COMPOSITION. 55 



OUERTON. * 



John Dowse, sen., for his hould - ij. 



John Magewicke t for his hould - i. 



TADLYE. 

 Thomas Prior for his hould there i. 



Suma total within the hundred 

 of Ouerton, vz. of 



Suma : xxj pullette. 



Wheate - - xv. quarters. 

 Money for lambes xls. 



Greese 



viij. 



Capons - - xii. 



Hennes - - viij. 



Pulletts - xxj. 



The hundred of KINGSCLERE, 1575. 



A perfect booke of all the landes as well arable as pastures, 

 meadows, woodes and waste grounds, with the goodness 

 of the same, as well as in whose handes and occupation 

 the same is, within the hundred of Kingsclere, vewed 

 scene and numbred by estimacon; the xxvth of April, 

 1575 ; as ffoloweth : by certeine inhabitants there, whose 

 names or heer under written ; at the comandment of the 

 Justices of the Peace of our Soueraigne Lady the Queenes 

 matie within her graces' county of South - And further- 

 more how mutch, and upon whome, the whole sume and 

 Kate of wheate, Sturtes, Lambes and Poultrye, thereby 

 may best be leauyed for purvision of the Queenes Matiea. 

 most honourable householde, at sutch time as the same 

 shalbe requested. 



EARLSTONE. 

 The ffarme of Earlston by estimacon, of errable land in the 



ffieldes 120 ao. of pasture ground, 60 ao. of meadow ground, 



35 acs. of wood ground, 50 ac. 

 Edward Withers, of errable land in the fioldes, xx ao. of pasture 



ground, ij acs. of meadow ground, v. ao. 



* Overton. A large village in the valley of the river Test, 4 m. E. by N. 

 of Whitchurch. Qnidhampton and Polhumpton are ti things in thia pariah. 

 The manor of Overton was given to the Chnrch of Winchester by Edward the 

 Elder, and the bishops of the See are still lords of fhe manor. 



f This name in still a familiar one in the district. 



