Urse 1 (Male) d'Abetot, c.1040?1108, administrator
m xi-e xii

Notes: J. H. Round, ?Abetot, Urse d' (c.1040?1108)?, rev. Emma Mason, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)
uicecomes (1)
 TRW Non-royal charters/Worcester4   
Office (2)
Sheriff (1)
 TRW Non-royal charters/Worcester4   
Vicecomes (1)
 Hemming.Codicellus  251
Personal Relationship (2)
~ Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of Urse 1 (1)
 Robert 20: of Urse 1: Hemming.Codicellus  253
~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Urse 1 (1)
 Emmeline 1: of Urse 1: Hemming.Codicellus  251
Event (17)
Charter confirmation (1)
 Bates133 - writ of William 1 in favour of Æthelwig 15 and Evesham: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux, Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 the sheriff and all his French and English barons of England that he has granted the abbey of Evesham to Abbot Æthelwig 15 with whatever belongs to it, so that he and all his successors may have it with great honour and peace, with its lands and men, and with such law, custom and liberty, sake and soke, toll and team, and infangenetheof, without town and within, as any of his predecessors and as he himself held them in the time of King Edward 15 and before. The church shall have all lands and possessions as set out in royal charters of King Edward 15 and any other predecessors, and in the ancient precepts written and confirmed for the church. Abbot Æthelwig 15 and all his successors shall have the hundred of Fishborough in free and pure alms, with everything belonging to the hundred. No sheriff or his officers shall enter, plead or exact anything. William 1 also confirms King Edward 15’s gift to Abbots Manni 1 and Æthelwig 15 that the abbey shall have a port and market in Evesham, and shall have there all the customs which the king has in his ports and towns. The abbey may purchase food and clothing anywhere in England without paying toll.: Bates133    (1070 x 1078)
Charter-witnessing (3)
 Bates345 - William 1 granting land to Wulfstan 55: King William 1 grants 2 hides in Cookley Wood near Kingsford in Wolverley, Worcs., to Bishop Wulfstan 55 for the use of the monks of St Mary’s, Worcs..: Bates345  Version I (1066 x 1068)
 Witnessing Robert 42 granting land to Æthelwig 15 and Evesham: Robert 42 of Stafford to Abbot Æthelwig 15 and the monastery of Evesham; grant of land at Wrottesley.: TRW Non-royal charters/Evesham1    (1072)
 Witnessing Wulfstan 55 granting land to Worcester: Grant by Bishop Wulfstan 55 to the monks of 15 hides at Alveston, Warwicks., in memory of his predecessor, Oswald.: TRW Non-royal charters/Worcester4    (1089)
Confirmation of land/privileges (2)
 Bates133 - writ of William 1 in favour of Æthelwig 15 and Evesham: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux, Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 the sheriff and all his French and English barons of England that he has granted the abbey of Evesham to Abbot Æthelwig 15 with whatever belongs to it, so that he and all his successors may have it with great honour and peace, with its lands and men, and with such law, custom and liberty, sake and soke, toll and team, and infangenetheof, without town and within, as any of his predecessors and as he himself held them in the time of King Edward 15 and before. The church shall have all lands and possessions as set out in royal charters of King Edward 15 and any other predecessors, and in the ancient precepts written and confirmed for the church. Abbot Æthelwig 15 and all his successors shall have the hundred of Fishborough in free and pure alms, with everything belonging to the hundred. No sheriff or his officers shall enter, plead or exact anything. William 1 also confirms King Edward 15’s gift to Abbots Manni 1 and Æthelwig 15 that the abbey shall have a port and market in Evesham, and shall have there all the customs which the king has in his ports and towns. The abbey may purchase food and clothing anywhere in England without paying toll.: Bates133    (1070 x 1078)
 Bates348 - writ of William 1 in favour of Worcester: King William 1 orders Urse 1 the sheriff and Osbern 16 fitzScrob and all Frenchmen and Englishmen of Worcs. to ensure that Bishop Wulfstan 55 should have fully his sake and soke, his services, and all the customs belonging to his hundred (of Oswaldslow) and his lands, as he had them in the time of King Edward 15. He is to have the lands which he proved that the abbot of Evesham should hold of his fee, namely, 4 hides in Bengeworth and the houses in the city of Worcester, in such a way that if the abbot wished to hold them, he should do service the bishop’s other vassals. And for the 15 hides of Hampton, over which the bishop has proved his right to soke, geld, military service and other royal services as belonging to his hundred, and church-scot and burial dues which belong to his vill, William 1 orders that no one is to hold them against him. He is to have all things belonging to royal service and his own, as proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2 and the addressees, with the witness of the shire.: Bates348    (1078 x 1085)
Death/dying (1)
 Worcester 1.despoiled of land: Land in Acton Beachamp was held by Ordwig 2 from Worcester 1, but taken from it, on his death, by abbot Æthelwig 15 and later taken from him by Urse 1 who gave the land to his daughter [Emmeline 1] as her dowry.: Hemming.Codicellus  250-1
Disputing/dispute-settling (1)
 Wulfstan 55-Walter 7.dispute concerning Oswaldslow and Bengeworth: Bishop Geoffrey 2 of Countances, on the king’s order, heard the plea between Bishop Wulfstan 55 and Abbot [Walter 7] of Evesham, in which the bishop proved that the 4 hides in Bengeworth, Worcs., and the houses in the city of Worcester belonged to his holding, so that the abbot ought to do him service from them like his other tenants. The bishop also proved that the sake and soke of Hampton, Worcs., should belong to his hundred of Oswaldslow, so that they (i.e. the people of Hampton) should plead there, pay geld there, do military service and the other royal services required from these 15 hides, and pay church-scot and burial dues at the bishop’s vill of Cropthorne, Worcs.. This was proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 16 fitzScrob, and others of the king’s barons, by the judgement of the whole shire.: Bates350    (? - 1086)
Dowering/Morning-gifting (1)
 Worcester 1.despoiled of land: Land in Acton Beachamp was held by Ordwig 2 from Worcester 1, but taken from it, on his death, by abbot Æthelwig 15 and later taken from him by Urse 1 who gave the land to his daughter [Emmeline 1] as her dowry.: Hemming.Codicellus  250-1
Expulsion (2)
 Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110    (1083 x 1084)
 Urse 1.cursed by Ealdred 37: Ealdred 37's independence of mind showed up splendidly in one remark: Urse 1, who had been made sheriff of Worcester by William 1, built a castle almost down the monks' throats. When the archbishop saw Urse 1, he confronted him with: 'Hattest þu Urs, haue þu Godes kurs', adding that he or his heirs would not hold of the lands of St Mary for long. Not many years later his son Roger 2 was driven away from his lands. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.115.21
Freeing from dues (2)
 Bates136 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 d’Abetot, and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he has granted that the estate of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he had restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks’ supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates136    (1066 x 1086)
 Bates137 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 10 fitzRichard and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he wishes and grants that the land of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he has restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates137    (1080 x 1087)
Grant and Gift (7)
 Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110    (1083 x 1084)
 Bates136 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 d’Abetot, and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he has granted that the estate of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he had restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks’ supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates136    (1066 x 1086)
 Bates137 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 10 fitzRichard and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he wishes and grants that the land of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he has restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates137    (1080 x 1087)
 Bates345 - William 1 granting land to Wulfstan 55: King William 1 grants 2 hides in Cookley Wood near Kingsford in Wolverley, Worcs., to Bishop Wulfstan 55 for the use of the monks of St Mary’s, Worcs..: Bates345  Version I (1066 x 1068)
 Beorhtheah 2.grant of land to Atsere 8: Beorhtheah 2 granted 5 hides at Bengeworth to Atsere 8, his kinsman and chamberlain. Thence it was acquired by Urse 1.: Hemming.Codicellus  269
 Beorhtheah 2.grant to Beorhtwine 19: Beorhtheah 2 granted to Beorhtwine 19 his kinsman Ravenshill, which later was seized by Urse 1.: Hemming.Codicellus  267
 Witnessing Wulfstan 55 granting land to Worcester: Grant by Bishop Wulfstan 55 to the monks of 15 hides at Alveston, Warwicks., in memory of his predecessor, Oswald.: TRW Non-royal charters/Worcester4    (1089)
Hostility (1)
 Urse 1.cursed by Ealdred 37: Ealdred 37's independence of mind showed up splendidly in one remark: Urse 1, who had been made sheriff of Worcester by William 1, built a castle almost down the monks' throats. When the archbishop saw Urse 1, he confronted him with: 'Hattest þu Urs, haue þu Godes kurs', adding that he or his heirs would not hold of the lands of St Mary for long. Not many years later his son Roger 2 was driven away from his lands. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.115.21
Judicial decision/review (1)
 Wulfstan 55-Walter 7.dispute concerning Oswaldslow and Bengeworth: Bishop Geoffrey 2 of Countances, on the king’s order, heard the plea between Bishop Wulfstan 55 and Abbot [Walter 7] of Evesham, in which the bishop proved that the 4 hides in Bengeworth, Worcs., and the houses in the city of Worcester belonged to his holding, so that the abbot ought to do him service from them like his other tenants. The bishop also proved that the sake and soke of Hampton, Worcs., should belong to his hundred of Oswaldslow, so that they (i.e. the people of Hampton) should plead there, pay geld there, do military service and the other royal services required from these 15 hides, and pay church-scot and burial dues at the bishop’s vill of Cropthorne, Worcs.. This was proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 16 fitzScrob, and others of the king’s barons, by the judgement of the whole shire.: Bates350    (? - 1086)
Lease (3)
 : Waresley belonged to the monastery of Worcester 1 when Ælfstan 80 was prior and Witheric 1 was provost. Later, under Wulfstan 55, it was leased to Ælfwine 78 son of Beorhtmær 21. After his death all his lands were seized by Urse 1.: Hemming.Codicellus  261
 Worcester 1.despoiled of land: Land in Acton Beachamp was held by Ordwig 2 from Worcester 1, but taken from it, on his death, by abbot Æthelwig 15 and later taken from him by Urse 1 who gave the land to his daughter [Emmeline 1] as her dowry.: Hemming.Codicellus  250-1
 Ælfgeard 2.holding land from Worcester 1: Ælfgeard 2, husband of Matilda 6, held land from Worcester 1. The land was later acquired by Urse 1 who ceased all service from it.: Hemming.Codicellus  253-4
Monastic reform (1)
 Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110    (1083 x 1084)
Oath-swearing/fealty (2)
 Bates348 - writ of William 1 in favour of Worcester: King William 1 orders Urse 1 the sheriff and Osbern 16 fitzScrob and all Frenchmen and Englishmen of Worcs. to ensure that Bishop Wulfstan 55 should have fully his sake and soke, his services, and all the customs belonging to his hundred (of Oswaldslow) and his lands, as he had them in the time of King Edward 15. He is to have the lands which he proved that the abbot of Evesham should hold of his fee, namely, 4 hides in Bengeworth and the houses in the city of Worcester, in such a way that if the abbot wished to hold them, he should do service the bishop’s other vassals. And for the 15 hides of Hampton, over which the bishop has proved his right to soke, geld, military service and other royal services as belonging to his hundred, and church-scot and burial dues which belong to his vill, William 1 orders that no one is to hold them against him. He is to have all things belonging to royal service and his own, as proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2 and the addressees, with the witness of the shire.: Bates348    (1078 x 1085)
 Wulfstan 55-Walter 7.dispute concerning Oswaldslow and Bengeworth: Bishop Geoffrey 2 of Countances, on the king’s order, heard the plea between Bishop Wulfstan 55 and Abbot [Walter 7] of Evesham, in which the bishop proved that the 4 hides in Bengeworth, Worcs., and the houses in the city of Worcester belonged to his holding, so that the abbot ought to do him service from them like his other tenants. The bishop also proved that the sake and soke of Hampton, Worcs., should belong to his hundred of Oswaldslow, so that they (i.e. the people of Hampton) should plead there, pay geld there, do military service and the other royal services required from these 15 hides, and pay church-scot and burial dues at the bishop’s vill of Cropthorne, Worcs.. This was proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 16 fitzScrob, and others of the king’s barons, by the judgement of the whole shire.: Bates350    (? - 1086)
Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)
 Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110    (1083 x 1084)
Prophecy (1)
 Urse 1.cursed by Ealdred 37: Ealdred 37's independence of mind showed up splendidly in one remark: Urse 1, who had been made sheriff of Worcester by William 1, built a castle almost down the monks' throats. When the archbishop saw Urse 1, he confronted him with: 'Hattest þu Urs, haue þu Godes kurs', adding that he or his heirs would not hold of the lands of St Mary for long. Not many years later his son Roger 2 was driven away from his lands. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.115.21
Restoration of land/property (3)
 Bates135 - writ of Odo 3 in favour of Evesham: Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1, Durand 1 and Walter 6, the sheriffs of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire, and all the French and English faithful men of the king, that his lord King William 1 has restored to the abbey of Evesham and Abbot Walter those lands to which the abbot made good his claim against all who unjustly sought them, before seven shires at Gildeneberga, (Four-Shire Stone, Warwicks., near Moreton-in-Marsh). The lands are Weston-on-Avon and Upper Swell, Gloucs., Bengeworth, Worcs., Binton, Wixford, Oldberrow, Kinwarton, Hillingborough, and Ragley all in Warwicks..: Bates135    (1078 x 1081)
 Bates136 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 d’Abetot, and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he has granted that the estate of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he had restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks’ supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates136    (1066 x 1086)
 Bates137 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 10 fitzRichard and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he wishes and grants that the land of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he has restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates137    (1080 x 1087)
Seizure of land (4)
 : Waresley belonged to the monastery of Worcester 1 when Ælfstan 80 was prior and Witheric 1 was provost. Later, under Wulfstan 55, it was leased to Ælfwine 78 son of Beorhtmær 21. After his death all his lands were seized by Urse 1.: Hemming.Codicellus  261
 Beorhtheah 2.grant to Beorhtwine 19: Beorhtheah 2 granted to Beorhtwine 19 his kinsman Ravenshill, which later was seized by Urse 1.: Hemming.Codicellus  267
 Worcester 1.despoiled of land: Land in Acton Beachamp was held by Ordwig 2 from Worcester 1, but taken from it, on his death, by abbot Æthelwig 15 and later taken from him by Urse 1 who gave the land to his daughter [Emmeline 1] as her dowry.: Hemming.Codicellus  250-1
 Ælfgeard 2.holding land from Worcester 1: Ælfgeard 2, husband of Matilda 6, held land from Worcester 1. The land was later acquired by Urse 1 who ceased all service from it.: Hemming.Codicellus  253-4
Service (2)
 Bates348 - writ of William 1 in favour of Worcester: King William 1 orders Urse 1 the sheriff and Osbern 16 fitzScrob and all Frenchmen and Englishmen of Worcs. to ensure that Bishop Wulfstan 55 should have fully his sake and soke, his services, and all the customs belonging to his hundred (of Oswaldslow) and his lands, as he had them in the time of King Edward 15. He is to have the lands which he proved that the abbot of Evesham should hold of his fee, namely, 4 hides in Bengeworth and the houses in the city of Worcester, in such a way that if the abbot wished to hold them, he should do service the bishop’s other vassals. And for the 15 hides of Hampton, over which the bishop has proved his right to soke, geld, military service and other royal services as belonging to his hundred, and church-scot and burial dues which belong to his vill, William 1 orders that no one is to hold them against him. He is to have all things belonging to royal service and his own, as proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2 and the addressees, with the witness of the shire.: Bates348    (1078 x 1085)
 Wulfstan 55-Walter 7.dispute concerning Oswaldslow and Bengeworth: Bishop Geoffrey 2 of Countances, on the king’s order, heard the plea between Bishop Wulfstan 55 and Abbot [Walter 7] of Evesham, in which the bishop proved that the 4 hides in Bengeworth, Worcs., and the houses in the city of Worcester belonged to his holding, so that the abbot ought to do him service from them like his other tenants. The bishop also proved that the sake and soke of Hampton, Worcs., should belong to his hundred of Oswaldslow, so that they (i.e. the people of Hampton) should plead there, pay geld there, do military service and the other royal services required from these 15 hides, and pay church-scot and burial dues at the bishop’s vill of Cropthorne, Worcs.. This was proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 16 fitzScrob, and others of the king’s barons, by the judgement of the whole shire.: Bates350    (? - 1086)
Speech (1)
 Urse 1.cursed by Ealdred 37: Ealdred 37's independence of mind showed up splendidly in one remark: Urse 1, who had been made sheriff of Worcester by William 1, built a castle almost down the monks' throats. When the archbishop saw Urse 1, he confronted him with: 'Hattest þu Urs, haue þu Godes kurs', adding that he or his heirs would not hold of the lands of St Mary for long. Not many years later his son Roger 2 was driven away from his lands. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.115.21
Writ-issuing/sending (7)
 Bates110 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1 announces that, by order of Pope Gregory 8 VII, at the request and agreement of Bishop William 15 of Durham, and on the advice of Archbishops Lanfranc 1 and Thomas 2, he has granted and decreed that the secular canons serving the church of St Cuthbert, Durham, shall be removed and replaced by monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, and that the monks shall have all the possessions that the canons formerly held, with all their estates, churches and revenues. The writ contains details of the monks’ liberties and rights.: Bates110    (1083 x 1084)
 Bates111 - writ of William 1 in favour of Durham: King William 1, in the presence of his archbishops and all his bishops and justices, by the order of Pope Gregory 8 VII and at the request of Bishop William 15 of Durham, announces that he has taken Prior Abbotsbury 1 and all his successors and all monks serving St Cuthbert in the future into his protection, and that of his heirs, for ever, along with everything that either Bishop William 15, his successors, or other faithful men shall give. The writ contains details of the monks liberties and rights.: Bates111    (1083 x 1084)
 Bates133 - writ of William 1 in favour of Æthelwig 15 and Evesham: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux, Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 the sheriff and all his French and English barons of England that he has granted the abbey of Evesham to Abbot Æthelwig 15 with whatever belongs to it, so that he and all his successors may have it with great honour and peace, with its lands and men, and with such law, custom and liberty, sake and soke, toll and team, and infangenetheof, without town and within, as any of his predecessors and as he himself held them in the time of King Edward 15 and before. The church shall have all lands and possessions as set out in royal charters of King Edward 15 and any other predecessors, and in the ancient precepts written and confirmed for the church. Abbot Æthelwig 15 and all his successors shall have the hundred of Fishborough in free and pure alms, with everything belonging to the hundred. No sheriff or his officers shall enter, plead or exact anything. William 1 also confirms King Edward 15’s gift to Abbots Manni 1 and Æthelwig 15 that the abbey shall have a port and market in Evesham, and shall have there all the customs which the king has in his ports and towns. The abbey may purchase food and clothing anywhere in England without paying toll.: Bates133    (1070 x 1078)
 Bates135 - writ of Odo 3 in favour of Evesham: Bishop Odo 3 of Bayeux notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1, Durand 1 and Walter 6, the sheriffs of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire, and all the French and English faithful men of the king, that his lord King William 1 has restored to the abbey of Evesham and Abbot Walter those lands to which the abbot made good his claim against all who unjustly sought them, before seven shires at Gildeneberga, (Four-Shire Stone, Warwicks., near Moreton-in-Marsh). The lands are Weston-on-Avon and Upper Swell, Gloucs., Bengeworth, Worcs., Binton, Wixford, Oldberrow, Kinwarton, Hillingborough, and Ragley all in Warwicks..: Bates135    (1078 x 1081)
 Bates136 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55 of Worcester, Urse 1 d’Abetot, and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he has granted that the estate of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he had restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks’ supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates136    (1066 x 1086)
 Bates137 - writ of William 1 in favour of Evesham: King William 1 notifies Bishop Wulfstan 55, Urse 1 d’Abetot, Osbern 10 fitzRichard and all his faithful French and English men of Worcestershire that he wishes and grants that the land of Sheriff’s Lench, Worcs., which he has restored to the abbey of Evesham to contribute to the monks supplies, shall be free of all geld, castlework and all customs.: Bates137    (1080 x 1087)
 Bates348 - writ of William 1 in favour of Worcester: King William 1 orders Urse 1 the sheriff and Osbern 16 fitzScrob and all Frenchmen and Englishmen of Worcs. to ensure that Bishop Wulfstan 55 should have fully his sake and soke, his services, and all the customs belonging to his hundred (of Oswaldslow) and his lands, as he had them in the time of King Edward 15. He is to have the lands which he proved that the abbot of Evesham should hold of his fee, namely, 4 hides in Bengeworth and the houses in the city of Worcester, in such a way that if the abbot wished to hold them, he should do service the bishop’s other vassals. And for the 15 hides of Hampton, over which the bishop has proved his right to soke, geld, military service and other royal services as belonging to his hundred, and church-scot and burial dues which belong to his vill, William 1 orders that no one is to hold them against him. He is to have all things belonging to royal service and his own, as proved and sworn before Bishop Geoffrey 2 and the addressees, with the witness of the shire.: Bates348    (1078 x 1085)