A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



TiCHENAPLETREU * of the King, and William 

 (holds it) of him. ^Ifwold {Alwoldus) held 

 (it). There are 3 hides. In (the) demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 8 bordars and 



1 Frenchman {francigena) with 3 ploughs. 

 There are 4 oxmen {bovarii), and i bond- 

 woman, and 12 acres of meadow. In (Droit)- 

 wich (there is appurtenant) a saltpan which 

 renders 30 ' mits ' {mittas) of salt. It was 

 worth 40 shillings T.R.E. ; now 30 shillings. 



fo. 178. 



In Cresselau Hund[ret] 

 XXVIII. Eadgifu {Eddeve), a certain 

 woman, holds Cedeslai [Chaddesley Corbet] 

 of the King. She herself held it T.R.E. 

 There, with (its) 8 ' Berewiches,' are 25 

 hides. Of these, 10 hides were free [quieta) 

 from geld, by witness of the county (court). In 

 (the) demesne are 3 ploughs and (there are) 

 33 villeins and 20 bordars, and 2 priests with 

 4 bordars ; between (them) all they have 25 

 ploughs. Of {inter) serfs and bondwomen 

 there (are) 8, and (there are) 3 mills which 

 render 12 (horse)loads of grain [annonoe). In 

 Wirecestre [Worcester] are (appurtenant) 2 

 burgesses who render 12 pence, and in 

 (Droit)wich 5 saltpans which render 21 shil- 

 lings and 4 pence. There is wood(land) of 



2 leagues {lewis) and other wood(land) of I 

 league (in extent). It was worth 12 pounds 

 T.R.E., as now. 



Wulfmar {Wlmarus) held Hilhamatone 

 [Hilhampton].* There (is) i virgate of land, 

 and it is waste. It was worth 12 pence T.R.E. 



In EscH Hund[ret] (there) lie 10 hides 

 in Fecheham [Feckenham] and 3 hides in 

 HoLEWEi [Holloway], and they are written 

 {sic) in the Hereford return {brevi).^ 



In DoDiNTRET Hund[ret] lie 13 hides of 

 (de) Mertelai [Martley] and 5 hides of 

 Suchelei [Suckley], which plead and (pay 

 their) geld here, and render their ' ferm ' 

 {firmam) at Hereford, and are written {sic) in 

 the King's return {breve).*" 



^ This was a manor in Hampton Lovet, 

 where the name occurs as ' Taukanapultre ' 

 (Nash, I. 536-8). 



^ Adjoining Witley Park on the east. 



* i.e. they are surveyed under Hereford- 

 shire (fo. i8oi), as appurtenant, so far as 

 their rent was concerned, to the royal estate 

 of Hereford. But their assessment for ' geld ' 

 had formed part of that of ' Esch ' Hundred. 



* The above note applies here also, but in 



[HEREFORDSCIRE] 



In Dodintret Hund[ret] 



fo. i8ob. 



The King holds Merlie [Martley]. Queen 

 Eadgyth {Eddid)^ held (it). There are 10 

 hides and I virgate of land.^ In the demesne 

 are 8 ploughs, and (there are) 47 villeins and 

 16 bordars and two radmen {radmanni) with 

 43 ploughs. There is a mill worth {de) 8 

 shillings, and two weirs {Gurgites) which 

 render two thousand and five hundred eels 

 and 5 ' stiches.' ' The reeve {prepositus) 

 and beadle {bedellus) have there 2 virgates 

 of land and 2 ploughs. In Wirecestrae 

 [Worcester] are (appurtenant) 3 houses which 

 render 12 pence. The villeins and bordars 

 render 12 shillings in respect of fish {pro 

 pisce) * and of wood {/ignis). 



This manor renders at Hereford 24 pounds 

 of pence at 20 to the ounce {in ora) and 

 12 shillings for consideration {de gersumme)? 



The church of this manor, with the land 

 appurtenant and with its tithe, and 2 villeins 

 with 2 virgates of land, were given by earl 

 W[illiam] " to St. Mary of Cormeilles {Cor- 

 meliis). 



This same {ipse) Earl gave to Ralf de 

 Bernai 2 ' radmans,' and put {misit) them 

 outside this manor with the land which they 

 held. They have 2 ploughs. 



The same Earl gave to Droard i virgate of 

 land, which he still holds. 



In Naisse" Hund[ret] 



The King holds Feccheham [Feckenham]. 

 Five thegns held it of earl Eadwine {Edwino), 



this case we have the definite statement that 

 these lands were only appurtenant to Hereford 

 so far as their rents were concerned, and that 

 for jurisdiction and taxation they belonged to 

 'Dodintret' Hundred. 



^ Wife of Edward the Confessor. 



® It will be observed that this reckoning 

 does not tally with the assessment recorded 

 above under Worcestershire (13 hides). 



' As there were 25 eels in the 'stich,' the 

 total annual 'render' would be 2,625 eels. 



^ This is suggestive of the 'fisfe' found as a 

 due payable by villeins on certain Worcester- 

 shire manors belonging to the monks of 

 Worcester (see Hale's Registrum Prioratus 

 Beatte Marine Wigornensis). 



^ See note 4 on p. 323 below. 



^^ William Fitz Osbern earl of Hereford. 



^^ Styled 'Esch' Hundred under Wor- 

 cestershire. 



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