THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



manor Ralf the priest holds, with i hide and 

 half a virgate, and Rainald 2 hides and half a 

 virgate. One plough is there and I villein. 

 The whole, T.R.E., was worth 15 pounds; 

 and afterwards 12 pounds. Now what the 

 king has (is worth) 10 pounds; what Ralf 

 has, 40 shillings; what Rainald has, 30 shil- 

 lings. 



The king holds CONTONE [Compton 1 ] 

 in demesne. King Edward held it. There 

 are 3 hides all but i virgate. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 12 bordars with 

 6 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and 4 acres of 

 meadow, and woodland to render (de) 3 swine. 

 This woodland Henry de Ferrers holds. 

 T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; 

 now (it is worth) 8 pounds. 



IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



The King holds CHENETEBERIE [Kintbury 2 ] 

 in demesne. King Edward held it. There are 

 2 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 

 15 villeins and 16 bordars with 8 ploughs. 

 There are 2 serfs and 2 mills worth (de) 32 

 shillings and 6 pence ; and 40 acres of mea- 

 dow, and woodland to render (de) 3 swine. 

 T.R.E., as afterwards and now, it was worth 

 IO pounds. Henry de Ferrers holds of this 

 manor 43 acres of land which were in the 

 king's ferm T.R.E., according to the testi- 

 mony of the shire(moot). They state also 

 that the sheriff Godric made this into pasture 

 land for his own horses ; but by what warrant 

 they do not know (Sed ntsciunt quomodo). 



The King holds ESELDEBORNE [Shalbourn 2 ] 

 in demesne. King Edward held it. There 

 are 6J hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 1 4 villeins and 1 3 bordars with 6 ploughs. 

 There are 3 serfs and a mill worth (de) 10 

 shillings and 8 acres of meadow and woodland 

 to provide fencing (ad clausuram). T.R.E. 

 and afterwards it was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 

 20 pounds. From this manor 2^ hides were 

 added (missa) to the manor of Henry (de Fer- 

 rers), I hide was land in the hands of the 

 reeve (fult de Reve land), another belonged 

 to the villeins, and the half hide belonged to 

 the king's ferm ; but it was transferred (foris- 

 missa) in the time of the sheriff Godric. This 

 the whole shire(moot) attests. 



1 Now in the Hundred of Compton. 



J Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



The King holds EDDEVETONE 3 [Eddington 4 ] 

 in demesne. Azor held it as an alod of King 

 Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at I o hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at 2 (hides) all but half a 

 virgate. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the 

 demesne is i plough ; and there are 6 villeins 

 and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. A serf is there 

 and a mill worth (de) 15 shillings, and 34 acres 

 of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 10 

 swine. T.R.E. it was worth 6 pounds; after- 

 wards 100 shillings; now 70 shillings. 



IN LAMBORNE [LAMBOURN] HUNDRET 



The King holds LAMBORNE [Lambourn 

 and (Upper) Lambourn 6 ] in demesne. King 

 Edward held it. There are 20 hides. There 

 is land for 42 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 4 ; and (there are) 44 villeins and 60 bordars 

 with 25 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a 

 church with i hide belonging to it and 2 

 mills worth (de) 20 shillings, and woodland to 

 render (de) i o swine. T.R.E. it was worth 49 

 pounds and afterwards 34 ; now 44 pounds. 



IN EGLEI [EAGLE] HUNDRET 

 In FALESLEI [Little Fawley 7 ] 8 the king 



3 Probably for Eddenetone (F.W.R.). 



4 In Hungerford. Now in the Hundred of 

 Kintbury Eagle. 



6 Now in the Hundred of Lambourn. 



The Lambourn fees are difficult to trace. 

 In the text the whole of Lambourn appears 

 divided between the King, Hascoit Musard, 

 Geoffrey de Mannevile, and Mathew of Mortain. 

 Hascoit's holding is accounted for in Testa de 

 Nevill (p. 122) as still part of the Musard fief; 

 but there is nothing to tell us in which Lam- 

 bourn it lay. In Upper Lambourn (Testa, p. 128) 

 William Briwar is stated to have held 10 librates 

 of land given by King John without service speci- 

 fied, this went later (Testa, p. no) to William 

 Gernon as half a knight's fee ; and Richard 

 ' Wallensis ' is stated to have held land worth seven 

 pounds and ten shillings, also given by King John 

 without service specified. These grants would 

 therefore appear to have been made out of demesne. 

 In Chipping Lambourn (Testa, p. iz8)Hawisia de 

 Dinant is stated to hold land in chief worth twenty- 

 two pounds and ten shillings, held by her late 

 husband, Fulk fitz Warin, but given to her father, 

 Joceus de Dinan, by Henry II. ; and William 

 de Plugeney (Pluknet) held half a knight's fee in 

 chief also in Chipping Lambourn. If one may 

 conclude that these holdings also were granted from 

 demesne, it would point to the King's land being 

 in both Lambourns. The holding of Mathew of 

 Mortain seems to be different from all of these (4 

 hides value fifty shillings). For Geoffrey's holding 

 see (p. 358) below (F.W.R.). 



7 Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



8 See note on ' Farellei,' land of the church of 

 Amesbury (p. 344 below). 



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