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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE there might be on the demesne half a plough. (There are) 8 acres of meadow there. It is, and was, worth 40X. A knight holds it of the Bishop. In Stapel Hundred In NoRTUNE [Norton Canon] are 6 hides geldable. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 8 villeins and 3 bordars with 8| ploughs. (There are) there i bondwoman and I acre of meadow, and wood rendering 2s. T.R.E. and after it was worth 60^. ; now 100s. In Malveshille [? Mansell ^'] are 5 hides geldable. On the demesne is i plough and another which is idle {pciosa and 9 villeins and a reeve and 4 bordars with 65- ploughs. (There are) there i bondwoman and 6 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 3//., and afterwards, and now 4//. In Wrmesleu [Wormsley] half a hide is geld- able. One knight holds (it) of the Bishop and has 2 villeins with i plough. T.R.E. and afterwards as now it was worth In Bricge [Bridge (Sollers)] are 5 hides geld- able. A knight holds (them) of the Bishop. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 4 vil- leins with 2 ploughs. Another knight holds 1 hide there, and has I plough and 4 bordars with I plough. (There are) there a serf and a bondwoman. T.R.E. it was worth 50J. Now 6oj. In Plegelget Hundred In Bromgerbe [Bromyard] are 30 hides. Of these 3 hides are and were waste, the others pay geld. On the demesne are 5 ploughs, and (there are) 42 villeins and 9 bordars with 39 ploughs. (There are) there 6 serfs, and a mill worth lOs. and 12 acres of meadow. There is a wood there which renders nothing. Of this manor 3 knights of the Bishop hold 9 hides and I virgate. Two priests (hold) i hide, and a chaplain I hide and 3 virgates, and a reeve I hide, and a radman I hide. On the demesne they have 11^ ploughs and their men have 20 ploughs. One of them has 2 serfs and 3 acres of meadow. T.R.E. and afterwards and now the whole manor was and is worth 45//'. and lOs. In Collintune [Collington] are 3 hides pay- ing geld. On the demesne are 3 ploughs and 2 villeins and 4 bordars with 2^ ploughs. (There are) 2 acres of meadow there. T.R.E. and afterwards as now it was worth 30J. This manor and the above-written Brigge {sh) Earl Harold held unjustly. King William re- stored them to Bishop Walter. In Wlfagie Hundred In Lutelonhereford [Little Hereford] are 7 hides. Three of these are waste ; the others pay geld. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 17 villeins and 3 bordars with 11 ploughs. (There are) 2 bondwomen there, and a mill worth 6^. and ^d. There are there 4 mills a moiety of which belongs by rights to the said manor. (There are) 5 acres of meadow there. The wood (is) 2 furlongs long and half a furlong broad and renders nothing. Of this manor a priest holds half a hide, and a radman half a hide. They have 3 ploughs. T.R.E. it was worth looj., and afterwards and now 4//. In Winetune [Winnington] is half a hide. A radman holds it, and has there I plough and 2 villeins. It is, and was, worth 5^. In Cutethorn Hundred In Cradenhille [Credenhill] are 2 hides. Two villeins there with I plough render ^s. as farm [de censu). It is worth 20^. In Stradel Hundred In More [Moore near Hereford] is i hide which is worth ^s. The same canons have 4 hides. Three clerks there have 3 villeins with 4 ploughs. It is worth 15^. The same Bishop Walter had i hide of Welsh land laid waste T.R.E. There are there 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 villeins and 6 bordars and 2 other men with 6 ploughs. It is worth 40J. Of this land the greater part is within the King's forest. About the gate of Hereford Bishop Walter had lands T.R.E. which did not pay geld. There Bishop Robert has 4 ploughs in de- mesne and 2 villeins and 5 husbandmen with ^^ ploughs. It was worth 40^. ; now it is worth 4//'. Of this land 2 chaplains of the Bishop hold a certain part, and a knight (holds) i hide. They have in demesne 6 ploughs and a villein and 6 bordars and 2 serfs and 3 bondwomen. In all it is worth 67^. In all there are in the bishopric 300 hides, although for 33 hides the Bishop's men give no account. In Greitrewes Hundred Saint Peter of Hereford holds Frome [Frome in Mordiford]. Walter de Laci gave (it) to the church with the consent of King William. 324
 * ' Formerly ' Malmeshulle.'