THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and 4 bordars and 4 oxmen {bovarii). Be- 

 tween (them) all, with the priest, they have 6 

 ploughs ; and 5 more ploughs could be (em- 

 ployed) there. The wood(Iand) there is 3 

 furlongs long and 2 furlongs in width. It was 

 worth 20 shillings T.R.E., and afterwards ; 

 now 40 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Chure [Kyre 

 Wyard].^ King Edward held (it). There 

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

 is I plough, and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 3 serfs. 

 It was worth 40 shillings T.R.E. and after- 

 wards, as now. There is a mill which ren- 

 ders 10 (horse)loads of wheat {frumenti). 



The same Osbern holds Stanford [Stan- 

 ford]. Brihtric {Brictric) a thegn of queen 

 'Eddid' held (it). There are i^ hides that 

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

 (there are) i villein and i bordar with i 

 plough ; and I plough more could be (em- 

 ployed) there. There is i serf. It was and 

 is worth 20 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Caldeslei [Shels- 

 ley Walsh] .^ Simon, a thegn of earl Ead- 

 wine {Edwini), held it, and could not with- 

 draw himself {recedere ah eo) without his leave 

 {licentid)? There is I hide that (pays) geld. 

 In (the) demesne is i plough, and the reeve 

 with 3 villeins and 2 bordars have 2 ploughs. 

 There are 3 serfs, and a fishery that renders 



^ So called from the family of Wyard, which 

 held it under his heirs. This was originally 

 a Christian name, for Philip ' filius Wiard ' 

 occurs on the Worcestershire Pipe Roll of 

 1175. 



* So called from the family of Waleys, 

 which held it under his heirs. 



* The story told in Heming's Cartulary 

 (p. 251) is that ' Sceldesljehge ' was held by a 

 certain ' Simund ' under grant from the 

 brethren of Worcester, to whom it belonged, 

 and to whom he rendered the appointed ser- 

 vice for it, * until the French arrived and 

 deprived him of this estate {bono) and of several 

 others.' Nash attributes this story to Great 

 Shelsley, but the name of ' Simund ' is decisive 

 in favour of the above ' Caldeslei,' which 

 was rightly identified by Nash as Shelsley 

 Walsh. 



The monks' story, it will be observed, is 

 not consistent with the Domesday version of 

 the tenure under Edward. But it is note- 

 worthy that they speak of Simund as de- 

 prived of other lands. Now, on page 297 



1 6 ' stiches ' of eels.* There could be (em- 

 ployed) 2 more ploughs there. It was worth 

 40 shillings T.R.E. , and now (is worth) 30 

 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds CuER [Kyre]. His 

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

 geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and 

 another could be (employed). There are 2 

 bordars and i ' radman ' with i plough. It 

 was worth 15 shillings; now 10 shillings. 

 Herbert holds (it) of Osbern. 



The same Osbern holds Hamme [Ham 

 (Castle)] .5 He himself held (it). There is 

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

 I plough, and there are 7 bordars with 5 

 ploughs ; and I plough more could be (em- 

 ployed). There are 4 serfs, and a fishery 

 worth {de) 2 shillings, and a mill that renders 

 16 (horse)loads of grain {annonis). It was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Sapie [Lower 

 Sapey].^ He himself held (it). There are 3 

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

 (there is nothing) but 9 beasts [animalia), and 

 (there are) a priest and 9 villeins and 4 bor- 

 dars with 1 1 ploughs ; and 3 ploughs more 

 could be (employed) there. There is a mill 

 that renders 6 horseloads of grain [annona). 

 It was worth 45 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Carletune [Car- 

 ton ?] ■^ and Odo holds (it) of him. His 

 father held (it). There are i hide and i vir- 

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

 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bor- 

 dars with i^ ploughs ; and 3 ploughs more 

 can be (employed) there. There are 7 serfs. 

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

 and 3 furlongs in width. It was worth 10 

 shillings ; now 5 shillings. 



The same Osbern holds Edevent [Edvin 



above we read that a ' Simund ' had held 

 Crowle of them, and, as this ' Simund ' is 

 described in Heming's Cartulary (pp. 264-5) 

 as a Danish thegn of earl Leofric [miles Leofrici 

 comttis) he is clearly identical with the above 

 Simund, whom Domesday styles a thegn of 

 earl Eadwine, Leofric's son. 



* There were 25 eels in the 'stich.' 



^ In Clifton on Teme. 



^ Altai Sapey Pitchard, so named from the 

 family which held it under his heirs. 



■^ Now a farm in Mamble. 



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