A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



the chief importance of the Survey for the feudal history of the 

 county. 



A very interesting feature of this Survey is its early illustration of a 

 practice prevailing in the 12th century by which manors w^ere dis- 

 tinguished from one another by adding the name of the Norman tenant. 

 In three cases, for instance, we find the word ' Inardi ' appended in this 

 Survey to manors of William de Beauchamp. Now we can trace the 

 ' Inardus ' from whom they derived this name. He, as ' Isnardus,' is the 

 first witness to a charter of William de Beauchamp in favour of the monks 

 of Worcester,' and, also as ' Isnardus,' was a benefactor to them, with his 

 wife Emma, at Himbleton.* He further, as ' Isnardus,' was a witness to 

 a charter of 11 30 to Evesham Abbey, and, as 'Isnardus Parler'(?), 

 witnessed, with his son Nicholas, the charter granted to William de 

 Beauchamp by the empress Maud (1141 ?).^ Lastly, in an Evesham 

 cartulary we have an interesting entry on some manors of the Abbey 

 which Urse obtained, including ' Hamtun quam Inard' Parler tenet.' * 

 As Hampton was held of Urse by 'Robert' in 1086, and as Robert 

 ' Parler ' was, at that date, under-tenant of Nafford, there is at least a fair 

 presumption that Urse's tenant was ' Robert Parler,' and that he was 

 Inard's ancestor. And this suggestion is confirmed by the fact that 

 Robert 'Parler' appears as a tenant on Urse's fief (see p. 328, note 3 

 above), and that at Powick we read (Vesp. B, XXIV. fo. 6b) of 'pars 

 Roberti Parlere,' as in this survey of Powick ' Inardi.' One is tempted 

 to suggest that Inardestone (or Inarstone) in Redmarley d'Abitot * may 

 have derived its name from this tenant, as, in Herefordshire, the name 

 of Walterstone was formed by combining the Norman Walter with the 

 English suffix ' -ton.' 



The remaining Survey with which we have to deal is that of Droit- 

 wich. This is found on a page of MS. Harl. 3,763 (fo. 82), which has 

 no connection with the pages preceding it or with its own dorse.* The 

 text runs as follows : 



These are the 10 hides in Wich[Droitwich]. Richard holds I hide.' Of John de Suth- 



Of Witton 'Petri Corbezun" 2 hides. Of the lega, Richard Fitz Robert holds i hide." Of 



fee of St. Denis, Richard Corbet {corvus) and Payn Fitz John Godwi holds half a hide. 



William son of Oueclinus hold i hide.® Of Of Walter de Beauchamp Theobald and 



St. Guthlac (of Hereford) William Fitz Peter hold half a hide." Of the Barton 



* Hale's Registrum, p. g2a. 



^ Ibid. p. 55*. In both these cases the ' Held in 1086, by William Fitz Cor- 



name has been misread ' Isvardus.' bucion, his predecessor. 



3 See Geoffrey de Mandeville, pp. 314-5. * It was held by the abbey of St. Denis 



* Vesp. B. XXIV. fos. lo-ii. in 1086. 



" Sloane MSS. XXXIII. 48, 64. ' pjeld of the same house, in 1086, by 



8 On this (fo. Zzi) there is a charter of Nigel the leech. 

 Henry I. confirming to Evesham Abbey the **• Held in 1086 by Harold son of earl 



Hundred of ' Blacahurste.' Its date is 11 00- Ralf (see next page). 



H08, and Urse de Abetot is among the *' This was the half hide in Witton that 



witnesses. Gunfrei had held of Urse in 1086. 



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