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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS and 4 bordars and 4 oxmen {bovarii). Be- tween (them) all, with the priest, they have 6 ploughs ; and 5 more ploughs could be (em- ployed) there. The wood(Iand) there is 3 furlongs long and 2 furlongs in width. It was worth 20 shillings T.R.E., and afterwards ; now 40 shillings. The same Osbern holds Chure [Kyre Wyard].^ King Edward held (it). There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 3 serfs. It was worth 40 shillings T.R.E. and after- wards, as now. There is a mill which ren- ders 10 (horse)loads of wheat {frumenti). The same Osbern holds Stanford [Stan- ford]. Brihtric {Brictric) a thegn of queen 'Eddid' held (it). There are i^ hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is i plough, and (there are) i villein and i bordar with i plough ; and I plough more could be (em- ployed) there. There is i serf. It was and is worth 20 shillings. The same Osbern holds Caldeslei [Shels- ley Walsh] .^ Simon, a thegn of earl Ead- wine {Edwini), held it, and could not with- draw himself {recedere ah eo) without his leave {licentid)? There is I hide that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne is i plough, and the reeve with 3 villeins and 2 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, and a fishery that renders ^ So called from the family of Wyard, which held it under his heirs. This was originally a Christian name, for Philip ' filius Wiard ' occurs on the Worcestershire Pipe Roll of 1175. which held it under his heirs. (p. 251) is that ' Sceldesljehge ' was held by a certain ' Simund ' under grant from the brethren of Worcester, to whom it belonged, and to whom he rendered the appointed ser- vice for it, * until the French arrived and deprived him of this estate {bono) and of several others.' Nash attributes this story to Great Shelsley, but the name of ' Simund ' is decisive in favour of the above ' Caldeslei,' which was rightly identified by Nash as Shelsley Walsh. The monks' story, it will be observed, is not consistent with the Domesday version of the tenure under Edward. But it is note- worthy that they speak of Simund as de- prived of other lands. Now, on page 297 1 6 ' stiches ' of eels.* There could be (em- ployed) 2 more ploughs there. It was worth 40 shillings T.R.E., and now (is worth) 30 shillings. The same Osbern holds CuER [Kyre]. His father held (it). There is i hide that pays geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and another could be (employed). There are 2 bordars and i ' radman ' with i plough. It was worth 15 shillings; now 10 shillings. Herbert holds (it) of Osbern. The same Osbern holds Hamme [Ham (Castle)] .5 He himself held (it). There is I hide that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and there are 7 bordars with 5 ploughs ; and I plough more could be (em- ployed). There are 4 serfs, and a fishery worth {de) 2 shillings, and a mill that renders 16 (horse)loads of grain {annonis). It was worth 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. The same Osbern holds Sapie [Lower Sapey].^ He himself held (it). There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne (there is nothing) but 9 beasts [animalia), and (there are) a priest and 9 villeins and 4 bor- dars with 1 1 ploughs ; and 3 ploughs more could be (employed) there. There is a mill that renders 6 horseloads of grain [annona). It was worth 45 shillings ; now 30 shillings. The same Osbern holds Carletune [Car- ton ?] ■^ and Odo holds (it) of him. His father held (it). There are i hide and i vir- gate that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bor- dars with i^ ploughs ; and 3 ploughs more can be (employed) there. There are 7 serfs. The wood(land) is half a league {lewa) long and 3 furlongs in width. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 5 shillings. The same Osbern holds Edevent [Edvin above we read that a ' Simund ' had held Crowle of them, and, as this ' Simund ' is described in Heming's Cartulary (pp. 264-5) as a Danish thegn of earl Leofric [miles Leofrici comttis) he is clearly identical with the above Simund, whom Domesday styles a thegn of earl Eadwine, Leofric's son. ^ In Clifton on Teme. ^ Altai Sapey Pitchard, so named from the family which held it under his heirs. ■^ Now a farm in Mamble. 313
 * So called from the family of Waleys,
 * The story told in Heming's Cartulary
 * There were 25 eels in the 'stich.'