THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



hides. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 36 villeins and 18 bordars and 4 

 ' radmans ' and a church with 2 priests ; 

 between (them) all they have 41^ ploughs. 

 There are 8 serfs and 2 bondwomen. Of 

 this land Roger the huntsman ^ holds of the 

 earl i^ hides, and has there i plough ; and 

 (there are) 6 villeins and 5 bordars with 5 

 ploughs. It is worth 25 shillings. 



This manor was worth 24 pounds T.R.E. ; 

 now 15 pounds. Olwine held (it) and had 

 in (Droit)wich a saltpan worth {de) 4 shil- 

 lings, and in Wirecester [Worcester] i house 

 worth {de) 12 pence. 



The same Earl holds Salewarpe [Salwarpe], 

 and Urse (holds it) of him. Olwine cilt held 

 (it). There are 5 hides. In (the) demesne is 

 I plough, and (there are) 6 villeins and 5 

 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 3 serfs 

 and 3 bondwomen, and a mill worth {de) 10 

 shillings, and 5 saltpans, worth {de) 60 shil- 

 lings. (There is) half a ' lewa ' of wood and 

 a park is there. It was worth 100 shillings 

 T.R.E. , now 6 pounds. Two ploughs more 

 can be (employed) there. ^ 



* Of this ' Roger the huntsman ' Mr. Eyton 

 wrote : ' He was brother, and probably 

 younger brother, to Norman Venator, the 

 ancestor of the Pichfords ; and the two 

 brothers attested earl Roger's foundation- 

 charter of Quatford church, probably in that 

 very year when Domesday was compiled. . . . 

 The Representative of Roger Venator in 

 1 135 is stated on good evidence to have 

 borne the name of Roger, and to have been 

 ancestor, through females, of several Shrop- 

 shire families. ... It would seem clear 

 that Roger Venator had a representative in 

 the male line as late as the reign of Henry II. 

 This was Reginald de Pulverbatch, who left 

 a daughter and sole heir Emma. She carried 

 the barony of Pulverbatch to her husband, 

 Herbert de Castello.' {Antiquities of Shropshire^ 

 VI. 189-190.) 



* The story told in Heming's Cartulary 

 (ed. Hearne, p. 253) is that this estate was 

 restored to the monastery of Worcester, by 

 Godwine, brother of earl Leofric, on his 

 deathbed, St. Wulfstan, then dean and after- 

 wards bishop, exhorting him to make this 

 restitution. After his death, his son 

 ^thelwine {Agelwinus) ' who had his hands 

 cut off by the Danes when a hostage,' repu- 

 diated his father's will {testamentum), and, by 

 the help of his uncle, the Earl, obtained 

 possession of the land. But not long after- 

 wards, the monks continued, he lost both land 



THE LAND OF RALF DE TODENI 

 In Dodintreu Hund[ret] 

 XV. Ralf de Todeni holds Wermeslai 

 [Worsley farm].^ Eadwig and jEthelnoth 

 {Edwi et Mlnod) held it as 2 manors. There 

 are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne 

 are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 2 ' radmans ' 

 and 8 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 6 

 serfs. It was worth 40 shillings, T.R.E., 

 and 20 shillings afterwards ; now 4 pounds. 



The same Ralf holds Linde [Lindridge]. 

 jEthelward {Mlward) a thegn of earl jElfgar 

 {Algari) held (it). There are 2 hides that 

 (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 1 6 bordars and 6 oxmen {iovarii) 

 with 4 ploughs. There are 2 serfs. It was 

 worth 40 shillings, T.R.E., and 20 shillings 

 afterwards; now 16 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Halac [ ]. 



Wulfmar {Vlmer) a thegn of king Edward 

 held (it). There is i hide that (pays) geld. 

 There are 5 bordars who render 5 shillings. 

 It was worth 4 shillings. Two ploughs can 

 be (employed) there. 



The same Ralph holds Alvintune 

 [Alton in Rock] Godric a thegn of earl 

 iElfgar {Algari) held it, and could betake 

 himself {ire) where he would.* There are 2 

 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 4 

 ploughs, and (there are) a priest and 2 bordars 

 and 2 ' radmans,' with 4 ploughs. There 

 are 6 serfs. The wood(land) is 4 leagues 

 {levuis) long and 2 leagues in width. It was 

 worth 40 shillings T.R.E., and 20 shillings 

 afterwards ; now 52 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds More [Moor]. Grim 

 held (it), and could betake himself {ire) where 

 he would. There is i hide that (pays) geld. 

 There are 2 bordars with i plough, and i 

 free man with i plough. It was and is worth 

 20 shillings. There is a little wood(land). 



The same Ralf holds Betune [Bayton]. 

 Eadric and Leofwig {Edric et Lewi) held it for 

 2 manors, and could betake themselves {ire) 

 where they would. There are 3^ hides that 



and life, dying wretchedly in the cottage of 

 his oxman {iovarii). He was clearly the 

 .ffilwin[us] ' cilt ' of the Domesday Survey. 



^ Near Abberley. I have identified it by 

 a 1 2th century survey (see p. 329 below). 



* i.e. could ' commend ' himself to what 

 lord he would. 



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