THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ton], and Hugh (holds it) of him. Eadwig 

 and Eadwine {Edwi et Edwinus) held it for 2 

 manors, and could betake themselves {ire) 

 where they would. There are i| hides that 

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

 and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with 



1 plough. There are 2 serfs, and 2 fisheries 

 that render 40 stiches^ of eels. There are 



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

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

 as now, 30 shillings. 



In Clent Hund[ret] 

 The same Gilbert holds Hadesore [Had- 

 sor], and Walter, his son-in-law, holds it of 

 him. Bricsmar, a thegn of king Edward, 

 held it.2 There are 2 hides. In (the) 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 vil- 

 leins and 8 bordars and 4 cottars {cotmanni) 

 with 2 ploughs, and a third (plough) could be 

 (employed) there. There are 4 oxmen {hovarii), 

 and 7 saltpans rendering 1 1 1 mits [mittas) of 

 salt. It was worth 60 shillings T.R.E. ; now 

 45 shillings. 



THE LAND OF DROGO FITZ 

 PONZ 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 

 XXI. Drogo son of Ponz ^ holds Hollim 

 [Hollin] * of the King. Wulfmar {Vhnar) 

 held it, and could betake himself {ire) where 

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

 and I plough could be (employed) there. It 

 is and was waste. T.R.E. it used to be worth 

 5 shillings. 



The same Drogo holds Stilledune [Stildon 

 Manor]. Vlchet held (it), and could not 

 withdraw himself {discedere) from his lord 

 Wulfmar {Vlmaro). There is half a hide that 



^ There were 25 eels in the ' stich.' 



^ According to the interesting narrative in 

 Heming's Cartulary (pp. 263-4), Hadsor was 

 given to the monastery at Worcester by a very 

 wealthy thegn ' Brihtwin ' on his grandson 

 Eadwine becoming a monk there. ' Briht- 

 mar' (the 'Bricsmar' of the above entry), the 

 father of Eadwine, confirmed the gift on suc- 

 ceeding his father ' Brihtwin,* but, after the 

 coming of the Normans, earl William of Here- 

 ford took it from the monastery and bestowed 

 it on the above Gilbert, ' an officer of his.' 



^ Collateral ancestor of the Cliffords. 

 ' Drogo ' was a Latin form representing 

 ' Dru.' 



* In Rock. 



(pays) geld. The land is (sufficient) for 2 

 ploughs.^ It was worth 5 shillings. It is 

 now waste. 



The same Drogo holds Glese [Glashamp- 

 ton].« Wulfmar {Vlmar) held it, and could 

 betake himself {ire) where he would. There 

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

 is half a plough, and (there are) i villein and 

 3 bordars with i plough, and another (plough) 

 could be (employed) there. There is a mill 

 worth {de) 4 shillings and 8 pence . It was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now 10 shillings. 



The same Drogo holds one virgate in 

 Merlie [Hartley], the King's manor, and 

 pays geld. He has there i 'radman' who 

 pays him 6 shillings a year. Earnwine 

 {Ernuin) held it. 



THE LAND OF HERALD SON OF 

 EARL RALF 



XXII. Herald son of earl Ralf ^ holds of 

 the King i hide in Wich [Droitwich], and 

 has there 20 burgesses with 7 saltpans render- 

 ing 50 ' mits ' {mittas) of salt. It was and is 

 worth 40 shillings. 



THE LAND OF WILLIAM FITZ 

 ANSCULF 



In Came Hund[ret] 



XXIII. William son of Ansculf* holds 

 Escelie [Selley?]^ of the King, and Wibert 

 (holds it) of him. Wulfwine {Vlwinus) held 

 (it). To it {Ihi) belongs one ' Berewiche ' 

 Berchelai [Bartley Green ?]. In all (there 

 are) 4 hides. In (the) demesne is half a 

 plough, and (there are) 2 villeins and 9 

 bordars with 4 ploughs. The wood(land) ^° 

 is I league {lewd) long. ^^ It was worth 

 100 shillings T.R.E. ; now 60 shillings. 



* The occurrence of this formula should 

 be noted. It is the one used in several 

 counties, but not in Worcestershire. 



^ In Astley. 



"^ Of Hereford, nephew of Edward the 

 Confessor. 



^ De Picquigny (' Pinchengi '). See Intro- 

 duction. 



' Selley (better known now as Selley Oak) 

 appears as a township in the early taxation 

 rolls, and appears to me to have been this 

 ' Escelie.' 



^^ The word here used is ' nemus ' instead 

 of ' silva ' as elsewhere. 



*^ The width is not mentioned. 



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