[269.] See Leges Wallice, ii. 14, 'De Daunbwyt' [Dono Cibi]. Ancient Laws, &c., of Wales, p. 790.
[270.] Fol. 162 b. 'In Cirencester hundred King Edward had five hides of land. In demesne v. ploughs and xxxi. villani with x. ploughs, xiii. servi and x. bordarii, &c. The Queen has the wool of the sheep. T. R. E.: this manor rendered iii.12 modii of corn, and of barley iii. modii, and of honey vi.12 sextars, and ix.l. and v.s., and 3,000 loaves for dogs.'
This is very much like a survival of the Welsh food-rents at one of the cities conquered by the Saxons in 577.
In some other places out of Archenfield there was a mixture of Welsh and English customs.
The manor of Westwode (f. 181) was held by St. Peter of Gloucester. It contained vi. hides, 'one of which had Welsh custom, the others English.' A Welshman in this manor had half a carucate, and rendered i. sextar of honey.
And at Clive (f. 179 b), 8 Welshmen had 8 teams, and rendered x.12 sextars of honey and vi.s. v.d., and in the forest of the king was land of this manor, which T. R. E. had rendered vi. sextars of honey, and vi. sheep with lambs.
These instances are sufficient to show that in Herefordshire, as in Gloucestershire, in the newly conquered districts, the old Welsh dues of honey, sheep, &c., remained undisturbed; while in the districts which had long been under Saxon rule, in some few cases there was a mixture of services, and in others the Saxon services of ploughing on the lord's demesne had become general.
It may be assumed that when the services were thus described contrary to the usual routine of the Domesday surveyors, it was because there was something unusual about them; and that in the majority of instances where Saxon customs prevailed, no description was deemed needful. Compare the Domesday survey of Dorsetshire—a portion of the 'West Wales'—where the manors in the royal demesne are grouped so that each group renders a 'firma unius noctis,' or a 'firma dimidiæ noctis.'
[271.] Laws of Ine, No. 67. Thorpe, p. 63.
[272.] Id. No. 70. Thorpe, p. 63.