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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS with one (appurtenant) member Gerlei [Yardley]. There are 21 hides {hida) what with field and wood [inter planum et silvam)} In (the) demesne is i plough, and (there are) 8 villeins and 10 bordars and I ' radman ' with 9 ploughs. There is wood(land) 6 leagues [lewa) long and 3 leagues in width, which renders 40 pence. It was worth 8 poimds ; now 1 00 shillings. This same Church holds Sture [Alder- minster].* There are 20 hides, and in (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 24 villeins and 8 bordars with 1 1 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and 2 mills worth {de) 17 shillings and 6 pence. There i knight ^ {miles) holds {ten') 2 hides and 2 ' radmans.' There are 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 9 pounds. This land (pays) geld. This same Church holds Bradeweia [Broadway]. There are 30 hides that pay geld. In (the) demesne there are 3 ploughs, and (there are) a priest and 42 villeins with 20 ploughs. There are 8 serfs. The whole was worth 12 pounds and lo shillings T.R.E. ; now 14 pounds and 10 shillings, fo. 175b. Of this land 2 hides were held, T.R.E., by one free man, who bought (them) of abbot Edmund. This land belonged to {erat de) the demesne. There are now there 2 ploughs in the Abbot's demesne (intended) for (his) sup- port {ad victum). Urse claims this land by gift of the King, and says that he exchanged it with {contra) the Abbot for a manor which belonged to {erat de) the demesne. This same Church holds at Lege [Leigh], 3 hides (that pay) geld. The Abbot has i of these hides in demesne, and has there 2 ploughs and there are 12 villeins and 32 bordars with 29 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and 2 mills worth {de) 10 shillings and 9 pence, and 30 acres of meadow. The wood- (land) is 3 leagues {lewa) long and 2 leagues in width. It was worth 20 pounds T.R.E. ; now 16 pounds. ^ See note on p. 300 above. valuable Index to the Charters and Rolls in the British Museum { 1 900) the above ' Sture ' is one of the places that defied identification, 'Stour'(?) being the equivalent there suggested. ' This is an entry of some importance, not only because 'knights ' occur somewhat rarely, but also it contrasts sharply the ' knight ' with the * radmans' who seem to be ' held' by him. Of this land aforesaid 2 'radmans' held i^ hides, Urse the sheriff is the holder now, and has there 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 1 1 bordars and I Frenchman {francigena) ; between (them) all they have 4 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and a mill worth {de) 4 shillings. It is worth 50 shillings. The third hide * of this land is held by the same Urse at Bradnesforde [Bransford Chapel],^ where he has in (the) demesne i plough, and there are 9 bordars with 4 ploughs, and a mill worth 20 shillings. It is worth 4 pounds. The county (court) says of this hide that it belonged to {fait de) the church of Pershore T.R.E., and yet was held by the church of Evesham on the day of king Ed- ward's death ; but it knows not how. In Dodintreu Hund[ret] This same Church holds Matma [Mathon]. There are 5 hides, but only 3 of them (pay) geld. One of these 5 hides lies in Hereford- scire in Radelau Hund[ret] ; it is held by 2 ' radmans.' The county (court) of Wire- CESTRE [Worcester], has established the right {diratiocinavit) of St. Mary of Pers(h)ore to it, and it belongs to the abovesaid manor. In this same manor there are 2 ploughs in (the) demesne, and (there are) 6 villeins and 20 bordars and i smith ^ with 12 ploughs. There is a mill worth {de) 30 pence. It was worth 9 pounds ; now 1 00 shillings. Of this manor Urse holds 3 virgates, and has there i plough, and (there are) a priest, and I villein, and 3 bordars, and a reeve {pre- positus). Between them they have 3 ploughs. It is worth 20 shillings. Of this same land '' Walter Ponther holds I virgate. But the whole of it is waste. It is worth 5 shillings. The county (court) says that the church of Pershore ought to have ' circset ' from all 300 hides ; * that is from each hide where a free {francus) man dwells, one (horse)load of grain hides' at Leigh, but accounts in detail for three and a half. ^ A chapelry of Leigh. ^ The mention of a smith (/w3^r) is unusual. '' It should be observed that Domesday here employs ' terra ' as synonymous with ' mane- rium,' a point on which I have laid stress in English Historical Review, April 1900, pp. 293-4- as well as its own 100. 305
 * This is an interesting name. In the
 * Domesday here gives the total as ' three
 * i.e. the 200 held by Westminster Abbey