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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS hides. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs ; and (there are) 36 villeins and 18 bordars and 4 ' radmans ' and a church with 2 priests ; between (them) all they have 41^ ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 2 bondwomen. Of this land Roger the huntsman ^ holds of the earl i^ hides, and has there i plough ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 5 bordars with 5 ploughs. It is worth 25 shillings. This manor was worth 24 pounds T.R.E. ; now 15 pounds. Olwine held (it) and had in (Droit)wich a saltpan worth {de) 4 shil- lings, and in Wirecester [Worcester] i house worth {de) 12 pence. The same Earl holds Salewarpe [Salwarpe], and Urse (holds it) of him. Olwine cilt held (it). There are 5 hides. In (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 6 villeins and 5 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and 3 bondwomen, and a mill worth {de) 10 shillings, and 5 saltpans, worth {de) 60 shil- lings. (There is) half a ' lewa ' of wood and a park is there. It was worth 100 shillings T.R.E., now 6 pounds. Two ploughs more can be (employed) there. ^ wrote : ' He was brother, and probably younger brother, to Norman Venator, the ancestor of the Pichfords ; and the two brothers attested earl Roger's foundation- charter of Quatford church, probably in that very year when Domesday was compiled. . . . The Representative of Roger Venator in 1 135 is stated on good evidence to have borne the name of Roger, and to have been ancestor, through females, of several Shrop- shire families. ... It would seem clear that Roger Venator had a representative in the male line as late as the reign of Henry II. This was Reginald de Pulverbatch, who left a daughter and sole heir Emma. She carried the barony of Pulverbatch to her husband, Herbert de Castello.' {Antiquities of Shropshire^ VI. 189-190.) (ed. Hearne, p. 253) is that this estate was restored to the monastery of Worcester, by Godwine, brother of earl Leofric, on his deathbed, St. Wulfstan, then dean and after- wards bishop, exhorting him to make this restitution. After his death, his son ^thelwine {Agelwinus) ' who had his hands cut off by the Danes when a hostage,' repu- diated his father's will {testamentum), and, by the help of his uncle, the Earl, obtained possession of the land. But not long after- wards, the monks continued, he lost both land THE LAND OF RALF DE TODENI In Dodintreu Hund[ret] XV. Ralf de Todeni holds Wermeslai [Worsley farm].^ Eadwig and jEthelnoth {Edwi et Mlnod) held it as 2 manors. There are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 2 ' radmans ' and 8 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 6 serfs. It was worth 40 shillings, T.R.E., and 20 shillings afterwards ; now 4 pounds. The same Ralf holds Linde [Lindridge]. jEthelward {Mlward) a thegn of earl jElfgar {Algari) held (it). There are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 1 6 bordars and 6 oxmen {iovarii) with 4 ploughs. There are 2 serfs. It was worth 40 shillings, T.R.E., and 20 shillings afterwards; now 16 shillings. The same Ralf holds Halac [ ]. Wulfmar {Vlmer) a thegn of king Edward held (it). There is i hide that (pays) geld. There are 5 bordars who render 5 shillings. It was worth 4 shillings. Two ploughs can be (employed) there. The same Ralph holds Alvintune [Alton in Rock] Godric a thegn of earl iElfgar {Algari) held it, and could betake himself {ire) where he would.* There are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) a priest and 2 bordars and 2 ' radmans,' with 4 ploughs. There are 6 serfs. The wood(land) is 4 leagues {levuis) long and 2 leagues in width. It was worth 40 shillings T.R.E., and 20 shillings afterwards ; now 52 shillings. The same Ralf holds More [Moor]. Grim held (it), and could betake himself {ire) where he would. There is i hide that (pays) geld. There are 2 bordars with i plough, and i free man with i plough. It was and is worth 20 shillings. There is a little wood(land). The same Ralf holds Betune [Bayton]. Eadric and Leofwig {Edric et Lewi) held it for 2 manors, and could betake themselves {ire) where they would. There are 3^ hides that and life, dying wretchedly in the cottage of his oxman {iovarii). He was clearly the .ffilwin[us] ' cilt ' of the Domesday Survey. ^ Near Abberley. I have identified it by a 1 2th century survey (see p. 329 below). lord he would. 309
 * Of this ' Roger the huntsman ' Mr. Eyton
 * The story told in Heming's Cartulary
 * i.e. could ' commend ' himself to what