26 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



vj buh. 

 ij buh. 



j buh. 



j buh. 



WOODHEYE. * 



Edward Longman for the ffann there - vij buh. " 

 Edward Groddard, Esqr., for the land 



he holdeth ----- viij buh. 

 William Bumboll for the parsonage 



there and other lands he houldeth 

 John Whitear for his hould there 

 Q-eorge Knighte for his hould there 

 Richard Bekensall for his hould there - 



ECHENSWELL. t 



Henry Wither for the ffarme there 

 Edward Wither for the parsonage there 

 John Winckworth, senr., for his hould 



there ---.."- 

 John Winckworth, junr., for his hould 



there .---.- 

 ffrancis Wall for his houlde there 



ASHMANSWORTHE. 

 John Cole for the ffarme there 

 John Bacheler for his hould there 

 Nicholas Houldwaye for his hould there 

 Alice Houldwaye for her hould there 



HIGHCLERE AND HAWCLERE. II 



iij q'rters. 

 Ibuh. 



iij buh. 



iij buh. r 



. , -i > J quarter. 

 ] buh. \ * 



j buh. 



* Woodheye or East Woodhay. The manor of \Voodhay (Widehaye) was 

 given to the Church of Winchester by Athelgar or Algar, first abbot of the 

 New Minster, Winchester, A.D. 964, and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. 

 The Church of Woodhay is one of those enumerated as bestowed on the 

 Hospital of St. Cross in De Blois charter of foundation. 



f The Eccleswille of Domesday, which belonged to the Priory of St. 

 Swithin, Winchester, and is included in the list of the bishops' manors in the 

 Taxatio Ecclesiastlca. 



% Ashmansworthe. The manor was given by King Athelstan, (925-940), 

 to the Priory of St. Swithin, Winchester. It wae formerly a Peculiar of the 

 Bishops of Winchester, and annexed to the Rectory of East Woodhay, but is 

 now a separate ecclesiastical parish. 



|| Highclere and Hawclere. The name of High Clere is derived from its 

 lying high above the neighbouring town of Kings Clere, the Clere of Domesday, 

 as Bnrghclere is related to the Anglo-Saxon burh or burg an earthwork, auch 

 as the earthen fort which crowns the hill above the village. "Hawclere" 

 a name long passed out of remembrance, was that part of the parish now 

 known as "Highclere Street." Haw; German gehaw is a place where trees 

 have been hewn. Nearly the same as Jield, A. S. feld, a forest clearing, and 

 as the greater part of this parish was formerly forest, its name, no doubt, 

 represents a portion which was cleared and enclosed in early days. Highclere 

 was anciently one of the residences of the Bishops of Winchester, who held 

 it and large estates in the surrounding parishes, at the time of Edward 

 the Confessor. The bailiwick of Highclere continued in possession of the 



