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 A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE (and) without stock {pecunia). It is worth 5 shillings. Alvred de Merleberg * holds Stoche [Severn Stoke]. There are 15 hides. The same (Alvred) himself held 12 hides and i virgate T.R.E., while two 'Radmanni,' iElfward and Wulfric {Jlward et Vlfric') held 3 hides less I virgate.^ Now Alvred holds the whole. He has there in (the) demesne 3 ploughs, and (there are) 10 villeins and 10 bordars, with 5 ploughs and 4 serfs. The priest has i plough. There are 20 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 leagues {lewes) in length and i league in width. Of this land 2 ' Radmanni ' hold i hide, where they have 2 ploughs, and they render 10 shillings. Of the same land, two men, William and Boselin, hold 2 hides and 3 virgates, where they have 2 ploughs (in the demesne), and there are 1 1 bordars with 3 ploughs. It was worth in all 13 pounds T.R.E., now 10 pounds. Urse holds Cumbrintune [Comberton]. There are 2 hides. Azur held (it). There are 4 villeins with 2 ploughs. It was worth 10 shillings, now 20 shillings. All these abovesaid lands belonged and belong [jacuerunt et jacent) to Persore. This Manor, T.R.E., rendered 83 pounds and 50 sestiers {sextaria) of honey ^ with all (the profits of) the pleas of the free (Jrancorum) THE LAND OF ST. MARY OF PERSORE. IX. The Church of St. Mary of Persore* held and holds the manor itself (of) Persore. There are 26 hides that (pay) geld. To it belong {ihi adjacent) these Berewicks {Bere- ■wiche), — Civintone [Chevington], Edbritone [Abberton], Wadberge [Wadborough], Broc- tune [Broughton], Edbretintune [Abberton], Wicha [Wick by Pershore], Cumbritone [Cumberton]. Of the abovesaid 26 hides the church itself holds 21 hides. In (the) demesne are 5 ploughs, and (there are) 24 villeins and 8 bordars with 22 ploughs. There are 7 serfs, and a mill worth {de) 4 shillings, » i.e. 2| hides. mellis.' and at Pidele [Wyre Piddle] the moiety of a mill [dimid' molin^) worth [de) 10 shillings and 20 ' stiches ' of eels.^ There are 60 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is a league [lewa) long and half a league in width. In (Droit)wich is ^ i saltpan which renders 30 ' mits ' (mitias) of salt. It was worth 13 pounds T.R.E., now 12 pounds. Of this land Urse holds I5 hides, where he has 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. There are 4 serfs and a mill worth (de) 10 shillings. It is worth 50 shillings. This land was held by Azor, who did service (serviebat) for it to the church (of Pershore), and gave annually to the monks, for acknowledgment, one ferm ' (Jirmam) or 20 shillings ; and the agreement was that, after his death and that of his wife, the land was to revert to the church's demesne. He was living on the day of king Edward's death and was holding the land on these terms [ita). After that, his wife being dead, he became an outlaw [Vtlagh). Of the same land the same Urse holds i hide at Broctune [Broughton], and says that king William gave it him ; and he ought to render service for it to the church. It was and is worth 10 shillings. Of the same land Robert the Despencer (diipensator) holds 3^ hides at Wadberge [Wadborough], where he has 2 ploughs and 9 bordars and 4 serfs and a park {parchum)} It is worth 40 shillings. This was land of the demesne [dominicorum) villeins with half a hide which was held by a tenant {ten' unus homo) of the Abbot. In the same Wadbergae [Wadborough] is 1 hide of land in which was the monks' dairy farm {vaccaria). It was bought (of them) by a certain Godric, a thegn of king Edward, for three lives {vita trium heredum), and he used to give annually to the monks, for acknowledgment, one ferm ^ {fir-mam). The third inheritor {tercius heres), namely, Urse who holds it, now has this land. After his death it ought to revert to the church of St. Mary." This same Church holds Beolege [Beoley] ^ There were 25 eels in the ' stich.' '' i.e. appurtenant to Pershore. ' i.e. a fixed amount in kind. ^ i.e. a fixed amount in kind. " This is discussed in the Introduction as a typical case on church lands. The descrip- tion of Urse as ' heir ' of Godric should be observed. 304
 * Lord of Ewias (Harold).
 * *quatuor xx'i libras et iii et 1 sextar'
 * Pershore Abbey.
 * ' Wadborough Park' preserves the name.