THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Of this land 4 clerks hold 4^ hides, and 4 knights hold 5 hides. These have in demesne 7 J ploughs, and (there are) 22 villeins and 12 bordars with 10 J ploughs. Haifa hide is waste. On the demesne could be 2 more ploughs than there are. T.R.E. it was waste. Now it is worth 7//. In Hamme [Holme Lacy] are 6 hides paying- geld. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 16 villeins, and a priest, and a reeve (prepositus), and a Frenchman and 4 ' buri.' Among them all they have 2o|^ ploughs. (There are) there I serf and 2 bondwomen, and i O acres of meadow. The wood (is) half a league long and just as wide. To this manor belongs a church, and it is called Ladguern [Llanwarnc ?]. There are 3 ploughs there, but the land of this church does not pay geld. A priest renders 2s. thence. This land*' Roger de Laci holds under the Bishop. This manor Earl Harold held unjustly, be- cause it is for the sustenance of the canons. King William restored it to Bishop Walter. T.R.E. it was worth gli. Now Sli. In Tragetreu Hundred In Hope [Woolhope]*^ are 16 hides paying geld. On the demesne is i plough, and there could be another ; and (there are) 35 villeins and 7 bordars with 35 ploughs. (There are) 8 acres of meadow there. The wood is 3 fur- longs long and i wide. Of this land 2 clerks hold i hide and i vir- gate, and i knight i^ hides. On the demesne is I plough, and 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. The knight pays 5^. to the canons .of St. iEthelbert [Albertt). T.R.E. it was worth 16//., and now likewise. In Capel [(How) Caple] are 5 hides paying geld. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and 9 villeins and i bordar with 8 ploughs. (There are) there i serf and 2 bondwomen. Also a mill worth 3^. ; and 8 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 40J., and afterwards and now bos. In Caplefore [Caple ] *' are 5 English hides paying geld, and 3 Welsh hides rendering bs. to the canons yearly. In the 5 hides is I plough in demesne, and (there are) 8 villeins with 7 ploughs, and 4 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 70X., and afterwards and now the same.
- ' i.e. Holme Lacy.
" In 1 243 ' Wuilvene Hope' was returned as 15 hides and as held by the Canons (J.H.R.). " f Foraway Farm in How Caple (J.H.R.). 32 In Thornlau Hundred In Prestetune [Preston Wynne] are 4 hides paying geld. i|- virgates are waste. On the demesne (are) 4 ploughs, and 5 villeins with 4^ ploughs. (There is) I bondwoman there, and 20 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 65^. Now 5^. less. In Widingtune [Withington] are 8 hides paying geld. On the demesne is i plough ; and 4 villeins and 2 bordars with 3 ploughs. (There are) 2 acres of meadow there, and a mill worth 2f. Of this manor 3 clerks hold 4 hides, and have in demesne 3 ploughs, and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with 6 ploughs, and I serf and i bondwoman, and 7 acres of meadow. Of this same manor the nuns of Hereford hold 2 hides, and have there I plough and 3 villeins with 2 J ploughs, and 14 acres of meadow. All things included {inter totum) it is and was always worth bit. and 5^. In Ullingwic [Ullingswick] are 6 hides. Out of these, 3 hides pay geld, and 3 are waste. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and 8 villeins, and 4 bordars with 6|- ploughs. (There are) 2 serfs there ; and part of a salt-pit in Wich [Droitwich]. T.R.E. and afterwards as now it was worth lOOs. One of the Bishop's knights holds (it) of him. In Wimundestreu Hundred In Dunninctune [Donnington] is i hide paying geld. On the demesne is I plough ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 6 bordars with 7 ploughs. (There is) i bondwoman there ; and 8 acres of meadow. T.R.E. and afterwards as now it was worth 25J. One of the Bishop's clerks holds (it) of him. In Radenelau Hundred In MoRTUNE [Moreton Jeffreys] are 4 hides paying geld. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and i bordar with 2 ploughs. (There are) 4 serfs there and 6 bondwomen, and 7 acres of meadow. And I salt-pit in Wich (Droitwich). T.R.E. and afterwards as now it was worth lOOS. In Frome [Bishop's Frome] are 10 hides paying geld. Of these 4 hides lie in Plegel- GETE Hundred. On the demesne is i plough, and (here are) 22 villeins and 4 bordars with 21 ploughs. (There is) I serf there ; and a mill worth 8x., and 6 acres of meadow. The wood renders nothing. 41
