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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS and 3 more ploughs could be (employed).^ There are 1 7 serfs, and a mill worth [de] i o shillings, and a fishery, and 6 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is half a league {lewa) long and 3 furlongs in width. It is worth 8 pounds. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP HEREFORD OF In Dodintret Hund[ret] III. The bishop of Hereford holds Boc- LiNTUN [Bockleton] of the King. Turchil held it and could betake himself {ire) where he would.^ There are 8 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 'radmans' and 4 villeins and 8 bordars with 10 ploughs. There are 12 serfs. The wood(land) is i league {lewa) and a half long and half a league in width. It was worth 6 pounds ; now 4 pounds ; and 4 ploughs more can be (employed) there. The same Bishop holds Cuer [Kyre]. Bishop Walter held it. There are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 3 bordars and 3 serfs. It was worth 12 shillings; now 10 shillings. Urse holds it of the Bishop, and 2 ploughs more can be (employed) there. In Esch Hund[ret] The same Bishop holds Inteberga [Ink- berrow]. Earl Harold held it wrongfully, but king William restored it to bishop Walter because it belonged to {erat de) the bishopric.^ There are 15^ hides. Of these, 10 hides (pay) geld, (and) the others not. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 15 villeins and 12 bordars with 13 ploughs, and 4 ploughs more could be (employed) there. There are 3 serfs, and a saltpan which renders 1 5 < mits ' {mittas) of salt. The wood- (land) is 2 leagues {lewa) long and I league in width. For {de) the pannage there are rendered 1 00 swine. It was worth 12 estates, as is shown by the entry above, after Hanbury. several similar ones in Herefordshire (fo. i8ii, 182). Prof. Freeman (ATarw. Conq. II., 548), though striving to defend Harold, shows that Edward had called on him, when bishop Walter was appointed (1060), to restore all property alienated from the see. pounds T.R.E., and 10 pounds afterwards;* now 12 pounds. THE LAND OF ST. DENIS In Clent Hund[ret] nil. The church of St. Denis {Dyonisii) holds I hide in (Droit)wich, where are 18 bur- gesses, who render 4 shillings and 6 pence, and a saltpan worth {de) 20 pence. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF COVENTRY In Clent Hund[ret] V. The church of St. Mary of Coventreu [Coventry] holds Salewarpe [Salwarpe]. There is^ i hide in (Droit)wich. Urse holds (it) of the Abbot, and this land is in his park, and he has 3 burgesses and 6 saltpans in (Droit)wich. It was worth 45 shillings ; now 35 shillings. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF CORMEILLES In Dodintret Hund[ret] VI. The church of St. Mary of Cormeilles [CoRMELiis] holds half a hide at Tametde- BERiE [Tenbury] and (pays) geld. There is a priest with i plough, and it is worth 5 shillings. Earl William® gave it to the church. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH GLOUCESTER OF In Clent Hundred VII. The church of St. Peter of Glouces- ter [Glowecestre'] holds half a hide in (Droit)- WiCH with the same dues {in eadem consuetu- dine) as the King's half hide in (Droit)wich that belongs to Gloucester {GIowec[estre'). fo. 174b. THE LAND OF ST. PETER WESTMINSTER OF VIII. The church of St. Peter of West- minster holds Persore [Pershore]. King Edward held this manor and gave it to that church as quit and free of all claims as he was holding it in his demesne, the whole county (court) being witness. There are 200 •^ William Fitz Osbern, earl of Hereford.  See p. 287 above. 299
 * This was exceptional on the monastery's
 * i.e. choose his lord.
 * This entry should be compared with
 * i.e. when the Bishop received it,
 * i.e. belonging to it.