A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



then as now it was assessed at 2^ hides. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 4 

 bordars with i plough. There is a moiety 

 of a mill worth (de) 7 shillings and 6 pence, 

 and there are 16 acres of meadow. It was 

 (formerly) worth 50 shillings ; now 40 

 shillings. 



IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



The same William holds DANEFORD 

 [Denford 1 ]. Alward held it in alod of King 

 Edward. It was then assessed at 10 hides ; 

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

 [ ]. On the demesne is i plough ; 



and (there are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with 

 2j ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a church. 

 It was (formerly) worth 100 shillings; it is 

 now worth 4 pounds. With this manor 

 William holds half a hide which belonged to 

 two freemen, and never was part of this 

 manor, as the shire (moot) testifies. 



IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



The same William holds DENCHESWORDE 

 [North Denchworth 3 ], 3 and Gozelin holds it 

 of him. Alward a freeman held it of King 

 Edward. Then as now (it was assessed) at 5 

 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is i ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 

 6 cottars with i plough. There are 2 serfs 

 and 27 acres of meadow. It was worth 50 

 shillings (T.R.E.), and afterwards 40 shillings ; 

 now 60 shillings. 



XXIIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 PEVREL 



IN EGLEI [AGLE] HUNDRET 



William Pevrel holds of the king OLVELEI 

 [Woolley ]. Earl Ralf held it of King Ed- 

 ward. It was then assessed at 10 hides; now 

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

 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 10 villeins and 8 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There are 4 serfs. It was (formerly) 

 worth 10 pounds ; now 6 pounds. 



1 Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



1 Now in the Hundred of Ock. 



8 Most of the holdings of Walter Gifard and of 

 William de Ow appear in Testa tie Nevill as united 

 in the one fief of the Earl Marshal (pp. 1 10 and 

 1 2 3). The ' Denchesworde ' holding is there given 

 as in 'Northdenchesworth' (F.W.R.). 



* In Chaddleworth, now in the Hundred of 

 Kintbury Eagle. 



XXV. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



DE BRAIOSE 

 IN REDINGES [READING] HUNDRET 



William de Braiose holds SUDCOTE [South- 

 cote 8 ] of the king. Brictuard held it of King 

 Edward. It then was assessed at 2 hides ; now 

 (it is assessed) at I hide. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and (there 

 are) 5 villeins and 8 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 A mill is there worth (de) 18 shillings and a 

 fishery worth (de) 50 pence. It was (for- 

 merly) worth 4 pounds ; now 100 shillings. 



XXVI. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



LOVET a 

 IN TACEHAM [THATCHAM] HUNDRET 



William Lovet holds DERITONE [ ] of 

 the king. Toti held it of King Edward 

 in alod. It was then assessed at 8 hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at I hide and I vir- 

 gate. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the 

 demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 4 

 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 are 2 serfs and a mill worth (de) 1 5 shillings, 

 and 4 acres of meadow, and woodland to ren- 

 der (de) 5 swine. It was worth (T.R.E.) 8 

 pounds; afterwards 100 shillings; now 70 

 shillings. 



IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



The same William holds ANEBORNE [En- 

 borne 7 ]. Toti held it of King Edward in alod 

 as a manor. Then as now (it was assessed) 

 at 3 hides and i virgate. There is land for 

 2 ploughs. There are 2 villeins and 7 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs, and 13 acres of meadow 

 and woodland to provide fencing. It was 

 (formerly) worth 40 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



The same William holds MORTUNE [South 

 Moreton 8 ]. Toti held it of King Edward. 

 Then (it was assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at 2^ hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i; and (there 



6 In Reading, now in the Hundred of Reading. 



8 William Lovet's fief was not a large one, and 

 the succession to it is not well defined ; but his two 

 Bedfordshire manors are found in the Testa held by 

 the Earl of Albemarle, and in Berkshire, similarly, 

 his manors at Enborne and South Moreton are 

 found held of that Earl, as one fee, by Philip de 

 Sandrevill (Testa, pp. 1 1 1, 1 24). But ' Deritone' is 

 not mentioned in the Testa (J.H.R.). 



' Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



8 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



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