A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE In Snodesbyrie [(Upton) Snodsbury] * are 1 1 hides. Of these, there are in demesne 7 hides and I virgate, one of which hides has never (paid) geld. There, in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 6 villeins, and 16 cottars, and 2 Frenchmen who serve {franci- gente servientes)} Between (them) all they have 1 1 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 20 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is i league {lewa) long and the same in width. It is worth 7 pounds and 10 shillings. Of this land Urse holds 4 hides, less I vir- gate.' iElfward {Alwardus) held (them), and, as a customary due [per comuetudinem) mowed (for) 1 day the meadows of his lord and did the service he was bidden [servitia qua juheha- tur). There is i plough and a half, and (there are) 5 cottars and 4 oxmen, with i plough and a half, and 6 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 3 furlongs long and 2 furlongs in width. It is worth 50 shillings. In HusENTRE [Martin Hussingtree] are 6 hides. There 1 1 villeins have 4 ploughs and render annually 100 cartloads of wood for the saltpans of (Droit)wich. He who has the custody of this land has, of it, i hide, where he has i plough, and (there are) one villein and 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. The whole is worth 30 shillings. In WiCH [Droitwich], there were and are* 4 furnaces [furni), which rendered annually, T.R.E., 60 shillings and 100 mits {mittas) of salt, and 31 burgesses [burgensis] who render 15 shillings and 8 pence. There 2 priests hold I hide which has never paid geld and is in the Abbot's demesne. And Leofnoth [Leue- not) the priest has I saltpan, which renders I O shillings. All this is worth 112 shillings and 8 pence. From the King's tithe(s) of Wich [Droit- wich] St. Peter (of Westminster) has 8 pounds.* William Fitz Corbuz[ion] holds Dormes-
- Upton and Snodsbury were formerly dis-
tinct.
- This somewhat unusual expression pos-
sibly means that they held by 'serjeanty.' ' This holding is identified as Cowsdown by a 1 2th cent, survey (see p. 328 below).
- i.e. belonging to the abbey.
- This is the explanation of the entry
which recurs annually, under Worcestershire, in the 1 2th century Pipe Rolls: 'In decimis constitutis monachis de West[monasterio] TUN [Dormston]. Waland held (it) T.R.E. There are 5 hides, and in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 14 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, and I bondwoman, and 3 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is half a league {lewa) long and 3 furlongs in width. Albert holds of William 2 hides, and has there i plough and (there is) i villein with half a plough. There are 2 serfs. The aforesaid Waland mowed the meadows of his lord and did all the service he was bid. It is worth 4 pounds and 10 shillings. fo. 175. Urse the sherifiF holds Pidelet [North Piddle]. » Toll, a free man, held it. There are 5 hides, and in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and 8 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 60 shillings. The abovesaid Toli did service for {serviebat de) this land like the other free The same Urse holds Newentune [Naun- ton Beauchamp], There are 10 hides. Three free men held it T.R.E., jElfward {Alwardus), Saulf, and Elward. In (the) demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins with 2 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 12 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 furlongs long and I furlong in width. It was worth 100 shillings ; now 4 pounds. Of these 10 hides, Herbrand holds of Urse 3 hides and i virgate, and has there 2 ploughs and 4 serfs, and 2 bondwomen, and 6 acres of meadow, and 2 cottars. It was worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings. Those who held these lands rendered services {servie- bant) like the other free men. The same Urse holds Garstune [Grafton Fly ford]. jElfwine {J/winus), a free man, held (it). There are 2 hides less i virgate.* In (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 3 bordars and 2 cottars, and 2 serfs, and 6 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 shil- viii li[bras].' The amount, however, ap- pears to exceed considerably a tithe of the revenue received by the King from Droitwich in 1086, though king John let his rights to the burgesses for _^ioo a year. •^ I make this to be North Piddle, which is divided from Dormston by Grafton Flyford which follows below. ' This clause is added in the margin, 8 i.e. I J hides. 302
