A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



IN THE SAME HUNDRED 



The same count has i hide. A certain 

 Ulgar held it T.R.E. It was then (assessed) 

 at i hide ; now (it is assessed) at 6 acres. There 

 is land for i plough. There are 2 cottars and 

 12 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 10 

 shillings. 



IN GAMESFELLE [GANFIELD] HUNDRET 



The same count has I hide and 3 virgates 

 and 2 acres. 1 A certain Ulwin held them 

 T.R.E., and they were assessed at that much ; 

 now (they are assessed) at nothing. There 

 are 4 cottars. There are 7 acres of meadow. 

 (This holding) was formerly worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; now 15 shillings. 



The same count holds 2 hides and 2 acres 

 of land. 1 These were held by 4 freemen 

 T.R.E., and were assessed at that ; now (they 

 are assessed) at 5 virgates. One villein is 

 there and 4 cottars and 12 acres of meadow. 

 T.R.E. they were worth 37 shillings and 6 

 pence ; now 22 shillings. 



XVIII. THE LAND OF EARL HUGH 

 IN SUDTUNE [SUTTON] HUNDRET 



Earl Hugh holds DRAITUNE [Drayton 2 ] 

 and William holds it of him. Ednod 3 held it 

 of Harold and could not go to what lord he 

 wished (nan potuit ire quoltbef). It was then 

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

 nothing. There is land for \\ ploughs. On 

 the demesne is i plough ; and (there are) 4 bor- 

 dars and 2 serfs and 1 3 acres of meadow. It 

 is and was worth 50 shillings. 



IN WIFOLD [ ] HUNDRET 



The earl himself holds BOROARDESCOTE 

 [Buscot 4 ] and Robert B holds it of him. Earl 



1 One or both of these holdings must have been 

 at Buckland (which was in ' Gamesfelle ' Hundred), 

 for the grant to Noyon Priory (see preceding note 

 under 'Sewelle') included lands at ' Bochelanda," 

 together with those at Bucklebury, Sheffield, Graf- 

 ton, Blewbury, etc., as among those given to the 

 Count's predecessor by the Conqueror. As the Prior 

 of Noyon was assessed on three ploughs there (Testa, 

 p. 132), his holding would be large enough to 

 represent both the above entries (J.H.R.). 



* Now in the Hundred of Ock. 

 3 See Introduction. 



* Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. 



5 It is probable that these were respectively 

 Robert d'Ouilly and Dreu [Droco] d'Andeli. 

 For the Chronicle of Abingdm (ii., 679) proves 

 that, twenty years later, this Dreu was holding of 

 Robert, who held of the Earl of Chester, at 

 Weston, Oxon., as he was also clearly doing at 

 Ardley, in that county, in 1086 (J.H.R.). 



Harold held it. It was then assessed at 40 

 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 6 hides. There is 

 land for 20 ploughs ; on the demesne are 4 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 25 

 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 6 serfs 

 and a fishery worth (de) 1 8 shillings and 8 

 pence, and 300 acres of meadow. 



Of this land Drogo 6 holds 8 hides and 

 Rannulf 4 ; and there are on the demesne 

 2 ploughs and (there are) 2 villeins and 6 

 bordars. 



The whole T.R.E. was worth 20 pounds ; 

 afterwards 17 pounds ; now 26 pounds. 



XIX. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 



OF MORTAIN 

 IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



The Count of Mortain holds ESTONE 

 [Aston Tirrold 6 ] and the abbey of Preaux (de 

 Pratellis) holds it of him. 7 Anschil 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, and on the demesne is i plough ; 

 and (there are) 3 villeins and 3 cottars and 6 

 serfs and i church. It is and was worth 3 

 pounds. 



XX. THE LAND OF WALTER 



GIFARD. 

 IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



Walter Gifard holds HANNEI [West Han- 

 ney 8 ].* Osbern and Teodric hold it of him. 

 Edwin a freeman held it of King Edward. 

 Then as now it was (assessed) at 2 hides. 

 There is land for I plough. One plough is 

 there and 1 1 cottars and 24 acres of meadow. 

 It is and was worth 40 shillings. 



Walter himself holds HANNEI [West 

 Hanney 8 ]. 10 Earl Tosti held it. It was then 

 assessed at 14 hides, (now it is assessed) at 7 



8 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



7 See Introduction. 



8 Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



Testa de Net/ill gives (p. 123) half a knight's fee 

 in ' Westhenneye,' and I fee in West Wittenham, 

 as parts of the honour of Giffard (F.W.R.). 



10 Besides the half knight's fee in 'Westhenneye,' 

 given in Testa de Nevill as belonging to the 

 Honour of Giffard, the Prior of Longevile is 

 stated (p. 125) to hold a mediety of Westhanney 

 as gift in almoin of the Earl Marshal, and as of the 

 Honour of GifFard. This seems to place the 

 remainderofWalterGifard's holding in Hanney in 

 West Hanney. See notes (p. 345) on the land of 

 Count of Evreux, and (p. 357) on the land of 

 Gilbert de Bretvile (F.W.R.). 



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