A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE There are 2^ hides that (pay) geld. Hugh holds it of Roger, and has there i plough, and (there are) 7 villeins and 2 bordars, and 4 ploughs more can be (employed) there. The wood(land) is half a league long and 2 furlongs in width. It was worth 50 shillings T.R.E. ; now 30 shillings. In Esch Hund[ret] The same Roger holds Scelves * [Shelve], and Herman holds it of him. JElfwig {Alwt) held it as 2 manors, and could be- take himself {ire) where he would. There is I hide that (pays) geld. In (the) demesne is I plough, and 2 bordars, and 3 serfs, and 4 saltpans, with wood(land) half a league long and 2 furlongs in width, rendering 60 ' mits ' [mittas) of salt.^ It was worth 60 shillings T.R.E., and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 15 shillings. The wood(land) is cut off {mhsa in defenso). The same Roger holds Chintune [King- ton]. iElfwig {Alwi) and Eilaf and Tori held (it) as 3 manors. There are 5 hides that (pay) geld. These (men) could betake themselves [ire) where they would, and (they) had I enclosure [haia) in which wild animals {fera) used to be captured.^ There in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 5 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and wood(land) i league [lewa) in length and 2 furlongs in width. It was worth 4 pounds T.R.E., and afterwards, as now, 50 shillings. Two knights hold (it) of Roger. In Merlie [Martley] Roger has i radman (who) pays [reddit) him 4 shillings a year. The same Roger has half a hide in Wich [Droitwich]. jElfric {Aluric) mapesone * held it. There are 1 1 burgesses and I salt- pan and a half rendering 32 ' mits ' [mittas]
- I take this to be Shelve [alias Shell or
Selve) in Hanbury and Himbleton, of which the chapel was dependent on Hanbury. ^ This clause illustrates the difficulty of translating with certainty such passages. The text runs : ' In dominio est i car[uca] et ii bord' et iii servos [sic) et iiii Salinas [sic) cum Silva . . . redd' Ix mittas salis.' ^ They were driven into a hedged enclosure constructed for the purpose (see more in Ellis' Introduction to Domesday, I. 1 14-5).
- ' Mapesone ' is interlined.
31 and a half. This manor belongs to his manor of Hereford.^ THE LAND OF OSBERN FITZ RICHARD In Dodintret Hund[ret] XIX. OsBERN the son of Richard scrupe * holds Beritune [Berrington] ' of the King. Richard his father held it. There are 2 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 8 villeins and 4 bordars and a smith and a miller * with 9 ploughs ; and one plough more can be (employed) there. There are 4 serfs, and 4 bondwomen, and a mill which renders 22 (horse)loads of grain [annome) and I O acres of meadow. The wood- (land) is a league [lewa) and a half long, and a league in width. It was and is worth 20 shillings. The same Osbern holds Tamedeberie [Ten- bury]. His father held it. There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. In (the) demesne is i plough, and (there are) 14 villeins and bordars® with 1 2 ploughs ; and 2 ploughs more can be (em- ployed) there. There are 2 serfs. The wood- (land) there is 2 leagues [lewa) long and i league in width. It was worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings.'"' The same Osbern holds Clistune [Clifton on Teme]. King Edward held (it). There are 3 hides that (pay) geld. Robert de Olgi " holds it of Osbern, and has there 3 ploughs in (the) demesne, and (there are) 6 villeins ^ This Droitwich entry is added at the foot of the column. ® 'Scrupe' is interlined. In the extreme angle of the county, south-west of Tenbury.
- The mention of a miller is rare in
Domesday. ^ ' xiiii inter vill' et bord'.' Compare the formula 'inter servos et ancillas' (p. 277 above). ^° It was claimed by the monks of Worces- ter that Tenbury, Clifton, ' Homme,' and Kyre, which here appear among the manors of Osbern Fitz Richard, had originally be- longed to their house, which had been de- spoiled of them, in the time of the Danes, by earl Hakon and his followers (Heming's Cartulary, p. 251). " This appears to be the only mention of Robert d'Ouilly in Worcestershire. He was a tenant-in-chief in several counties.
