A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



Laci * gave it to that church with his daughter, 

 the shire(moot) does not know in what man- 

 ner. T.R.E. it was assessed at 8 hides ; now 

 (it is assessed) at 2^ hides. There is land for 

 [ ]. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 



and (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with i 

 plough. There are 2 serfs and the third part 

 of a mill worth (de) 10 shillings, and 69 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth (T.R.E.) 7 pounds ; 

 afterwards 6 pounds; now 100 shillings. 



XV. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



[ABBEY] OF BATTLE 

 IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET 



The Abbot of Labatailge [Battle] 2 holds 

 BRISTOLDESTONE [Brightwalton 3 ] of the 

 king. Earl Harold held it. It was then 

 (assessed) at i o hides. A certain thegn who held 

 it before Harold (eum) used to pay geld for 1 5 

 hides. Now (it is assessed) at nothing. There 

 is land for [ ]. On the demesne 



are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 10 villeins and 

 1 3 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 3 serfs 

 and a church with a priest, (and) woodland 

 to render (de) 20 swine, (and) in Walenge- 

 ford [Wallingford] 5 closes (bagee). It was 

 (formerly) worth i o pounds ; now 9 pounds. 



fo. 60 



The abbot himself holds a church in RED- 

 DINGES [Reading] with 8 hides thereto be- 

 longing. Leveva the Abbess held it of King 

 Edward. It was then assessed at 8 hides ; now 

 (it is assessed) at 3 hides. There is land for 7 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; and (there 

 are) 9 villeins and 8 bordars with 5 ploughs. 

 There are 2 mills worth (de) 40 shillings, 

 and 2 fisheries and a moiety of one worth 5 

 shillings. In REDDINGES [Reading] are 29 

 dwelling houses (masurte) (belonging), worth (de) 

 28 shillings and 8 pence, and 12 acres of mea- 

 dow, (and) woodland to render (de) 5 swine ; 

 from the church come 3 pounds. T.R.E. 

 it was worth 9 pounds ; afterwards 8 pounds ; 

 now ii pounds. 



XVI. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF AMESBURY 

 IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



The Abbess of Ambresberie [Amesbury] 

 holds CHENETEBERIE [Kintbury*]. That 



1 Father of Roger de Laci, who recurs below as 

 a tenant-in-chief of lands which had similarly be- 

 longed to 'Edmund' (J.H.R.). 



1 Feudal Aids, 1316, p. 54, gives ' Brightwal- 

 tone ' as owned by the Abbot of Battle (F.W.R.). 



' Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 



Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



church has held it T.R.E. and since (sem- 

 per). T.R.E. it was assessed at 1 1 hides, now 

 (it is assessed) at 8 hides. There is land for i o 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs; and 

 (there are) 12 villeins and 18 bordars with 8 

 ploughs. There are 1 1 serfs and a mill worth 

 (de) 4 shillings, and 60 acres of meadow, and 

 woodland to render (de) 10 swine. It was 

 (formerly) worth 1 2 pounds ; now 1 1 pounds. 



IN EGLEI [AGLE] HUNDRET 



The abbey itself holds CEVESLANE B 

 [Challow 4 ] 6 and has held it, T.R.E. and since 

 (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 7 hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at 3^ hides. There is land for 

 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 10 villeins and 8 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and 40 acres of 

 meadow. It is and was worth T.R.E. and 

 afterwards (semper) 7 pounds. 



The abbey itself holds FARELLEI* [Great 

 Fawley 7 ]. T.R.E. it was assessed at 10 hides ; 

 novr (it is assessed) at 5 hides. There is land for 

 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 8 villeins and 4 serfs with 3 ploughs 

 and 20 acres of meadow. It is and was 

 worth T.R.E. and afterwards (semper) 6 

 pounds. 



XVII. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 



OF EVREUX 



IN RADINGES [READING] HUNDRET 

 The Count of Evreux holds SEWELLE" 



Probably for < Ceveslaue ' (J.H.R.). 



This appears to be West Challow. In Feudal 

 Aid.!, 1316, i. 49, 'Villa de Hampsted Mere- 

 shall cum Westchaulo and Putwyke ' was held by 

 the Earl Marshal, the Prioress of Ambresbury, and 

 Robt. Acharde. ' Estchaulo ' is there given as held by 

 the Abbot of Cluny, together with ' Dunledcombe 

 and WodhulT (F.W.R.). 



i Feudal Aids, 1 3 16, i. 50, gives ' Villa de North- 

 fallele cum Southfallele' as held by the Prioress of 

 Ambresbury and John de Percy, and gives no 

 further particulars. But from Feudal Aids, 1418, 

 i. 66, we learn that William Fynderne held half 

 a knight's fee in South Fawley ; and, referring back 

 to Testa de Nevill, find that John, son of Hugh, 

 held that amount in ' Falelegh' by gift of the king. 

 This seems to settle the king's portion as in South 

 Fawley, and therefore the land of Amesbury in 

 North, alias Gt. Fawley (F.W.R.). 



In Theale. The above reading of the name 

 is that which is found in the MS., but I suspect 

 a scribal error, for SEWELLE, as the place occurs 

 subsequently as ' Seffeld Prioris de Nuiun ' (Testa, 

 p. 133). The Count's land can largely be iden- 

 tified by his successor's benefactions to the Priory 

 of Noyon (see my Calendar of documents preserved 



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