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 SOME EARLY SURVEYS In Bloccelea [Blockley] 38 hides. Of these Walter de Beauchamp (has) 5 ;^ (there are) 5 at Deilesford [Daylesford],* 3 at EuNiLADE [Evenlode] ;* the monks have i,* and the Bishop 24 with his demesnes and DiCFORD [Ditchford].* In Tredinton [Tredington] 23 hides. Of these the monks have 2;* at Langedun [Longden] there are 4 ;* the Bishop has 1 7 with his demesnes.'' In Northewike [Northwick in Claines] 25 hides. Of these Walter de Beauchamp has 10 hides, the King i, Hugh Puiher 7^, the Bishop 6^ with his demesnes.* In Werebyri [Overbury] and Penedoc [Pendock] 6 hides. In Segesberewe [Sedgeberrow] 4 hides. At ScEPWESTUNE [Shipston-on-Stour] 2. At Herfortune [Harvington] with Wi- BURGA Stoke 3. At Grimeleage [Grimley] 3 hides. Walter de Beauchamp has one of these at Cnihtewike [Knightwick].9 At Hallhagan [Hallow] with Brade- WAssE [Broadwas] 7 hides.^" Of these Walter de Beauchamp (has) i^ hides,^^ Roger de ' At Dome, acquired by Urse subsequently to 1086 (see p. 293, note 7). ^ At Icombe. since 1086, had gained the 2 hides that Richard had held at Ditchford, and the i^ hides that Ansgot had held (of the villeins' land). His demesne, therefore, was only i^ hides less than in 1086, ® At Blackwell, as in Domesday. « Which Gilbert Fitz Turold had held in 1086. William Travers is found holding them of the Bishop temp. John {Testa de Nevill, p. 42). '' The division of this manor was un- changed. hides that had been held, in Domesday, by Walter Ponther, there had been a good deal of change here. I expect that the Bishop, whose demesnes had increased by 3 hides, had regained the 3 (or 3^) hides at Aston, which Domesday entered as held by Ordric, but as forming part of the chief manor. The 7I hides held by Urse in 1086 had increased here to 10 hides, the holding of his son-in- law, Walter. ® As had Robert the Despencer in 1086. ^^ Urse held nothing here in 1086. Laci 3^ hides,'* the Count of Meulan i hide." At Croppethorne [Cropthorne] 50 hides. Of these the abbot of Evesham has at Ham- tun [Hampton by Bengeworth] 5 hides which (pay) geld, and 10 (others which) are free from geld by the King's writ.'* The same Abbot has 4 hides at Beningwyrde [Bengeworth], and Walter de Beauchamp 9 hides at Bening- wrde [Bengeworth] and at Elmelege [Elm- ley (Castle)],'^ and Robert Marmion 7 hides at Ceorletune [Charlton] ;'® the monks 1 5 hides. These are (the) 300 hides belonging to Oswaldes lawes Hundret :" The Bishop has in demesne ... 94 The monks 40 Walter de Beauchamp. . . . [100]'* Other barons 63 The King 3 [300] These (hides) all pay geld, and, besides these, 1 at Hampton are free from the King's geld, as we said above. De Kinfolka.'^ In the hundret {sic) of Kerselau*" the Bishop has in Heortlabyri [Hartlebury] 20 hides. Of these Walter de Beauchamp has '* At Himbleton and Spetchley, held also by Roger de Laci in 1086. '' Representing, or at least including, the half hide at Lippard (' Lappewrte ') held by Hugh de Grentmesnil in 1086. '* See p. 255, note 10 above. '* i.e. 5 at Bengeworth and 4 at Elmley. But Urse had actually held 6 at Bengeworth, the Abbot's 4 hides completing the 10 (see p. 254 above). '^ The nameless 1 1 hides held by Robert the Despencer in 1086 were at Elmley and Charlton. The 4 at Elmley were secured by Beauchamp, and the 7 at Charlton by Mar- mion (see Feudal England, p. I76). The latter's holding is represented by the two fees (or, as he said, one) which Robert Marmion held of the Bishop in 1166. " This is the Domesday form of ' Hundred.' " This figure is obtained by adding up the hides assigned to him under each manor. Hearne gives the figure as 20, but the MS. is here damaged. '^ A marginal heading. See p. 244 above for the name. ^'^ ' Cresselau ' in Domesday. 325
 * Both these as in Domesday.
 * The Bishop, though he had lost Dome
 * Except that Hugh Puiher held the 7^
 * " But according to Domesday 7^.