THE HOLDERS OF LANDS The King holds Haloede [HoUoway '^]. Siward the thegn, kinsman of King Edward, held (it). (There are) there 3 hides, and on the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins and I bordar and a reeve and a bedell with 3 ploughs and 6 among the serfs and bondwomen. There is there a park for wild beasts, but it is ! alienated from the manor (missum est extra mane- rium) with all the wood. In Wich [Droitwich] are 4 salt-pits [saline) and a salt-pan [hochus). In Wirecestre [Worcester] i house renders 2 ploughshares and 2 other houses belonging to Feccheham rendered nothing and are alienated {extra misse sunt). These two manors render to Hereford i8/i. (counting) 20d. to the ore. In Glowecestre Scire The King holds Hanlie [Hanley (Castle^')]. (There are) there 4 hides. On the demesne (are) 2 ploughs and (there are) 20 villeins and 17 bordars and a reeve. Among them all they have 17^ ploughs. There (are) 9 serfs and bondwomen together, and 6 swineherds pay 60 pigs and have 4 ploughs. (There is) a mill there worth 2s. The wood is 5 leagues in length and breadth. It is alienated from {missa est foris) the manor. (There is) a hawk's eyrie there. A forester holds half a virgate of land, and a villein of Baldehalle [ ] renders 2 ores of pence to this manor. The King holds Forhelmentone [Forthamp- ton*"]. Brictric held (it). (There are) there 9 hides which paid geld for 4 hides. On the demesne are 3 ploughs and (there are) 7 villeins with 5 ploughs. 4 swineherds there with i plough pay 35 swine. The wood is 3 leagues in length and breadth. It is within the inclosure of the King's wood, and (there are) there a hawk's eyrie and 2^ hides, and Ansgot holds 3 virgates of land. The tithe of this manor with i villein and i virgate of land St. Mary holds. In Wirecestre Scire The King holds Biselie [Bushley]. Brictic held it. He bought it from Living, Bishop of Wirecestre [Worcester] for 3 marks of gold, together with a house in Wirecestre city, which renders yearly a silver mark, and together with one wood a league in length and as much in breadth. All this he bought thus and held freely {ijuiete) so that he did service to no man for it. In this manor (is) i hide, and on the demesne " In Worcestershire. " In spite of the heading this must have been, as it still is, in Worcestershire. " In Gloucestershire. are two ploughs and (there are) 4 villeins and 8 bordars and a reeve and a bedell. Among them all they have 4 ploughs. (There are) 8 there among the serfs and bondwomen. And (there are) a cow-herd and a dairymaid {daia). A forester there holds half a virgate of land. In Lapule [Pull (Court)] are 3 virgates of land which belonged to [jacebant in) Langedune [Longdon] the manor of Earl Odo. This land Earl William added to [misit in) Biselie. (There is) there I plough, and a man of the monks of Lire'° holds i virgate of land. Earl William separated [misit extra) from his manors '^ 2 foresters, one from Hanlie and the other from Biselie, for the custody of the woods. The King holds Chonhelme [Queenhill'^]. ^thelric [Adelric) brother of Bishop Brictric held (it). (There is) there I hide, and on the demesne (is) I plough and (there are) 7 villeins and 3 bordars with 4J ploughs. (There are) there i swineherd and 2 oxihen and a dairywoman. The wood is alienated from [foris missa) the manor. Earl William gave the tithe of this manor to St. Mary of Lire with i villein who holds half a virgate of land. Herman holds of this manor i villein who has half a virgate of land. The King holds Edresfelle [Eldersfield]. Reinbald the Chancellor held it T.R.E. Earl William had it in exchange from him. (There are) there 5 hides. On the demesne are 3 ploughs and (there are) 12 villeins and 13 bor- dars with II ploughs. There (are) 5 serfs and bondwomen together, and 6 oxmen, and a mill worth 2s. The wood (is) 2 leagues in length and as many in breadth. It is separated from [extra missa est) the manor. Anscot a man of the Earl William holds half a virgate of land, and Ulviet i hide of free land. St. Mary has there i villein who holds i vir- gate of land. The King holds Suchelie [Suckley]. Earl Edwin held (it). (There are) there 5 hides. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 22 villeins and 24 bordars with 27 ploughs. (There are) there 10 other bordars, poor men, and a mill worth ()s. and a bee-keeper with 1 2 hives [vasculorum). The wood is 5 leagues in length and breadth, and (there is) a fishery there. In Wirecestre [Worcester] is i burgess, but he renders nothing. (There is) a mill there worth its. The tithe of this vill with i villein and half a virgate of land St. Mary holds. '* The Norman abbey of La Vieille Lyre. '"Misit extra suos in;' possibly this should be read ' misit extra suosmanerii,' i.e. ' separated from his men of the manor ;' but see V.C.H. Worcs i 322 Ibid. n. 8. ■ ' i ^■ 317
