THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



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The abbey itself holds WAREFORD [Gar- 

 ford*]. It has held it T.R.E. and since 

 (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 10 

 hides; now (it is assessed) at 6. Of these the 

 abbot holds 8 hides, and Berner holds 2 of 

 him. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 3 ploughs ; and there are i O vil- 

 leins and 10 bordars with 3 ploughs. There 

 is a mill worth (de) 7 shillings and 6 pence 

 and there are 30 acres of meadow ; and 

 Berner has i plough with 6 bordars and 6 

 acres of meadow. The whole was worth 

 T.R.E. 12 pounds; and afterwards 10 pounds; 

 (it is worth as much) now. 



The abbey itself holds HANLEI [East 

 Hanney 2 ], 3 and has held it T.R.E. and 

 since (semper). T.R.E., as now, it was 

 assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 7 

 ploughs. There are 10 villeins with 2 

 ploughs and 100 acres of meadow. Of the 

 land of this manor Ulwi holds 3 hides which 

 were part of the demesne which supplied food for 

 the monks (de dominico victu monackarum) T.R.E. 

 and Nicholas holds i hide of the abbot which 

 Edwin the priest held and could not go from 

 the abbot (eo) (to another lord). On these 4 

 hides are 2 ploughs and 9 bordars with half a 

 plough, and a mill worth (de) 12 shillings and 

 there are 4 serfs and 60 acres of meadow. The 

 whole T.R.E. was worth 8 pounds ; afterwards 

 7 pounds; and now the same amount. 



The abbey itself holds GOSEI [Goosey l ] 

 and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). 

 It was assessed T.R.E. at 1 7 hides ; it is now 

 assessed at 1 1 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs; and 

 (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 

 ploughs and I ' radknight ' (rackeneste) with 

 his own plough, and i oo acres of meadow ; 

 and from pasture (come) 16 pence. Of the 

 land of this manor Hermer holds 7 hides, and 

 it is part of the demesne which supplied food 

 for the monks (de dominico victu monachorum). 

 He has there I plough, and (there are) 7 villeins 

 with half a plough and 35 acres of meadow. 

 The whole T.R.E. was worth 9 pounds ; 



1 Now in the Hundred of Ock. 



a Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



' Testa de Nevitt (p. 121) has of a knight's 

 fee in East Hanney as belonging to Abingdon. 

 The entry of this under ' Merceham ' Hundret, and 

 in such sequence, offers an unexplained difficulty. 

 Except under the land of Gilbert de Bretville, 

 where one may readily suspect an omission, Hanlei 

 [Hanney] appears elsewhere under ' Wanetinz ' 

 Hundret (F.W.R.). 



afterwards 10 pounds ; now the same amount 

 (simi liter). 



Walter Gifard holds LINFORD [Lyford 4 ] 6 

 of the abbot. T.R.E. the sons of Eliert held 

 it of the abbot and could not go to another 

 lord (alias ire) without leave, and yet they 

 put themselves under (commendaverunt se) Walter 

 without the abbot's licence (precepto). Then 

 as now it was assessed at 7 hides. There is 

 land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; 

 and (there are) 8 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 

 ploughs, and there are 4 acres of meadow. It 

 was (formerly) worth 4 pounds ; now IOO 

 shillings. 



Rainald holds of the abbot 3 hides in the 

 same vill. Linbald a monk held it of the 

 abbey, and it was assessed at 3 hides then as 

 now. There is land for i^- ploughs. On 

 the demesne is a plough ; and (there are) 3 

 villeins and 3 bordars with half a plough. 

 There are I serf and 36 acres of meadow. 

 It was (formerly) worth 20 shillings ; now 40 

 shillings. 



The abbey itself holds DRAicoTE[Draycott 

 Moor 4 ] and has held it T.R.E. and since 

 (semper). T.R.E. as now it was assessed at 

 10 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 There are 16 villeins with 7 ploughs and 40 

 acres of meadow. Of this land Gilbert holds 

 i hide and a certain Englishman half a hide, 

 and there is I plough with 2 villeins and 2 

 serfs. There are 6 acres of meadow and a 

 fishery. The whole T.R.E. and afterwards 

 was worth 100 shillings; (now) 6 pounds. 



IN SUDTONE [SUTTON] HUNDRET 



The abbey itself holds MIDDELTUNE [Mil- 

 ton 4 ] and has held it T.R.E. and since 

 (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 28 hides; 

 now (it is assessed) at 23 hides. There is land 

 for 24 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 

 ploughs; and (there are) 39 villeins and 25 

 bordars with 1 5 ploughs. There are 4 serfs 

 and a mill worth (de) 10 shillings and 344 

 acres of meadow. Of the same land Azelin 

 holds 2 hides and i virgate of the abbot, and 

 Rainald 3 hides. There are 3 ploughs and 

 5 villeins and 1 1 bordars and a mill worth (de) 

 1 2 shillings and 6 pence, and 2 serfs and 30 

 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. was 

 worth 25 pounds. The part which the abbot 



1 Now in the Hundred of Ock. 



6 Feudal Aids, 1401-02, i. 58, gives I knight's 

 fee in Lyford in the Hundred of Okie (lie) as owned 

 by Abingdon (F.W.R.). 



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