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. 320
