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eastern side of Bath through Walcot and Batheaston. Queen 
Edith’s share represents the part of the parish of Batheaston 
including the church afterwards held by the Prior of Bath, who 
also got St. Catherine’s. By taking the Estona 5 hides as repre- 
senting Lower Swainswick and the hamlet of Walcot, the areas 
are well represented. 
The next Estona I take to be the part of Batheaston and 
Bathford, afterwards owned by the Lady Matilda de Champflur 
(de campo florido), see pp. 26, 36, Vol. 7, Records (including 
_Aumarle Chaumfiour, p. 80), the Amoril of after times, which I 
have identified as Alured’s Wica, Shockerwick. Amoril is full 
of difficulty, it may possibly be Elmore-hill, and be represented 
by Elm hurst. At page 285, Vol. 3, Batheaston and St, 
Catherine’s are said to be generally returned with Amorel in 
Wellow Hundred. Again (p. 312) Easton and Amoril in the 
_ parish of Batheaston are said to be in the Hundred and Liberty 
of Hampton and Claverton. It may be noted that Easton and 
Amorel formed a Liberty as well as Hampton and Claverton. 
A fine old county map by Emmanuel Bowen, of A.D. 1750, 
_ dividing the county into hundreds, places “ Liberty of Easton 
and Amrill” where Shockerwick now is; and a note that 
A.D. 1605 an Order of Council constituted into a subdivision of 
the county “Bathforum with the Liberties of Hampton and 
Claverton, Easton and Amrill, Wellow” goes far to explain the 
above difficulty. 
That Firforda is rightly selected is confirmed by the fact that 
_ most of the Bishop of Coutances’ holdings passed to the Honour 
of Gloucester, and Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester (see ing. 
post mortem, p. 266, Ed. 2) held Fershford hamlet, and Langerugg 
- manor with the Advowson. Alured, of Lincoln, held some of 
7 them, and so we find (ing. 48°, Hen. 3) he held Swanwike. 
Bathwick and Woolley passed to the Abbess of Wherwelle 
(Record Soe. Vol. 3, p. £9) in Hampshire. 
