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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS ton], and Hugh (holds it) of him. Eadwig and Eadwine {Edwi et Edwinus) held it for 2 manors, and could betake themselves {ire) where they would. There are i| hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with 1 plough. There are 2 serfs, and 2 fisheries that render 40 stiches^ of eels. There are 2 ' quarentenes ' of wood(land). It was worth 40 shillings T.R.E., and afterwards, as now, 30 shillings. In Clent Hund[ret] The same Gilbert holds Hadesore [Had- sor], and Walter, his son-in-law, holds it of him. Bricsmar, a thegn of king Edward, held it.2 There are 2 hides. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 vil- leins and 8 bordars and 4 cottars {cotmanni) with 2 ploughs, and a third (plough) could be (employed) there. There are 4 oxmen {hovarii), and 7 saltpans rendering 1 1 1 mits [mittas) of salt. It was worth 60 shillings T.R.E. ; now 45 shillings. THE LAND OF DROGO FITZ PONZ In Dodintret Hund[ret] XXI. Drogo son of Ponz ^ holds Hollim [Hollin] * of the King. Wulfmar {Vhnar) held it, and could betake himself {ire) where he would. There is i hide that (pays) geld, and I plough could be (employed) there. It is and was waste. T.R.E. it used to be worth 5 shillings. The same Drogo holds Stilledune [Stildon Manor]. Vlchet held (it), and could not withdraw himself {discedere) from his lord Wulfmar {Vlmaro). There is half a hide that ^ There were 25 eels in the ' stich.' ^ According to the interesting narrative in Heming's Cartulary (pp. 263-4), Hadsor was given to the monastery at Worcester by a very wealthy thegn ' Brihtwin ' on his grandson Eadwine becoming a monk there. ' Briht- mar' (the 'Bricsmar' of the above entry), the father of Eadwine, confirmed the gift on suc- ceeding his father ' Brihtwin,* but, after the coming of the Normans, earl William of Here- ford took it from the monastery and bestowed it on the above Gilbert, ' an officer of his.' ^ Collateral ancestor of the Cliffords. ' Drogo ' was a Latin form representing ' Dru.' (pays) geld. The land is (sufficient) for 2 ploughs.^ It was worth 5 shillings. It is now waste. The same Drogo holds Glese [Glashamp- ton].« Wulfmar {Vlmar) held it, and could betake himself {ire) where he would. There is I hide that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne is half a plough, and (there are) i villein and 3 bordars with i plough, and another (plough) could be (employed) there. There is a mill worth {de) 4 shillings and 8 pence. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 10 shillings. The same Drogo holds one virgate in Merlie [Hartley], the King's manor, and pays geld. He has there i 'radman' who pays him 6 shillings a year. Earnwine {Ernuin) held it. THE LAND OF HERALD SON OF EARL RALF XXII. Herald son of earl Ralf ^ holds of the King i hide in Wich [Droitwich], and has there 20 burgesses with 7 saltpans render- ing 50 ' mits ' {mittas) of salt. It was and is worth 40 shillings. THE LAND OF WILLIAM FITZ ANSCULF In Came Hund[ret] XXIII. William son of Ansculf* holds Escelie [Selley?]^ of the King, and Wibert (holds it) of him. Wulfwine {Vlwinus) held (it). To it {Ihi) belongs one ' Berewiche ' Berchelai [Bartley Green ?]. In all (there are) 4 hides. In (the) demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 2 villeins and 9 bordars with 4 ploughs. The wood(land) ^° is I league {lewd) long. ^^ It was worth 100 shillings T.R.E. ; now 60 shillings. be noted. It is the one used in several counties, but not in Worcestershire. ^ In Astley. "^ Of Hereford, nephew of Edward the Confessor. ^ De Picquigny (' Pinchengi '). See Intro- duction. ' Selley (better known now as Selley Oak) appears as a township in the early taxation rolls, and appears to me to have been this ' Escelie.' ^^ The word here used is ' nemus ' instead of ' silva ' as elsewhere. 315
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