92 A ROYAL PURVEYANCE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. 



except Ix ac., copis wood of w ch the lord hath the pfitt. The 



whole is charged with wheate iij buh. 

 Nicholas Wholdaye * hath ij yard land wherof in pasture v ac., in 



medow iij ac., in wood ij ac., and is charged with wheat j buh. 

 John Bacheler hath ij yard land there and ij yard land in high- 



clere, and hath of both in pasture xx ac., in medow ij ac., in 



wood x ac., and is charged with wheate iij buh. 

 Allice Holdwaye hath ij yard land and vj ac. of purposture, wherof 



in wood iiij ac., in medow ij ac., and charged with wheat j buh. 

 Thomas Penton, ij yard land errable. 

 Arthur Westcott, xij ac. errable. 

 Agnes Thurman, j yard land and a cossett wherof in wood vij ac., 



and of medow j ac. 



Thomas Holdwaye, j yard land errable and ij ac. of purposture. 

 John Coll, one yard land and dim. errable, and vij ac. of purposture. 

 Joane Holdwaye, i yard land dim., wherof in medow j ac., in wood 



j ac., in pasture ij ac. 

 Ann Stephens, t j yard land dim., and xx ac. of purposture in 



medow j ac., in medow iiij ac. 



* The name of William Holchvay, of Ashmansworth, occurs in a grant, 

 7 Edw. IV., 1467. 



f The name of John and Thomas Stephens, or Stevens, occurs in the 

 above-named grant of 1467, and on the south wall of the nave of Ashmans- 

 worth there has recently been disclosed under many coats of whitwash, the 

 name of "John Stevens" in black letter, and the date " 1533," indicating 

 apparently his place of burial beneath. 



we have shewn, was in common. So also in common, were the woods, and 

 forest ground through which their animals ranged. Such names of places as 

 end in worth, as in Ashmansworth, ton, tun, (meaning enclosure) ham, stead, 

 and the like, all imply the settled habitation where the houses were. But such 

 names as end in den, holt, wood, hurst, as in Hnrstbourne, and others in- 

 variably denote forests, and roving pastures in forests. The word den, in 

 particular, says Mr. Kemble, is a Saxon noun neuter, which always denotes 

 woodland feeding. In the counties of Kent and Sussex, along the edge of the 

 Weald (the Great Forest) there are many such names as Surrenden, Tenterden, 

 Ashenden, and the like. There are so many of them, that within the last 

 two centuries, there was actually a peculiar jurisdiction called the Court oj 

 Dens, for settling claims belonging to the woodland feedings. There is 

 another word, dene, which means a valley ; but that is ancient British, not 

 Saxon, and is very rarely found in composition. The Saxon Den is woodland 

 pasture. Brad is, of course, Saxon for broad, and Bradley as we have 

 examples in North Hampshire, means the broad, open forest glades where the 

 eattle love to lie. In a previous note we have referred to the Church of 

 Ashmansworth having been given to the See of Winchester by King Athelstan; 

 and during recent repairs evidences have been disclosed of what appears very 

 much like Saxon work, and in these stones it is not unreasonable to suppose we 

 have a memorial of the original church founded by the Saxon king, and 

 bestowed by him on the Monks of Winchester. At the foot of the north- 

 east quoin of the chancel a piece of Roman stone has been used, which 

 probably came from Silchester. 



