A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE house in the city of Worcester (JVirecestre) which renders a marc of silver,^ and {et simul) wood(land) one league {lewa) long and the same in width. All this he so bought and held undisturbed {quiete), that he rendered no service [non serviret) for it to any man.^ In this manor is one hide and in (the) demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 4 villeins and 8 bordars and a reeve [prepositus) and a beadle [bedellus). Between (them) all they have 4 ploughs. Of {inter) serfs and bond- women there are 8, and (there are) a cowman and a dairymaid {vaccarius et data). A forester holds half a virgate of land there. In Lapule ' [Pull (Court)] are 3 virgates of land which used to belong to {jacebant in) Langedune [Longdon], a manor of earl Odo. Earl William* put {misit) this land in Biselie [Bushley]. There is i plough, and i tenant [homo) of the monks of Lire^ holds one virgate of land. Earl William put [misit) outside his manors® two foresters, one of Hanlie [Hanley Castle] and the other of Biselie [Bushley] for the keeping of the woods. The King holds Chonhelme [Queenhill]. ^ 13J. 4^., a very large sum for a single house in the city. ^ This seems intended as a direct contra- diction to the statements in the Worcester- shire entry of this manor. ^ This name is further disguised by the Domesday scribe as ' Lapvle.' It can be identified with Pull (Court) by the 1212 return in the Testa de Nevill (p. 43) and the Red Book of the Exchequer (p. 566), in which the name occurs twice over as ' la Pulle.' In spite of this clue, the official editor of the Red Book identifies the place as ' Lapal,' which lies near Halesowen at the opposite extremity of the county. The 12 12 return associates ' la Pulle ' with the adjacent Bushley as closely as does Domesday, stating that it was held under Henry II. ' pro custod' haya de Busseleg,' and entering the virgate held of Lyre Abbey there as in ' Bisseleg.'
- William Fitz Osbern earl of Hereford.
- The abbey of La Vieille Lyre.
® 'Suos {sic) M[aneria].' ' The 1 2 12 return records (not one, but) one and a half virgates as held in Hanley ' per serjantiam custod' forestam Malvernie,' and Nash identified this property as Hanley Hall. It also records, like Domesday, half a virgate as held in Bushley ' per serjantiam ousted' hayam de Bisseleg.' It was held by .Sthelric {Adelric) brother of bishop ' Brictrec' There is i hide, and in (the) demesne is I plough, and (there are) 7 villeins and 3 bordars with 4^ ploughs. There is i swineherd and 2 oxmen {bovarii) and a dairymaid {daia). The wood(land) is put {tnissa) out of the manor. Earl William gave the tithe(s) of this manor to St. Mary of Lire with i villein who holds half a virgate of land.* Herman holds of this manor i villein who has half a virgate of land. The King holds Edresfelle [Eldersfield]. Reinbald canceler» held (it) T.R.E. Earl W[illiam]^° obtained it by exchange {excam- biavit illud) from him. There are 5 hides. In (the) demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 12 villeins and 13 bordars with 11 ploughs. Of serfs and bondwomen there are 5 there, and (there are) 6 oxmen {bovarii) and a mill worth {de) 2 shillings. The wood- (land) is 2 leagues {lewa) long and the same in width ; it has been put {missa) outside the manor. Ansgot, a tenant {homo) of earl W[illiam] holds half a virgate of land and Wulfgeat {Vluiet) I hide of free {liberie) land. St. Mary^^ has there i villein who holds one virgate of land. ® ' Chonhelme ' is another name which is not easy to identify. I have no hesitation, however, in saying that the place is Queen- hill (chapel) adjoining Pull (Court). The Testa de Nevill version (p. 43) of the 1 2 12 return assigns to the prior of Lyre (Abbey) half a virgate ' in Ruhull de dono Willelmi filii Osberti comitis Glou' {sic). This is, clearly, the above half virgate in ' Chonhelme.' In another entry where the Testa has ' Ruhulle ' (suggestive of Ryall on the opposite bank) the Red Book reads ' Cuhulle,' which approximates to the Worcestershire Domesday form ' Cu[n]hille ' (p. above). My con- clusion, therefore, is that ' Chonhelme ' is the same place as ' Cu[n]hille,' and ' Adelric ' the same tenant as ' Ailric,' both representing '^thelric' The two surveys are quite different except as giving the King as the possessor and the assessment as i hide. ^ The chancellor of Edward the Confessor. See my paper on ' Regenbald, priest and chancellor ' in Feudal England, pp. 42 1 et seq, ; and compare p. 301 note I above. " William Fitz Osbern earl of Hereford.
- i.e. the abbey of La Vieille Lyre, which
held a virgate at ' Herdewyk ' (Hardwick in Eldersfield), as is shown by the 12 12 return {Testa de Nevill, p. 43). 322
