I append a partial comparison of Domesday with the Henry I survey so far as concerns Droitwich, where property, owing to its value, was divided among many owners.
DROITWICH
| Domesday | Temp. Henry I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. | H. | ||||
| Willelmus filius Corbucion (Witone) | 2 | Petrus Corbezun (de Witton) | 2 | ||
| Church of St Denis | 1 | 'De feodo sancti Dionysii Ricardus corvus et Willelmus filius Oueclini' | 1 | ||
| De Sancto Guthlaco Nigellus Medicus | 1 | De Sancto Guthlaco Willelmus filius Ricardi | 1 | ||
| Heraldus filius Radulfi Comitis | 1 | De Johanne de Suthlega Ricardus filius Roberti | 1 | ||
| De Pagano filio Johannis Godwi | ½ | ||||
| Urso tenet Witune in Wich et Gunfrid de eo | ½ |  |  | De Waltero de Bello Campo Theobaldus et Petrus | ½ |
| Æcclesia sancti Petri de Glou. | ½ | De la Berton de Gloucestra Randulf filius Ringulfi | ½ | ||
| In Wich est dimidia hida quæ pertinet ad aulam de Glou. | ½ | De monachis Gloucestrie Baldwinus et Lithulfus | ½ | ||
| De Comite Warewice Randulfus et Essulfus filii Ringulf | ¾ | ||||
| De Waltero del Burc Randulf et Essulf | ½ | ||||
| Ibi duo presbyteri [de Westmonasterio] tenet i. hidam que nunquam geldavit | 1 | De Westmonasterio Theobaldus et Walterus fil' Thorald | 1 | ||
| Isdem [Radulfus] tenent in Wich i. hidam de x. hidis[geldantibus] | 1 | De Almelega fil' Aiulfi et mater ejus | 1 | ||
[1] See my paper 'An early reference to Domesday' (Domesday Studies, pp. 542-4).
[2] Domesday Studies, p. 513; Domesday Book (S.P.C.K.), p. 305.
[3] Introduction to Domesday, i. 19.
[4] Domesday Studies, p. 547.
[5] Domesday Book (S.P.C.K.), pp. 78, 305.
[6] There was a similar dispute about the same time in the case of Abingdon Abbey and its possessions in Berkshire (Abingdon Cart., ii. 1600).
[7] This, however, as I have elsewhere shown must remain a presumption, as it is possible that, owing to the youth of his heir, he may have been entered as nominal tenant for some time after his death (see p. [155]).