THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



The same William holds Hageleia [Hag- 

 ley], and Roger (holds it) of him. Godric, a 

 thegn of king Edward, held (it). There are 

 5^ hides. In (the) demesne is i plough, and 

 (there are) a priest and 5 villeins and 10 

 bordars with 5 ploughs, and 8 ploughs more 

 can be (employed) there. There are 2 serfs. 

 The wood(land) is half a league long and 3 

 furlongs in width. It was worth 60 shillings 

 T.R.E. ; now 50 shillings. 



The same William holds Dudelei [Dud- 

 ley], and his castle is there. Earl Eadwine 

 (Eduinus) held this manor. There is i hide. 

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

 3 villeins and 10 bordars and one smith with 

 I o ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and 2 ' lewe- 

 des ' of wood(land). It was worth 4 pounds 

 T.R.E. ; now 3 pounds. 



The same William holds Suineforde [Old 

 Swinford], and Acard' (holds it) of him. 

 Wulfwine {Vlwinus) held (it). There are 3 

 hides. In (the) demesne is i plough, and 

 (there are) a priest and 5 villeins and ii 

 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, 

 and a mill worth {de) 5 shillings. There is 

 one ' lewede ' of underwood {silvulis)} It 

 was worth 6 pounds T.R.E. ; now 3 pounds. 



The same William holds Pevemore [Ped- 

 more], and Acard' (holds it) of him. Turgar 

 held (it). There are 3 hides. In (the) de- 

 mesne is I plough, and (there are) 3 villeins 

 and a priest and 10 bordars and 3 cottars 

 {cotman) with 5^ ploughs, and 3 more ploughs 

 can be (employed) there. In Wirecestre 

 [Worcester] there are (appurtenant) 2 mes- 

 suages worth {masura de) 2 shillings, and 

 (there is) one ' lew[ede] ' of underwood. It 

 was worth 4 pounds T.R.E. ; now 50 

 shillings. 



The same William holds Cradelie [Crad- 

 ley], and Payn (Paganus) holds it of him. 

 Wigar held (it). There is i hide. In (the) 

 demesne there is nothing.* There are 4 

 villeins and 11 bordars with 7 ploughs. It 

 was worth 40 shillings ; now 24 shillings. 



The same William holds Belintones [Bel- 

 lington (House)] in his castlery {castellarid). 

 .^Ifric {E/ricus) and Holand held (it) as 2 

 manors. There are 5 hides. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs.' It was and is waste. There 



^ This is an exceptional word. 



* i.e. no plough-oxen. 



' On this formula see p. 315 above, note 5. 



are 4 ' quarentenes ' of wood(land), but it is in 

 the King's forest. The meadows of this 

 manor are worth 4 pence. 



THE LAND OF WILLIAM FITZ 

 CORBUCION* 



In Clent Hund[ret] 



XXIIII. William son of Corbucion holds 

 of the King Witone in Wich [Witton in 

 Droitwich]. Tuini, a thegn of king Edward, 

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

 mesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 18 

 bordars and a priest with i plough. There 

 are 4 serfs and one bondwoman, and in 

 Worcester (there is appurtenant) i burgess 

 worth {de) 2 shillings, and (there are) 3 

 saltpans (which) render 60 ' mits ' (mittas) of 

 salt ; and (he has) part of a saltpan worth 

 10 'mits' {mittis) of salt. There is half a 

 ' lewede ' of wood. It was and is worth 3 

 pounds. 



THE LAND OF WILLIAM GOIZEN- 

 BODED 



In Clent Hund[ret] 



XXV. William Goizenboded holds Cel- 

 vestune [Chauson],^ and William (holds it) 

 of him. Richard the young {juvenis) held it 

 T.R.E.^ There is i hide, and there are 4 

 bordars with I plough. It was worth 10 

 shillings T.R.E. ; now 4 shillings. 



THE LAND OF URSE DE ABETOT 

 In Dodintret Hund[ret] 

 XXVL Urse holds CocHEHi [ ], and 



Herlebald' (holds it) of him. Godric, a free 

 man, held it. There are 2^ hides that (pay) 

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

 (there are) 2 bordars, and 2 ploughs more can 

 be (employed) there. There (are) 2 serfs, 

 and (he has) one burgess {burgensem), worth 

 {de) 16 pence and 4 'mits' {mittas) of salt, and 

 (there are) 3 furlongs in length of wood, and 

 2 furlongs in width. 



* Of Studley, Warwickshire. 



^ Between Salwarpe and Droitwich. I 

 have identified it through a I2th century 

 survey (see p. 328-9 below). 



^ William had similarly succeeded Richard 

 in a manor in Gloucestershire, in which 

 county lay his chief estate (fo. 167). 



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