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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE this manor. This manor renders 9/i. and ioj. of blanched money. In Plegeliet Hundred The King holds Stanford [Stanford Regis]," Queen Edith held (it). On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins and 2 bor- dars with 3 ploughs. (There are) there 6 oxmen and 4 bondwomen. (There are) there a mill worth 6^. and I swineherd and I cowherd. St. Mary of Cormeilles has the tithes of this manor with i villein. T.R.E. it was worth looi., now it pays 100^. of blanched money. The King holds Leofminstre [Leominster]. Queen Edith held (it), with 16 members. Lustone [Luston in Eye], Iarpol [Yarpole], Elmodestreu [Aymcstrcy]," Brumefelde [Brimfield], Estune [PAshton in Eye]," Stoc- tune [Stockton in Kimbolton], Stoca [Stoke Prior], Mersetone [Marston], Uptone [Upton in Brimfield], Hope [? Hope in Laysters], Bret- lege [? Brierley in Ivington], Ivintune [Iving- ton], Cerlestreu [Cholstrey], Lentehale [Leinthall], Gedeven [Edvin (Ralph)]," Ferne- LAU [Farlow].^" In this manor with these members were 80 hides, and in the demesne 30 ploughs. There were there 8 reeves and 8 beadles (bedeUi) and 8 radknights and 238 villeins and 75 bordars and 82 between {inter) the serfs and bondwomen. All these together had 230 ploughs. The villeins ploughed 140 acres of the lord's land and sowed (them) with their own wheat-seed and gave according to custom iili. and 52^/. The radknights gave 145. and d. and 3 sestiers of honey. There were also 8 mills worth 73^. and 25 sticks of eels. The wood rendered 24J. and pannage. Now the King has in this manor in demesne 60 hides and 29 ploughs ; and (he has) 6 priests and 6 radmen and 7 reeves and 7 beadles and 224 villeins, and 81 bordars and 25 between the serfs and bondwomen. Among them all they have 201 ploughs. These (men) plough and sow with their own wheat 175 acres and give according to custom 7//'. and 14J. and 8^^. and i8j. for [ad) fish, and 8i. for salt and 75;. (worth) of honey. (There are) there 8 mills worth io8j. and 100 sticks of eels less 10. The wood 6 leagues long and 3 leagues wide renders 22s. Out of these 5^. are given towards buying wood in Wich [Droit- " In Stanford Bishop. " Formerly • Aylmondestre,' Feud. Aids, ii, 377. " Or possibly Eyton, or Eaton in Leominster. " Formerly 'Yeddefen.' See Feud. Aids, ii, 383. In Salop. See Introd. 264. wich] and 30 mitts of salt are had thence.^' Each of the villeins who has 10 pigs gives I pig for pannage. Of the land reclaimed from the wood {exsartis silvae) the profits are I'js. and /^d. (There is) there a hawk's eyrie. To this manor Hugh Asne (pays) 5^., Roger de Laci ds. and 8i., Ralph de Mortemer 15^., Bernard the bearded {barb') $s., Ilbert 5;., Osbern 6s. and M.y Godmund 51., Godwin 40^., Alward jfOd., Semer 40^/., Vitard 3;., Elward 2,od., Bris- mer 20^., Eluard 20^. In all this rent, in addition to the eels, 23//. and 2s. are accounted for. This manor is farmed for 60//., besides the maintenance {victus) of the nuns. The county says that if it were freed from other claims [si deliberatus esset) this manor could be valued at six score pounds, that is 120 pounds. Of 80 hides of this manor Urso de Abetot holds 3 hides in Gedeven [Edvin (Ralph)] ; Roger de Laci (holds) 3^ hides in Hombre [Humber], and i^ hides in Brochemt(on) [Brockmanton in Pudleston] ; Ralph de Mor- temer (holds) I hide in Elmodestreu [Aymes- trey], and 8 hides paying geld in Letehale [Leinthall], William son of Norman (holds) half a hide in Lege [Lye (? Lower) in Aymestrey] and I hide in Ettone [? Eyton]. ^' In these (hides) arc 3 ploughs in demesne and 1 1 villeins and 22 bordars and 2 priests. Among them all they have 10 ploughs and 16 serfs and 2 mills worth 24^. At Letehale [Leinthall] is wood I league in length and I league in breadth. Among them all these lands are worth 12//. and 1 1 J. Lewin Latinarius holds as much of the land of Leofminstre as is worth 25;. Of the lands of Ralph de Mortemer in Elmodestreu [Aymestrey], St. Peter has 15J. To this manor there used to belong T.R.E. 2 manors, Stanford [Stanford Regis] and Merchelai [Marcle], which now give to the King 30//. as is said above. THE FOLLOWING LANDS BELONGED TO [jacebant ad) LEOFMINSTRE T.R.E. Hugh Asne holds Hetfelde [Hatfield]. Letflede held (it). (There are) there 5 hides. Of these 2 hides and i virgate paid geld. On the demesne are 3 ploughs. (There are) there a reeve [prepositus) and 2 radknights and 2 French- men and 8 bordars with 6^ ploughs, and also 2 men who hold nothing. T.R.E. it was worth 4//., now iQOs. " See Introd. 295. " Or Eaton in Leominster. 314