A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



in demesne. Sexi held it of King Edward in 

 alod. 1 There is land for 7 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins 

 and 8 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 2 

 serfs and a mill worth 50 pence, and 5 fisheries 

 worth 40 pence and 1 2 acres of meadow, and 

 woodland to render (de) 20 swine. T.R.E. 

 and afterwards it was worth 7 pounds ; now 

 worth 8 pounds and 6 pence. 



The king holds SELINGEFELLE [? Shin- 

 field 2 ] in demesne. Sexi held it in alod of 

 King Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at 5 

 hides ; now (it is assessed) at nothing. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; 

 and (there are) 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 7 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and a mill worth (de) 

 5 shillings and 150 eels, and 5 fisheries worth 

 (de) 550 eels, and 16 acres of meadow, and 

 woodland to render (de) 90 swine. It was (for- 

 merly) worth 7 pounds ; now 8 pounds. 



The king holds FINCHAMESTEDE [Finch- 

 am pstead 3 ] in demesne. Earl Harold held it. 

 (It was) then (assessed) at 5 hides. It now pays 

 no geld but renders ferm (reddit firmam) in 

 Radinges 4 [Reading]. There is land for 15 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; and (there are) 

 1 6 villeins and 8 bordars with 14 ploughs. 

 There are 6 serfs and a mill worth 7 shillings 

 and 6 pence, and 4 acres of meadow, and 

 woodland to render (de) 200 swine. It is and 

 was worth 8 pounds. 



The king holds BERCHEHAM [Barkham 8 ] in 

 demesne. jElmer held it of King Edward. 

 Then, as now, it was assessed at 3 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is I ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars 

 with 3 ploughs. There are 5 acres of meadow, 

 and woodland to render (de) 40 swine. It 

 was worth 4 pounds T.R.E. ; and afterwards, 

 as now, 3 pounds. 



under the form ' SOLAFEL " a closer approximation. 

 And in the survey of Hampshire we find Gilbert 

 de Breteville holding Bramshill and Stratfield, 

 just across the border, as appurtenant to the King's 

 manor of ' SUALEFELLE quod est in Berchesire.' 

 There can therefore, in my opinion, be no ques- 

 tion as to the identification, though what Gilbert 

 de Bretteville had to do with Swallowfield is un- 

 explained (J.H.R.). 



1 Assessment omitted ; half a line left blank in 

 the MS. 



1 This is in my opinion the right identification, 

 thoughhere again the form is very irregular (J.H.R.). 



3 Now in the Hundred of Charlton. 



4 i.e. it contributes to the ' ferm ' of Reading. ' 

 e Now in the Hundred of Charlton. 



The king holds HERLEI ' [Earley *] in de- 

 mesne. Almar held it in alod of King 

 Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at 5 hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at 4. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough ; and 

 (there are) 6 villeins and i bordar with 3 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and i close (hagd) 

 in Radinges [Reading] and 2 fisheries worth 

 (de) 1 shillings and 6 pence, and 20 acres of 

 meadow, and woodland to render (de) 70 

 swine. T.R.E. it was worth 100 shillings ; 

 and afterwards, as now, 50 shillings. 



IN BRAI [BRAY] HUNDRET 



The king holds BRAI [Bray 8 ] in demesne. 

 King Edward held it. There are 18 hides 

 and they did not pay geld. There is land for 

 [ ]. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; 



and (there are) 56 villeins and 7 bordars with 

 25 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and a church 

 and 3 knights (milites) and 50 acres of meadow, 

 and woodland to render (de) 60 swine. Rain- 

 bald holds I hide which belongs to the church, 

 and there he has I plough. The whole 

 T.R.E. was worth 25 pounds; and afterwards 

 1 8 pounds; now 17 pounds. 



IN BORCHEDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] HuNDRET 



The king holds BORCHEDEBERIE [Buckle- 

 bury 9 ] in demesne. King Edward held it. 

 There are 2 hides but they pay no geld. 

 There is land for [ ]. On the demesne 



is I plough ; and (there are) 18 villeins and 

 1 6 bordars with 20 ploughs. One serf is 

 there and a church to which belongs half a 

 hide, and it is worth 15 shillings.. There are 

 1 1 acres of meadow, and woodland to render 

 (de) 100 swine. It is and was worth n 

 pounds ; and yet it pays 16 pounds and 10 

 shillings. 



fo. 



IN NACHEDEDORN [ 



] HUNDRET 



The king holds NACHEDEDORNE [ ] 



in demesne. Edric held it in alod of King 

 Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at 20 hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at 9 hides all but I virgate. 

 There is land for 1 2 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. The church of this 



This is evidently 'Erley' (Testa de Nevill, 

 p. 1 10), near Berkham, as the order there shows ; 

 part of which was of the fief of Elyas Giffard : 

 see note on the land of Osbern Gifard (p. 359). 



7 Now in the Hundred of Charlton. 



s Now in the Hundred of Bray. 



9 Now in the Hundred of Reading. 



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