A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



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

 and (there are) 4 villeins and 14 bordars and 

 I 'radman,' with 12 ploughs. There is a 

 mill worth {de) 5 shillings. It was worth 60 

 shillings T.R.E., and 30 shillings afterwards ; 

 now 4 pounds. Rayner holds it of Ralf. 



The same Ralf holds More [Moor]. Leof- 

 noth (Leuenot) held (it), and could betake 

 himself {ire) where he would. There is i 

 virgate that pays geld. There is i villein 

 with I plough. The wood(land) is i league 

 {/ewa) long and 3 furlongs in width. It was 

 and is worth 2 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Edboldelege [Abber- 

 ley]. Wulfmar {Vlmer) held (it), and could 

 betake himself (ire) where he would. There 

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

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 1 8 villeins and 

 8 bordars and i Frenchman {francigena) and 

 3 cottars with 1 7 ploughs. There is a priest 

 and I serf. It was worth 7 pounds T.R.E., 

 and 4 pounds afterwards ; now 10 pounds 

 and 10 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Eslei [Astley], and 

 the church of St. Taurin (holds it) of him.^ 

 Ernesi held (it) and could betake himself {ire) 

 where he would. There are 6 hides that 

 (pay) geld. Of these, St. Taurin holds 4 

 hides quit and freed {solutas) from all due(s) 

 belonging to the King, as was granted by king 

 William himself, when Ralf gave it to the 

 saint. There in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) a church and a priest and 1 1 

 villeins and 3 bordars and i ' radman ' ; be- 

 tween (them) all they have 11^ ploughs. 

 There are 3 serfs, and 2 mills worth 

 {de) 10 shillings. At Worcester are * 2 bur- 

 gesses worth {de) 2 shillings (a year) ; at 

 (Droit)wich i saltpan, which renders 18 

 *mits' {mittas) and 64 pence. There is wood- 

 (land), (which) renders nothing.* This 

 manor was worth 10 pounds* T.R.E., and 

 100 shillings afterwards, as now. 



There Urse holds of Ralph i hide, and has 



^ The Benedictine Abbey of St. Taurin at 

 Evreux. See my Calendar of Documents pre- 

 served in France, p. 1 06, where Astley is styled 

 * Heseleia.' 



* i.e. appurtenant to the manor. 



^ A marginal note adds : — ' The wood- 

 (land) is i league {lewa) long and half a league 

 in width.' 



* The monks of Worcester alleged that 

 Astley {/Estlage) had been wrongfully taken 

 from them by a certain Dane, Ocea by name, 



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3 ploughs in (the) demesne, and 3 villeins and 

 15 bordars and 2 free men with 7 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs, and 2 mills worth {de) 20 

 shillings. It is worth 3 pounds and 10 

 shillings. 



This same Ralf holds Ridmerlege [Red- 

 marley].* There are i^ hides that (pay) 

 geld. Wulfmar and Ulfcytel {Vlmar et 

 VlcheteT) held (it) for 2 manors, and could 

 betake themselves (ire) where they would. 

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

 14 bordars and i smith with 8 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs. It was worth 30 shillings 

 T.R.E., and the same amount afterwards ; 

 now 40 shillings. Ralf the knight holds it of 

 Ralf. 



The same Ralf holds Celdeslai [Shelsley], 

 and Walter (holds it) of him. Wulfmar 

 (Vlmarm) held (it), and could betake himself 

 {jre) where he would. There is i hide. In 

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



2 villeins and 13 bordars with 8 ploughs. 

 There are 2 serfs and a fishery worth (de) 2 

 shillings, and 30 acres of meadow. The 

 wood(land) is half a league (lewa) long and 



3 furlongs in width. It was worth 50 shil- 

 lings T.R.E., and 30 shillings afterwards ; 

 now 50 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Estham [Eastham] 

 and Bestewde [ ],* and Herbert 



holds (them) of him. E(a)dric held (them) 

 as 2 manors. There are 3 hides. In (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) a 

 priest and 5 villeins and 8 bordars with 5 

 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, and one tenant 

 (homo) who renders 32 pence, and a mill 

 worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence, and 60 

 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 

 leagues (lewa) long and I league in width. 

 It was worth 4 pounds and 5 shillings T.R.E., 

 and 45 shillings afterwards ; now 4 pounds. 



In Cresselau Hund[ret] 



The same Ralph holds ^Elmeleia [Elmley 

 Lovett], and Walter (holds it) of him. Al- 



who, in turn, had been despoiled of it by 

 Ralf de Bernai supported by his lord 

 William Fitz Osbern, their house being thus 

 finally deprived of it (Heming's Cartulary, pp. 

 255-6). 



6 In Great Witley. 



* The monks of Worcester claimed that 

 their house had been despoiled of ' Eastham et 

 Bufawuda' by earl Hakon and his followers 

 in the time of the Danes. 



