THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



[Sheffield] of the king. Coleman and Brict- 

 ward held it of King Edward and could go to 

 what lord they wished (potuerunt ire quo vol- 

 uerunt). Then as now it was assessed at 2 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the 

 demesne is nothing. There are 5 villeins and 

 5 bordars with 2 ploughs, and 4 serfs and a 

 mill worth (de) 10 shillings and 20 acres of 

 meadow and woodland to render (de) IO swine. 

 It is and was worth 40 shillings. 



1 The same count holds I hide in PRAXE- 

 MERE [Peasemore 2 ]. Alwin held it in parage 

 (in paragio), and it was assessed then at i 

 hide ; now (it is assessed) at nothing. There 

 is I bordar with half a plough. It is worth 

 10 shillings. 



IN BORGEDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] HuNDRET 



The same count holds BORGEDEBERIE 

 [Bucklebury 3 ]. Lewin held it of King Ed- 

 ward. It was then (assessed) at 4 hides ; now 

 (it is assessed) at i hide and i virgate. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 4 bordars 

 with 2 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and a mill 

 worth (de) 4 shillings. It is and was worth 

 4 pounds. 



The same count holds CROCHESTROPE 

 [ ]. Four freemen held it of King 



Edward. Then as now (it was assessed) at I 

 hide. There is nothing on the demesne. 

 There 3 villeins have i plough and 4 acres of 

 meadow. It is and was worth 10 shillings. 



IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



The same count holds COLECOTE [Calcot *]. 

 Brictuard held it of King Edward as a manor. 

 It was then (assessed) at 3 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at i hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is I plough ; and there are 3 

 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough. A mill 

 is there worth (de) 4 shillings, and 5 acres of 

 meadow, and woodland to provide fencing (ad 

 clausuram). It was worth 30 shillings (form- 

 erly) ; now 20 shillings. 



In France, p. 220), and it is expressly recorded 

 (Testa, p. 124) that the Priory had obtained 

 'Sheffeld' by the gift of a Count of Evreux 

 (J.H.R.). 



1 The name of the Hundred appears to have 

 been omitted here. Ralf de Mortemer's entry places 

 ' Praxemere ' in ' Roeberz ' (i.e. Roeberg) Hd. 

 (F.W.R.). 



> Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 



a Now in the Hundred of Reading. 



4 Near Leverton, now in the Hundred of Kint- 

 bury Eagle. 



IN SERIVEHAM [SHRIVENHAM] HUNDRET 



The count himself holds BECOTE [Beckett ']. 

 Two freemen held it of King Edward in alod 

 as 2 manors. It was then assessed at 5 hides; 

 now (it is assessed) at 2 hides and 4 acres; 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne 

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

 13 bordars with i ploughs, and 100 acres of 

 meadow all but 7. It was (formerly) worth 4 

 pounds ; now (it is worth) the same amount. 



IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



The count himself holds BLITBERIE 

 [Blewbury 6 ]. Brictuard held it T.R.E. It was 

 then (assessed) at 2 hides ; now (it is assessed) 

 at i virgate. There is land for I plough. 

 There are 4 cottars and a mill worth (de) 4 

 shillings and 10 acres of meadow. It was 

 (formerly) worth 40 shillings ; now 20 shil- 

 lings. 



IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



The same count holds HANLEI [East 

 Hanney 7 ]. 8 Two freemen held it T.R.E. It 

 was then assessed at 6 hides ; now (it is as- 

 sessed) at 2 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i plough ; and (there are) 

 20 cottars with i plough. One serf is there, 

 and 2 mills worth (de) 27 shillings and 6 

 pence, and 70 acres of meadow. It was 

 (formerly) worth 100 shillings ; now 6 

 pounds. 



The same count holds HENRET [East 

 Hendred 7 ]. 9 Aluin held it T.R.E. It was 

 then (assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) 

 at 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. One 

 plough is there ; and (there are) 6 cottars with 

 i plough. A church is there, and a serf and 

 5 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) worth 

 60 shillings; now 70 shillings. 



The same count holds 5 hides which 7 

 freemen held T.R.E. They were then as- 

 sessed at 5 hides, and now (are assessed) at 30 

 acres of land. There is land for 2^ ploughs. 

 There are 6 cottars with i plough, and 5 

 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 30 

 shillings. 



6 Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. 

 8 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



7 Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



8 Testa de Nevill (p. 125) shows this to have been 

 in East Hanney ; see the note to next succeeding 

 entry (F.W.R.). 



8 That this was in East Hendred is proved by 

 Testa de Nevill (p. 125), which states that the Prior 

 of Noyon holds 10 hides in < Esthanreth,' the gift 

 in almoin of the Count of Evreux (F.W.R.). 



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