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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Frenclimen {^francigence) of him. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) a priest, who has half a hide, and 8 villeins and 2 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 4 bondwomen and a mill worth [de) 12 pence and 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 12 pounds ; now 10 pounds. Four free men held (it) of the Bishop, rendering all proceeds of jurisdiction [iocam et sacam) and church-scot {circset) and (fees for) burials, and service by land and water [expedlt'wnes et navigia) and (attendance at) pleas at (the court of) the aforesaid Hundred, and the present holders do likewise.* In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds Breodun [Bredon]. There are 35 ^ hides that (pay) geld. In demesne are 10 hides and 3 ploughs, and (there are) 33 villeins and 13 bordars with 20 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a mill worth {de) 6 shillings and 8 pence and 80 acres of meadow. The wood (land) is 2 leagues {lewie) long and a league and a half wide. The Bishop has from it 10 shillings and all its proceeds in honey and hunting and (all) else. It was worth j^io T.R.E. ; now 10 shillings less. To this manor belong {jacent) 3 hides in Teotintune [Tedington] ^ and i hide at MiTUNE [Mitton],* and they belong to {sunt de) the support of the monks. There are in (the) demesne 5 ploughs, and (there are) 12 villeins and 6 bordars with 9 ploughs. There ^ In addition to the places enumerated above Throckmorton, which is not mentioned in Domesday, was a member of Fladbury, and I hide was held in Fladbury, of the Bishop temp. John {Testa de Nevill, p. 41). One virgate of this hide was then held by 'Henricus filius Johannis' {Ibid.), who, as 'Henricus filius Johannis de Trochemerton[e],' acknowledged the grant by bishop Mauger (11 99-1 2 1 2) of half a hide claimed by him in Fladbury, the deed being assigned by Mr. Poole to circ. 1200 (14th Report on Hist. MSS., App. 8, p. 194). Another virgate was then held by Adam, son of Robert, possibly the Adam ' de Trokemertun[e] ' who occurs in 1 220-1 22 1 (Hale's Register of Worcester Priory, p. 5417). The first of the house, perhaps, to emerge is the ' Reoland Trokemard- tune ' who appears as a juror for the Hundred of Oswaldslow in the middle of the I2th cent. (Heming, p. 291). surrounded by Gloucestershire. are 10 serfs and 3 bondwomen and 40 acres of meadow and 2 * quarantenes ' of wood. It was and is worth ^^4. Of this manor jEilric the archdeacon holds 2 hides at Codestune ^ [Cutsdean], and he has there 2 ploughs and a priest, and 4 villeins and 7 bordars, with 3 ploughs. It was and is worth 30 shillings. Bishop Bricsteg* had leased {prestiterat) this land to Dodo, but archbishop Ealdred {/Eldredus) proved his right to it in the time of king William. Of this same manor Urse holds 7 hides at RiDMERLEGE [Redmarley d'Abitot],'' and William (holds) of him 2 hides out of these. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 23 villeins and 9 bordars with 10 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and 2 bondwomen and a mill worth 5 shillings and 8 pence. The wood(land) is i league {lewa) long and half (a league) wide. It was worth 1 pounds ; now 10 shillings less. Azor and Godwine held (it) of the Bishop and performed (their) service {deserviebant). The same Urse holds 2 hides at Peonedoc^ [Pendock], where he has 2 ploughs and 3 bordars, and 3 serfs and i bondwoman. The wood (land) is half a league {lewd) long and half (a league) wide. It was worth 30 shil- lings ; now 4 shillings less. Godwine held it on the same terms as above.* The same Urse holds 3 hides at Wase- BURNE [Little Wash born e],'" where he has 2 Hills. ^ i.e. Brihtheah. ■^ Nash says it was 'surnamed D'Abitot, from Robert d'Abitot, steward of the house- hold to William the Conqueror, and brother to Urso d'Abitot the sheriff.' But, like Cromb, it was probably named from the later D'Abitots, who held these manors under the Beauchamps. ^ This place gave the name to the family of ' de Penedok,' which held the 4 hides at Westmancot for several generations. had been given them by a certain ' Northman ' with his son, in the time when bishop Wulf- stan was dean. They claimed this as an act of restitution, though it was given that Northman's son might be received as a monk. The monastery, they said, held it till Ralf de Bernai (' Rawlfus vicecomes ') seized it by the help of William Fitz Osbern, together with other lands, of which he violently de- prived them. rounded by Gloucestershire. 291
 * 5 is interlined above 30.
 * A detached hamlet of Overbury, almost
 * A chapelry in Bredon.
 * A chapelry of Bredon on the Cotswold
 * The monks' story was that ' Peonedoc '
 * " A detached hamlet of Overbury sur-