THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



IN ROEBERG [ ] HUNDRET 



The king holds WINTREBURNE [Winter- 

 bourne 1 ]. It was part of Queen Eddid's land. 

 Lane held it of her. Teodric holds it of the 

 king at ferm. It was formerly (tune) assessed 

 at 5 hides ; now it is assessed at nothing. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is i ; and there are 4 villeins and 1 1 bordars 

 with 4 ploughs. There are 2 acres of meadow 

 and woodland to render (de) 3 swine. T.R.E. 

 it was worth 6 pounds ; afterwards 50 shillings; 

 now 4 pounds. 



II. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF WINCHESTER 



IN HILLESLAU [ ] HUNDRET 



Walchelin, Bishop of Winchester, has 

 OLVRICESTONE [Woolstone 2 ] (which finds) 

 support (de victu) for the monks. T.R.E. it 

 was assessed at 20 hides ; it is now assessed at 

 10. There is land for 11 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are i\ ploughs; and (there are) 12 

 villeins and 24 bordars with 2^ ploughs. There 

 are 10 serfs and 2 mills worth (de) 12 shillings 

 and 6 pence, and 150 acres of meadow. Of this 

 manor Roger (de) Ivrei holds 3^ hides of the 

 bishop and there he has i plough. T.R.E. 

 it was worth 16 pounds; afterwards 12 pounds; 

 now (it is worth) 1 8 pounds. Yet it renders 

 from the ferm 22 pounds. What Roger holds 

 (is worth) 3 pounds. 



IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



The bishop himself holds HARWELLE 

 [Harwell 3 ] in the demesne of his bishopric. 

 Bishop Stigand held it T.R.E. (It was) then 

 (assessed) at 1 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 10 

 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2 ploughs; and (there are) 18 

 villeins and 5 cottars with 6 ploughs. There 

 are 4 serfs and a mill worth (de) 30 pence and 

 45 acres of meadow ; and in Walengefort 

 [Wallingford] 3 closes (hagte) worth (de) 15 

 pence. T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 

 12 pounds ; now 16 pounds. 



IN ESLITEFORD [ ] HUNDRET 



The bishop himself holds BRISTOWELLE 

 [Brightwell 3 ] 4 as belonging to (the fee of) his 



1 Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 



2 Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. 



3 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



* According to Testa de Nevill (p. 125), 

 ' Brictewell,' and a certain part of 'Harewell' were 

 held by the Bishops of Winchester in almoin, as 

 the gift of a certain Wulward (F.W.R.). 



bishopric. Bishop Stigand held it T.R.E. It 

 was then assessed at 20 hides ; now (it is as- 

 sessed) at 10 hides. There is land for 16 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 17 villeins and 1 6 cottars with 9 

 ploughs. There are 1 5 serfs and a mill worth 

 (de) 20 shillings. There is a church. And 

 from the land-court (fees) (de placith terree) in 

 Wallingford belong to this manor 25 shillings. 

 T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 20 pounds; 

 now 25 pounds. 



III. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF SALISBURY 



IN CERLEDONE [CHARLTON] HUNDRET 



Osmund Bishop of Salisbury holds SONIN- 

 GES [Sonning G ] in demesne as of his bishop- 

 ric. T.R.E. it was assessed at 60 hides; now 

 (it is assessed) at 24. There is land for 46 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 5 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 40 villeins and 1 6 bordars with 

 41 ploughs. There are 10 serfs and 2 mills 

 worth (de) 12 shillings and 6 pence and 5 

 fisheries worth (de) 30 shillings, and 40 acres 

 of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 300 

 swine. T.R.E. it was worth 50 pounds and 

 afterwards, as now, 40. Of the appurten- 

 ances of this manor Aubrey de Coci held 

 20 hides in HILDESLEI [ ] which of 



right belong to the aforesaid manor of the 

 Bishop. Roger the priest holds i church 

 in Walengeford [Wallingford], which of right 

 belongs to this manor. 



IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



The same bishop holds of the king i^ 

 hides 8 and Tori holds them of him. Tori's 

 father held them T.R.E. and could go to 

 what lord he wished (potuit ire quo voluit) ; but for 

 his protection he betook himself (se commisit) 

 to Bishop Herman ; and Tori betook himself 

 in like manner to Bishop Osmund. Formerly 

 (tune) as now (it was assessed) at i^ hides. 

 There is only land for 5 oxen (to plough), yet 

 on the demesne is I plough with i cottar, 

 and there is a mill worth (de) 6 shillings 

 and 3 pence. T.R.E. it was worth 15 

 shillings ; afterwards 2O shillings ; now 30 

 shillings. 



6 Now in the Hundred of Sonning. 



No place is named. This holding was prob- 

 ably in East Hendred, where Testa de Nevill gives 

 (p. 125) John de Hanret as holding in ' East- 

 hanreth ' I hide of the Bishop of Salisbury. See 

 also note under 'Henret' in the King's land (p. 333) 

 (F.W.R.). 



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