A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE holds 4 hides at Longedun [Longdon],* where he has 2 ploughs ; and there are 8 villeins and 2 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 4 bondwomen and 8 acres of meadow. It was worth 4 pounds ; now 3 pounds. Le(o)fric the reeve held it at the will of the Bishop {sicut ephcopus voluit). In the same Hundred the same Bishop holds NoRWiCHE [Northwick]^ with one (appur- tenant) member Tidbertun [Tibberton]. There are 25 hides that (pay) geld. Of these 3^ are in demesne, where are 4 ploughs ; and there are a reeve, who has 3 virgates, and i radman who has 3 virgates, and 13 villeins and 18 bordars. Between (them) all they have 18 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 3 mills, worth {de) 50 shillings, and in (Droit)- wic(h) one saltpan, which renders 100 * mits ' of salt for 100 cartloads {caretedes) of wood. From (the) fishery (are received) 4 shillings ; from the pastures {pasculs) 2 shillings. There are 40 acres of meadow. The wood (land) is I league {lewa) long and I in width. To this manor there belong 90 houses in Wireces- tre [Worcester]. Of these, the Bishop has in demesne 45, which render nothing but labour at the Bishop's court {in curia episcopi). Urse holds 24 houses of these, Osbern Fitz Richard 3 8, Walter Ponther 11, Robert the Despencer* [dispensator) i. The Bishop had the third penny of the borough of Worcester T.R.E., and has it now with the King and the Earl.^ (It was) then (worth) 6 pounds ; now 8 pounds. To the same manor there belong in (Droit)wich 3 houses which render 3 ' mits ' of salt and 2 shillings from the lead work {de fabrica plumbi). It was worth 13 pounds ; now 16 pounds and 10 shillings. In the market place {foro) of Worcester Urse holds of the Bishop 25 houses and ren- ders 100 shillings a year. Of the same manor Urse holds 5 hides at HiNDELEP [Hindlip] and Alcrintun [Alfre- ton],^ and Godfrey holds (them) of him. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) a priest, and 3 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 24 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is half a league [lewa) long and half (a league) wide. It was worth 30 ' In Tredington. ^ In Claines. ' Lord of Richard's Castle.
- Brother of Urse the sheriff.
- This appears to mean that he had still
his share like the King and Earl (whose share was now the King's).
- Now Offerton farm east of Hindlip.
shillings ; now 20 shillings. The wood(land) is in (the King's) forest. Eadric {Edricus) stirman held (it) and performed his service [deserviebat) with the other services belonging to the King and Bishop. The same Urse holds i hide and 3 virgates at Wermedun [Warndon] and Estun [White Ladies Aston] ' and Robert holds (it) of him. He has there 2 ploughs with 2 serfs and there are 16 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 furlongs long and the same in width, and it is in (the King's) forest. It is and was worth 16 shillings. This land was and is (part) of the villeins' land. The same Urse holds i hide at Cudelei [Cudeley] ^ where he has 2 ploughs and 3 bordars and 2 serfs. The wood(land) is one ' quarentene ' {de una quarentena), and is in (the King's) forest. It was and is worth 10 shillings. j^Llfgifu {Elgiva) the nun held (it on such terms) as could be obtained {deprecari). Of this same manor Ordric holds 3 hides and I virgate {virgam) at Estun [White Ladies Aston] where he has 3 ploughs and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 40 shillings. This land was and is (part) of the demesne chief {capitali) manor. Ordric holds I hide at Oddunclei [Od- dingley], where he has i plough, and (there are) i villein and 3 bordars with i plough, and a saltpan worth {de) 4 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow. The wood(land) is 2 furlongs long and the same in width, and is in (the King's) forest. Turchil held (it) and did service for it to the Bishop. Alric the archdeacon holds i hide at HuDiNTUNE [Huddington], where he has 2 ploughs, and there are 4 villeins and 4 bor- dars with 2 ploughs. There is a mill which renders 3 (horse) loads {summas) of grain. The wood(land is), worth {de) 3 shillings and is in (the King's) forest. It is and was worth 30 shillings. Wulfric {Vluricus) held it as a villein {rusticus) doing service. Of the same manor Walter Ponther holds i^ hides at Widintun and Rodeleah [Whit- tington ^ ] where he has i plough, and there are are 7 bordars, with 2 ploughs, and 2 serfs. There are 16 acres of meadow, and wood(land sufficient) only for firing. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 25 shillings. Ailric held it like those above. The same Walter holds 3 hides at Circe- ' Alias Aston Episcopi. ^ A manor in St. Martin's, two miles east of Worcester. ^ In St. Peter's, Worcester. 294
