THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



pounds, yet it pays 60 pounds from the ferm, 

 by tale (ad numerum). 



Henry de Fereires holds in this manor, in 

 (de) the king's demesne I2O acres of land and 

 3 acres of meadow for the reason that Godric 

 his predecessor (antecessor suus) ploughed the 

 land, when he was sheriff, with his own 

 ploughs. But as the Hundred (court) attests 

 it belongs of right to the king's establishment 

 (curia], and (enini) Godric took possession of it 

 unjustly. 



'The king holds HENRET [East Hen- 



1 Two problems are offered by this entry : first 

 as to the hundreds, except for the entry of Stive- 

 tune below, which may easily have been in Sudtone 

 Hundred, I should feel sure that the entry of the 

 Hundred had been omitted. Both Hendreds ap- 

 pear in the combined Hundreds of Waneting 

 [Wantage] and Gamenefeld [Gamenesfeld] in Testa 

 de Nevlll and in Feudal Aids, 1316. In 1428 

 (Feudal Aids) ' Henrethe ' appears in the combined 

 Hundreds of Ock and Sutton ; but they were both 

 in Wantage up to 1831,31 least. All the other hold- 

 ings in ' Henret ' in the text, including that of the 

 Count of Evreux, which was in East Hendred 

 (see note p. 345), are placed in the Hundred of 

 ' Wanetinz.' The identification of the differenthold- 

 ings in Henret, and their distribution into East and 

 West Henret, form a second problem, an approach 

 to the solution of which may be gained as follows : 

 In Testa de Nevlll (p. 125) the Prior of Walling- 

 ford holds of West Hendred, once owned by 

 St. Alban, and the king's bailiff lets , once held 

 by Rich, de Hanreth. In the text (p. 343) St. 

 Alban's land is i o hides, reduced to 4. Originally, 

 therefore, West Hendred was assessed at | of this, 

 i.e., at 15 hides. The remaining holdings in 

 Henret in the text are : 



But Testa de Nevill (p. 125) gives in 'East 

 Hanreth ' i hide, as belonging to the Bishop of 

 Salisbury. Referring back to the text, we find in 

 'Waneting' Hundret a holding, with place un- 

 named, of i hides, belonging to the Bishop of 

 Salisbury (p. 335). If we add this to the total 

 above we get 40 hides as the original assessment 

 of Hendred, East and West. Taking then the 



dred 2 ] in demesne. King Edward held it. It 

 was then assessed at 4^ hides ; now (it is assessed) 

 at nothing. There is land for 5 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 

 villeins and 13 bordars with 2 ploughs and 2 

 serfs there and a mill worth (de) 42 shillings and 

 4 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 

 10 pounds ; and afterwards 8 pounds. Now 

 (it is worth) 1 5 ; yet it pays 20 pounds. 



Henry (de Ferrers) holds there I hide 

 which was in the king's ferm. Godric held 

 it. Alvric of Taceham [Thatcham] states 

 that he has seen the king's writ which made 

 it over as a gift to Godric's wife because she 

 was supporting the king's hounds. But there 

 is no one in the Hundred (court) besides 

 Alvric who has seen the writ. 



The king holds STIVETUNE [Steventon 3 ] in 

 demesne. Harold held it. It was then as- 

 sessed at 2O hides ; now (it is assessed) at 

 nothing. There is land for 20 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 4 ploughs ; and (there are) 38 

 villeins and 28 bordars with 10 ploughs. 



There are 2 serfs and 3 mills worth (de) 45 

 shillings and 268 acres of meadow. There is 

 a church in the manor. T.R.E. it was 

 worth 25 pounds ; and afterwards 20 ; now 

 32, yet it pays 40 pounds. 



holdings given in Testa de Nevill, and working on 

 the above data, we have 



WEST HENDRED 



H. H. 



Wallingford Priory . 10 answering to St. 



(Testa de Nevill, p. 125) Alban's . 10 



King's bailiff . . 5 possibly to Grim- 

 (Testa, p. 125) bald's. . 5 



EAST 

 Priory of Noyon . 



(Testa, p. 125) 



Priory of Frampton 

 (Testa, p. 125) 



Prioress of Littlemore 

 (Testa, p. 125) 



Bishop of Salisbury 

 (Testa, p. 125) 



HENDRED 



. 10 answering to Ct. 

 of Evreux's 

 (unreduced) 10 

 7 answering per- 

 haps to Cola's 7 

 I answering per- 

 haps to ^Eldeva's I 

 i answering to Bp. 

 of Salisbury's I j 



HENDRED 



Ct. of Ferrars . . i answering to Hen. 

 (Testa, p. 121) de Ferrer's i 



The king's demesne is alone needed to make up 

 the 40 hides ; but if it was still demesne it would 

 only be found in either Testa de Nevill, or in 

 Feudal Aids exceptionally. Since we can thus 

 dispose of the holdings in West Hendred with 

 probability, it will follow that the king's demesne, 

 in which the land of Henry de Ferrers lay, was in 

 East Hendred (F.W.R.). 



1 Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



3 Now in the Hundred of Ock. 



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