A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



plough, and a fishery worth 8 pence and 2 

 acres of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 5 

 swine. It was formerly worth IO shillings ; 

 now 2O shillings. 



The same Henry holds OLLAVINTONE 

 [Woolhampton 1 ]. 3 Godric the sheriff held it 

 of King Edward. It was assessed at 3 hides 

 then as now. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 There are 12 villeins and 4 bordars with 5 

 ploughs ; and 4 serfs and a mill worth 1 5 

 shillings, and 40 acres of meadow. It was 

 (T.R.E.) worth 6 pounds ; afterwards, as 

 now, 4 pounds. This land King Edward 

 granted out of his ferm 3 to Godric ; and the 

 seal (of the deed of grant) (inde) the men of 

 the shire(moot) have seen. In addition to 

 these hides Godric himself got possession 

 (accepit) from the king's ferm 3 of I virgate of 

 land ; the king's seal (and grant) of which 

 (de qua) they have not seen. 



XXII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



SON OF ANSCULF 

 IN RADINGES [READING] HUNDRET 



William son of Ansculf holds INGLEFELLE 

 [Englefield 1 ]. Gilbert holds it of him. 

 Alwin held it of King Edward. Then as 

 now it was assessed at 10 hides. There is 

 land for 13 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 17 villeins and 3 

 bordars with 1 1 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 

 a mill worth (de) 10 shillings and 60 acres of 

 meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 10 pounds ; 

 afterwards '/ pounds ; (now) 7 shillings 

 more. 



The same William holds BRADEFELT 

 [Bradfield 1 ]. Horling held it of King Edward. 

 It was then assessed at 9 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at 6 hides. There is land for 30 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 2O villeins and 3 1 bordars with 1 8 



1 Now in the Hundred of Theale. 



J Testa de Nevill gives (p. 1 z 1 ) J of a knight's 

 fee in 'Wulavinton' as being then in the Honour 

 of Earl Ferrars ; and a knight's fee as being then 

 of the fief of Robert Achard : Testa also tells us 

 (p. 124) that the Hospitallers of St. John of 

 Jerusalem held a mcdiety of ' Wulaviton' in almoin, 

 the gift of Geoffrey de Hostrevill. All this, 

 taken together with the fact that only this entry 

 (of 3 hides) appears in the Domesday Text as 

 the assessment of 'Ollavintone' seems to point to the 

 omission somewhere of an entry of 2 hides, which 

 would make the tale of 5 hides for 'Ollavintone' 

 complete (F.W.R.). 



3 i.e. out of the royal demesne from which the 

 ' ferm ' was paid (J-H.R.). 



ploughs. There are 9 serfs and 3 mills worth 

 (de) 53 shillings and 20 acres of meadow, 

 and woodland to render (de) 100 swine. 

 T.R.E., and afterwards it was worth 24 

 pounds ; now 1 6 pounds. 



The same William holds HURTERIGE 

 [Hartridge *]. Alvred held it of King Edward, 

 and now holds it of William. Then as now 

 it was assessed at i hide. There is land for 

 5 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough ; 

 and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with 

 I plough. There are 3 serfs and woodland 

 to render (de) 3 swine. It was (formerly) 

 worth 60 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



The same William holds ENGLEFEL 

 [Englefield 6 ]. Ulmer held it of King Edward. 

 Then as now it was assessed at i hide. 

 There is land for i plough. There are 2 

 bordars and 4 acres of meadow. This land 



fo. 61 



Stephen holds of William. It was (formerly) 

 worth 2O shillings ; now 7 shillings. 



The same William holds OFFETUNE 

 [Ufton Robert 5 ] and a certain knight (miles) 

 holds it of him. Horling held it of King 

 Edward. It then was assessed at 5 hides ; now 

 (it is assessed) at 4^ hides. There is land for 5 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and (there are) 

 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 5 ploughs. One 

 serf is there, and 44 acres of meadow and 

 woodland to render (de) i pig. Of this land 

 another knight (miles) holds 3 virgates and 

 there he has I plough. The whole, T.R.E., 

 was worth 100 shillings; and afterwards, as 

 now, 60 shillings. 



IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET 



The same William holds HODICOTB 

 [Hodcott "] and Stephen holds it of him. 

 Baldwin 7 held it of King Edward. Then as 

 now (it was assessed) at 5 hides. There is 

 land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is I, 

 with 3 bordars. It was worth (T.R.E.) 6 

 pounds ; afterwards 30 shillings ; now 60 

 shillings. 



The same William holds HISLELEV [East 

 Ilsley 6 ] 8 and Stephen holds it of him. Bald- 



* Now in the Hundred of Reading. 



Now in the Hundred of Theale. 



8 Now in the Hundred of Compton. 



' Baldwin was also a predecessor of William in 

 Bucks, in which county he continued to hold some 

 land, as his tenant, in 1086 (J.H.R.). 



8 All the holdings of William son of Ansculf in 

 Berks, except Hurterige, appear in Testa de Nevill as 



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