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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE In Getune [? Gayton]^^'' Wetman held i hide geldable, and could betake himself whither he pleased. Hugh held it at ferm of Humphrey the chamberlain, and paid 30J. and still pays the same. This land was ' tainland ' T.R.E., but was afterwards changed into ' Reveland,' and there- fore the King's commissioners [legati) say that the said land and the revenue {census) issuing from it is stealthily taken away from the King. fol. 181^. II.— LAND OF THE CHURCH OF HEREFORD In Hereford Port T.R.E. Bishop Walter had 100 burgages [masurae] less 2. They who dwelt in them paid 100s. less 6^. The same Bishop also had a moneyer. When Robert came into the bishopric he found 60 burgages {masurae). They who dwelt in them paid 43^. and 4^. Now it is appraised at 50^. Bishop Robert found 40 hides waste when he came to the bishopric, and they are so now. Bishop Walter had one manor, Dodelegie [Didley, in St. Devereux], which is assessed at 40s., and next it lies another manor, Stane [ ], which by rights belongs to the bishopric. In these 2 manors are 10 hides. All these hides are waste, and were waste, save I hide in Dodelige. Of these hides some are in the jurisdiction of Alvred's castle at Ewias [Ewyas Harold] {in castellarla Aluredi Ewias), and the rest in the King's inclosure {defensio). These hides paid geld with Bishop Walter T.R.E. In Tedesthorne [Tedstone] 2 hides. In Salberga [ ] half a hide. InARDEs- HOPE [Yarsop] 3 virgates of land. In Ach [ ] I hide and I virgate. THESE LANDS BELOW - WRITTEN BELONG TO THE CANONS OF HEREFORD In Stradford Hundred In Lulleham [Lulham, in Eaton Bishop] are 8 hides geldable. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 11 villeins and 5 bordars with 13 ploughs. (There is) i bondwoman there, and 3 acres of meadow, and there could be i more plough on the demesne. Of this land 2 clerks hold 2 hides and 3 vir- gates, and I knight l hide. These have on the demesne 2 ploughs, and (there are) 13 villeins and 2 bordars with 8 ploughs. T.R.E. it was waste. Now it is worth 10//. In Prestetune [Preston on Wye] are 6 hides geldable. On the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 9 villeins and 8 bordars with 8|- ploughs. (There is) a mill there worth 2s., wood I league in length and a half in breadth. There could be I more plough on the demesne. Of this land 2 clerks hold 2^ hides, and i hide is waste. They have 7 villeins with 3 ploughs. The villeins have more ploughs than the land needs {Jilus habent carucas quam arahilem terram). T.R.E. it was waste, now looj. In Tibrintintune [Tyberton] are 6 hides geldable. (There is) I plough on the demesne there, and (there are) 16 villeins and 6 bordars with 9 ploughs. There could be i more plough on the demesne. (There are) 3 acres of meadow there. The wood (is) i league long and half a league wide. T.R.E. it was waste. Now it is worth 3//. In the same hundred i radman holds i hide which belongs to the Canons' barton ^Bertune^ and pays geld. There is i plough on the de- mesne there. It is worth 51. In Etune [Eaton Bishop] are 5 hides. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 12 villeins and 6 bordars with 7 ploughs. (There are) 2 serfs there, and a mill worth 5^., and 12 acres of meadow. The wood (is) i league long and 2 in width. It is worth 4//. This manor Earl Harold held, and Earl William gave it to Bishop Walter for land in which is now the market, and for 3 hides of Lidenegie [Lydney].** In Medelagie [Madley] are 3 hides. It belongs to the Bishop's barton Bertune. On the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 6 villeins with 4 ploughs. The wood there (is) half a league in length and one in breadth. This wood is within the King's inclosure. In the same hundred 2 freemen hold 4 hides, and they belong to the Bishop's barton. On the demesne they have i^ ploughs, and (there are) 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. The whole manor is worth lOOJ. The knights' land (is worth) 1 5 J. 8(^. In Dunre Hundred In Bertune [Burton in Holme Lacy] are 10 hides geldable. On the demesne is I plough; and (there are) i villein and 2 bordars with I plough. (There is) i bondwoman there ; and 4 acres of meadow. The wood of this manor the King has in his demesne. Near Ross (J.G.W.). 320 In Gloucestershire (J.H.R.).