A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



There are 2^ hides that (pay) geld. Hugh 

 holds it of Roger, and has there i plough, 

 and (there are) 7 villeins and 2 bordars, and 

 4 ploughs more can be (employed) there. 

 The wood(land) is half a league long and 2 

 furlongs in width. It was worth 50 shillings 

 T.R.E. ; now 30 shillings. 



In Esch Hund[ret] 

 The same Roger holds Scelves * [Shelve], 

 and Herman holds it of him. JElfwig 

 {Alwt) held it as 2 manors, and could be- 

 take himself {ire) where he would. There 

 is I hide that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne 

 is I plough, and 2 bordars, and 3 serfs, and 4 

 saltpans, with wood(land) half a league long 

 and 2 furlongs in width, rendering 60 ' mits ' 

 [mittas) of salt.^ It was worth 60 shillings 

 T.R.E., and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 15 

 shillings. The wood(land) is cut off {mhsa 

 in defenso). 



The same Roger holds Chintune [King- 

 ton]. iElfwig {Alwi) and Eilaf and Tori 

 held (it) as 3 manors. There are 5 hides 

 that (pay) geld. These (men) could betake 

 themselves [ire) where they would, and (they) 

 had I enclosure [haia) in which wild animals 

 {fera) used to be captured.^ There in (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 5 

 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 are 2 serfs, and wood(land) i league [lewa) in 

 length and 2 furlongs in width. It was 

 worth 4 pounds T.R.E., and afterwards, as 

 now, 50 shillings. Two knights hold (it) of 

 Roger. 



In Merlie [Martley] Roger has i radman 

 (who) pays [reddit) him 4 shillings a year. 



The same Roger has half a hide in Wich 

 [Droitwich]. jElfric {Aluric) mapesone * 

 held it. There are 1 1 burgesses and I salt- 

 pan and a half rendering 32 ' mits ' [mittas] 



* I take this to be Shelve [alias Shell or 

 Selve) in Hanbury and Himbleton, of which 

 the chapel was dependent on Hanbury. 



^ This clause illustrates the difficulty of 

 translating with certainty such passages. The 

 text runs : ' In dominio est i car[uca] et ii 

 bord' et iii servos [sic) et iiii Salinas [sic) cum 

 Silva . . . redd' Ix mittas salis.' 



^ They were driven into a hedged enclosure 

 constructed for the purpose (see more in Ellis' 

 Introduction to Domesday, I. 1 14-5). 



* ' Mapesone ' is interlined. 



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and a half. This manor belongs to his manor 

 of Hereford.^ 



THE LAND OF OSBERN FITZ 

 RICHARD 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 

 XIX. OsBERN the son of Richard scrupe * 

 holds Beritune [Berrington] ' of the King. 

 Richard his father held it. There are 2 hides 

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

 ploughs, and there are 8 villeins and 4 bordars 

 and a smith and a miller * with 9 ploughs ; 

 and one plough more can be (employed) there. 

 There are 4 serfs, and 4 bondwomen, and a 

 mill which renders 22 (horse)loads of grain 

 [annome) and I O acres of meadow. The wood- 

 (land) is a league [lewa) and a half long, and a 

 league in width. It was and is worth 20 

 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Tamedeberie [Ten- 

 bury]. His father held it. There are 3 hides 

 that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is i plough, 

 and (there are) 14 villeins and bordars® with 

 1 2 ploughs ; and 2 ploughs more can be (em- 

 ployed) there. There are 2 serfs. The wood- 

 (land) there is 2 leagues [lewa) long and i 

 league in width. It was worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 40 shillings.'"' 



The same Osbern holds Clistune [Clifton 

 on Teme]. King Edward held (it). There 

 are 3 hides that (pay) geld. Robert de Olgi " 

 holds it of Osbern, and has there 3 ploughs 

 in (the) demesne, and (there are) 6 villeins 



^ This Droitwich entry is added at the 

 foot of the column. 



® 'Scrupe' is interlined. 



'' In the extreme angle of the county, 

 south-west of Tenbury. 



* The mention of a miller is rare in 

 Domesday. 



^ ' xiiii inter vill' et bord'.' Compare the 

 formula 'inter servos et ancillas' (p. 277 

 above). 



^° It was claimed by the monks of Worces- 

 ter that Tenbury, Clifton, ' Homme,' and 

 Kyre, which here appear among the manors 

 of Osbern Fitz Richard, had originally be- 

 longed to their house, which had been de- 

 spoiled of them, in the time of the Danes, 

 by earl Hakon and his followers (Heming's 

 Cartulary, p. 251). 



" This appears to be the only mention of 

 Robert d'Ouilly in Worcestershire. He was 

 a tenant-in-chief in several counties. 



