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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS and (there are) 7 bordars with i plough. There are 5 acres of meadow and 2 ' quaren- tenes ' of wood(land). It was and is worth 20 shiUings. Two priests held it of the Bishop. Of this same manor Ralf de Bernai^ had i hide at Cunhille [Queenhill].^ Ailric held it T.R.E., and did service for it to the Bishop. It is now in the King's hand(s). And there are 8 acres of meadow and 2 ' quarentenes ' of wood(land). It was worth 40 shillings. Of the same manor Brictric son of Algar^ held I hide at Burgelege [Bursley]* on the same terms as the abovesaid (hide), and it was worth 15 shillings. It is now in the King's hand(s). In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds Blochelei [Blockley]. There are 38 hides that (pay) geld. Of these, there are in demesne, 25^ hides, where are 7 ploughs ; and there are a priest, who has i hide, and 4 ' radmans,' who have 6 hides, and 63 villeins and 25 bordars ; between (them) all they have 5 1 ploughs. There are 1 4 serfs and 1 2 mills, worth [de) 52 shillings less 3 pence, and 24 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is half a league [lewa) in length and in width. It was worth 16 pounds ; now 20 pounds. Of this manor Richard holds 2 hides at DiCFORD [Ditchford],^ where he has i plough, and (there are) 2 villeins and i bordar and 2 serfs with i plough. There are 4 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 30 shillings. Alward held (it) and rendered service (for it). Ansgot holds i^ hides of the land appro- priated to the villeins {propria terra villanorum and has i plough with i bordar. There are 3 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 15 shillings. To the abovesaid manor belongs [jacet) i hide at Iacumbe [Icomb] apportioned {pertinens) ^ A follower of earl William of Hereford, and sheriff, under him, of Herefordshire, and a despoiler of the church of Worcester. ^ A chapelry in Ripple. The name could be read in Domesday as ' Cumhille ' or ' Cunhille.' The monastery's version of the text reads 'Cumhille,' but interlines ' Cyn- hylle' above it. The 'Chonhelme' on fo. 1 80^. of Domesday is the same place. ^ See note above. the Ordnance Map in Borley House, half-way between Holefast and Queenhill Chapel. It is also found, apparently, in the * Borsley Lodge ' of an inscription in Nash's Worcester- shire, II. 447. 6 In Blockley. to the support of the monks. There are 2 ploughs and (there are) 4 villeins and 2 bordars and 4 serfs with 2 ploughs. This (estate) is valued in the chief manor {in capite manerii). There are 1 2 acres of meadow. Stephen son of Fulchered holds 3 hides at EiLESFORD [Dailsford], where he has 2 ploughs and a priest and 6 villeins, with 5 ploughs and 4 serfs and i bondwoman. There are 20 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 3 pounds. Hereward held 5 hides at Eunilade [Even- lode]. There are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 9 villeins, with 3 ploughs, and i serf, and there was a mill worth {de) 32 pence. It is and was worth 3 pounds. These 2 estates {terras), Eilesford and Euni- lade, were held by the abbot of Evesham from the bishop of Worcester until the bishop of Bayeux received them from the abbey,® and these same lands were assigned to {fuerunt de) the support of the monks." In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds Tredinctun [Tredington] with one (appur- tenant) member Tidelmintun [Tidmington]. There are 23 hides that (pay) geld. One of these is waste. In the demesne are 5 ploughs ; fo. 173d. and (there are) 42 villeins and 30 bordars and a priest, who has i hide, and i * radman.' Between (them) all they have 29 ploughs. There are 10 serfs and 3 mills worth {de) 32 shillings and 6 pence. There are 36 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 pounds; now 12 pounds and 10 shillings. At Blachewelle [Blackwell]® are 2 hides assigned {pertinentes) to the support of the monks. In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and there are 10 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and i bondwoman and 10 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 50 shillings. Of the same manor Gilbert son of Turold ® They formed part of the lands involved in the great suit between the Bishop and the Abbot which is discussed in the Introduction. ' The monastery's version of the Domesday text (Hearne, p. 304) adds, imder Blockley, a marginal note : ' De hoc manerio tenet Urso V hidas in Dome.' As the Domesday entry on Blockley is complete without it, this holding must have been taken out of Blockley by Urse after the completion of the survey. It is clearly represented by the 5 hides in Blockley held by his representative Walter de Beau- champ temp. Henry I. (Hearne, p. 314). 293
 * This name was preserved till recently on
 * In Tredington.