 this day the northern extremity of Evenlode. 

 The 4 shires which there meet are Worcester, 

 Warwick, Oxford, and Gloucester. 



* These lands at Bengeworth and Hamp- 

 ton are also mentioned above (p. 297) in the 

 survey of the bishop of Worcester's fief. 

 The story of the dispute concerning them is 

 discussed in the Introduction (pp. 253-6). 



6 Probably when abbot Walter obtained it. 



® This appears to be Rannulf, abbot Wal- 

 ter's brother, who was enfeoffed by him, 

 according to the Evesham Cartulary (Harl. 

 MS. 3,763), at Littelton and Bretforton. 



' I make this to be Bevington, in Warwick- 

 shire, adjoining Morton and the Lenches. 



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