Location: Droitwich / Worcestershire

Factoid List

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Transaction S97      Æthelbald 4, king, to the church of Evesham, St Mary's 1; grant of part of a mansio in Droitwich, Worcs.
Event S220      Æthelred 1, procurator of Mercians, to Wulfgar 2, minister; grant of 15 hides (manentes) at Walden, Herts.
Event S1446      Settlement of a dispute between Wærfrith 6, bishop, and Eadnoth 4, concerning land at Sodbury, Gloucs.
Transaction S786      King Edgar 11 to Pershore 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and restoration of land at Pershore 1, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore 1 St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry in Pirton), 10 hides at Severn Stoke, 10 hides at Pirton, 4 at Wadborough in Pershore 1 Holy Cross, 3 at Chevington ibid., 3 at Broughton ibid., 10 at Peopleton, 10 at Sodsbury, 7 at Naunton Beauchamp, 4 at Abberton, 5 at Wihtlafestune (? North Piddle), 5 at Flyford, 5 at Grafton Flyford, 5 at Dormston, 5 at Martin Hussingtree, 3 at Broughton Hackett, 2 at Libbery in Grafton Flyford, 30 at Longdon, 7 at Powick, 3 at Beornothesleahe (Leigh), all in Worcs.; 3 at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords.; 40 at South Stoke (i.e. Hawkesbury), Hillesley, Tresham, Kilcott, Oldbury on the Hill, Didmarton, Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton, 10 at Dyrham, 5 at Longney, 6 at Lydney, 6 at Wyegate, all in Gloucs.; 5 at Beoley, 5 at Yardley, Worcs.; 10 at Sture (Alderminster, Warwicks.); 20 at Broadway, Worcs.; 5 at Coltune; 10 at Childs Wickham, Gloucs.; sites for vats at Middlewich and Netherwich in Droitwich, furnaces at Witton in Droitwich and 1.5 hides at Horton in Hampton Lovett, Worcs., and 3 iugera with meadow at Worcester
Transaction S786      King Edgar 11 to Pershore 1 Abbey; grant of privileges and restoration of land at Pershore 1, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore 1 St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry in Pirton), 10 hides at Severn Stoke, 10 hides at Pirton, 4 at Wadborough in Pershore 1 Holy Cross, 3 at Chevington ibid., 3 at Broughton ibid., 10 at Peopleton, 10 at Sodsbury, 7 at Naunton Beauchamp, 4 at Abberton, 5 at Wihtlafestune (? North Piddle), 5 at Flyford, 5 at Grafton Flyford, 5 at Dormston, 5 at Martin Hussingtree, 3 at Broughton Hackett, 2 at Libbery in Grafton Flyford, 30 at Longdon, 7 at Powick, 3 at Beornothesleahe (Leigh), all in Worcs.; 3 at Acton Beauchamp, Herefords.; 40 at South Stoke (i.e. Hawkesbury), Hillesley, Tresham, Kilcott, Oldbury on the Hill, Didmarton, Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton, 10 at Dyrham, 5 at Longney, 6 at Lydney, 6 at Wyegate, all in Gloucs.; 5 at Beoley, 5 at Yardley, Worcs.; 10 at Sture (Alderminster, Warwicks.); 20 at Broadway, Worcs.; 5 at Coltune; 10 at Childs Wickham, Gloucs.; sites for vats at Middlewich and Netherwich in Droitwich, furnaces at Witton in Droitwich and 1.5 hides at Horton in Hampton Lovett, Worcs., and 3 iugera with meadow at Worcester
Transaction S1301      Oswald 8, bishop, to Eadmær 8, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Bentley in Holt, saltpans at Upwich (lost, in Droitwich) and woodland at Bradley, all in Worcs., with reversion to the church of Worcester 1
Transaction S1384      Wulfstan 41, archbishop, to Ælfwig 12, his brother; lease, for three lives, of 6 hides (manentes) at Bentley in Holt, Worcs., and salt-ovens at Droitwich, with reversion to the church of Worcester 1
Transaction Hemming.Codicellus  262-4   Beorhtwine 18 offered Harzor, lying east of Droitwich, to Worcester 1 at the same time as he made his grandson Edwin 46 a monk. Beorhtwine 18's son Beorhtmær 22 gave it to the monastery. Later the land was lost to the Normans.
Event Bates307      King William notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux and all his faithful men of England that he wishes that the abbey of Westminster should have it hunting-rights in the wood which belongs to Battersea, the tithe of two hundred horses near to the church, land at Chollington in Eastbourne, Sussex, which is held by Boscelin 1 de Dives, the house held by the same Boscelin, the house which Osbern 14 the chamberlain held in London, Wick-by-Pershore as it was given by King Edward 15 and as the abbey was seised, and the tithes which belong to King William 1 in Droitwich.
Transaction S1824      Æthelbald 4, king of Mercia, to Eafe 2, a nun; grant of part of a building and two salt-furnaces in vico emptorio salis (Droitwich, Worcs.).
Possession GDB  174 (Worcestershire 7:1) Gloucester, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  174 (Worcestershire 7:1) Wulfstan 60 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  172v (Worcestershire 1:7) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  176v (Worcestershire 18:6) Ælfric 164 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Edwin 38 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174v (Worcestershire 8:13) Edwin 38 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  172v (Worcestershire 1:7) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  172v (Worcestershire 1:7) Edward 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  177 (Worcestershire 22:1) Harold 9 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  176 (Worcestershire 12:1) Crowland, St Guthlac's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  176 (Worcestershire 12:1) Ingulf 2 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  176 (Worcestershire 12:1) Wulfketel 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  176 (Worcestershire 12:1) Crowland, St Guthlac's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174 (Worcestershire 7:1) Gloucester, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  174 (Worcestershire 7:1) Gloucester, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  174 (Worcestershire 7:1) Wulfstan 60 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  172 (Worcestershire 1:3b) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  172 (Worcestershire 1:3a) Edward 15 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 11 urban tenements in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  172 (Worcestershire 1:3a) William 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 11 urban tenements in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  172 (Worcestershire 1:3b) Edwin 33 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Droitwich, Worcestershire (in 1066)