THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



wold held it of queen Eadgyth {Edded). There 

 are 1 1 hides. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) a priest and 14 villeins and 

 15 bordars with 8 ploughs. There (are) 3 

 mills, (which) render 109 shillings and 4 pence, 

 and 4 saltpans (which) render 70 shillings ; 

 and at Wich [Droitwich] are (appurtenant) 5 

 houses worth {de) 20 pence ; and there 7 

 villeins render 3 shillings. The wood(land) 

 is I league {lewd) long and half a league in 

 width. It was worth 10 pounds T.R.E. ; 

 now 1 6 pounds. 



The same Ralf holds in Wich [Droitwich] 

 I hide — or land * — of 10 hides paying geld.^ 



fo. 176b. 



THE LAND OF RALF DE 

 MORTEMER 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 



XVI. Ralf de Mortemer holds of the 

 King SuDTUNE [Sodington] ^ and a knight of 

 his (holds it) of him. .fflthelsige {/Ehi) held 

 it, and could not withdraw himself [recedere) 

 from his lord. There is i hide, and in (the) 

 demesne is i plough, and (there are) i smith 

 and 2 bordars with half a plough. There 

 are 3 serfs and 3 ' quarentenes ' of wood ; 

 and one plough more can be (employed) there. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now 10 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Mamele [Mamble]. 

 Sawold held (it), and could betake himself 

 {ire) where he would. There is half a hide 

 that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne is i 

 plough, and (there are) 3 villeins and 6 bor- 

 dars with 4 ploughs. There are 3 serfs. 

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

 and 3 furlongs in width. It was worth 30 

 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Broc [ ]. 



Feche held (it), and could betake himself {jre) 

 where he would. There is half a hide that 

 (pays) geld. In (the) demesne are i \ ploughs, 

 and (there are) i villein and 11 bordars 

 with 2\ ploughs. There are 4 serfs and half 

 a fishery. There are 3 'quarentenes' of 



* ' vel terra ' is interlined below. 



^ The meaning evidently is that Droitwich 

 was reckoned at 10 hides, one of which was 

 held by Ralf. This is confirmed by a special 

 1 2th century survey of Droitwich, printed 

 below (p. 330). It begins, ' Hee sunt x 

 hidae in Wich,' and one of these lo hides is 

 assigned by it to Elmley (Lovett). 



^ Although there is a Sutton in Tenbury, 

 to which ' Sudtune ' is nearer in form, yet 



wood. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 20 

 shillings. 



The same Ralf holds Colingvic [ ]. 



Sawold held (it), and could betake himself 

 {ire) where he would. There is I hide that 

 (pays) geld. The son of this Sawold has 

 there I plough, and i bordar is there and 

 2 serfs. It was and is worth 10 shillings. 



THE LAND OF ROBERT DE 

 STATFORD 



In Esch Hund[ret] 



XVII. Robert de Stadford holds Mortune 

 [Abbot's Morton], ^thelwig {Mlwt) held 

 (it). There are 4 hides that (pay) geld. This 

 .ffithelwig {Elwi) could betake himself {jre) 

 where he would. Ernold holds it of Robert, 

 and has 2 ploughs in (the) demesne, and 

 (there are) 7 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, and i burgess 

 who renders 10 shillings, and a saltpan that 

 renders 2 shillings and 8 ' mits ' {mittas) of 

 salt. The wood(land) is i league (lewd) long 

 and half (a league) in width. It was worth 

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

 now 4 pounds. 



THE LAND OF ROGER DE LACI 

 In Dodintret Hund[ret] 



XVIII. Roger de Laci holds Stotune 

 [Stockton on Teme]. Godric held (it), and 

 could betake himself {ire) where he would. 

 There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) 

 demesne is i plough, and (there are) 3 villeins 

 and 6 bordars with 3 ploughs ; and 2 more 

 can be (employed) there. There are 3 serfs, 

 and a mill worth {de) 20 shillings, and 3 

 ' quarentenes ' of wood(land). It was worth 

 50 shillings T.R.E. ; now 70 shillings. 



The same Roger holds Stanford [Stan- 

 ford on Teme]. Queen 'Eddied'* held (it), 

 and Godric (held it) of her as 2 manors. 



Sodington (afterwards the seat of the Blounts) 

 must be the place intended. In the Testa de 

 Nevill (pp. 40, 43) the Domesday form be- 

 comes ' Sutchinton,' ' Sutinton,' ' Suthinton.' 

 Sutton Sturmey (in Tenbury), it may be added, 

 was held of the barony of Richard's Castle, 

 held, in Domesday, by Osbern Fitz Richard. 

 Confusion has been caused by this barony 

 passing subsequently, by marriage, to a branch 

 of the Mortimers. 



* Wife of Edward the Confessor. 



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