A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



XXX. THE LAND OF WALTER 

 SON OF PONZ 



Walter son of Ponz holds ETONE [Eaton 

 Hastings *] a of the king. Guert held it in 

 alod of King Edward. It was then assessed at 

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

 is land for [ ]. On the demesne are 



3 ploughs ; and (there are) 1 3 villeins and 5 

 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 7 serfs. 

 They did not pay geld. 3 There are 2 fisheries 

 worth (de) 1 6 shillings and 148 acres of mea- 

 dow. T.R.E. it was worth 10 pounds; after- 

 wards i oo shillings ; now 9 pounds. 



Of this manor Ponz 4 gave 3 hides to St. 

 Peter of Westminster for (the good of) his 

 soul ; and on these hides there is I plough 

 with 4 bordars and 3 oxen. It is worth 20 

 shillings. 



fo. 6ib 



XXXI. THE LAND OF WALTER 

 SON OF OTHER 



IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMERE] HuNDRET 



Walter son of Other holds ORTONE B [ 



]. Godric held it of King Edward. 

 It was then assessed as now at i hides. 

 There is land for [ ]. On the 



demesne are 2 ploughs and 3 bordars and 



1 acre of meadow. Woodland is there to 

 render (de) 2 swine. It was (formerly) worth 

 40 shillings ; now 30 * shillings. 



IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET 



The same W[alter] holds CILTONE [Chil- 

 ton 7 ]. Wenesi held it of King Edward. Then 

 as now it was assessed at 5 hides. There is 

 land for [ ]. On the demesne are 



2 ploughs ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 9 bor- 

 dars with i ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 

 6 closes (hagte) in Warengeford [Wallingford] 

 worth (de) 2 shillings. 



IN BORCHELDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] 



HUNDRET 



The same W[alter] holds BORCHELDEBERIE 

 [Bucklebury 8 ], i hide ; and a certain man of 



1 Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. 



a The name of the Hundred seems here omitted 

 in the MS. I suspect that it should be Wifol 

 (F.W.R.). 



3 ' Non deder' geldum.' The phrase is a diffi- 

 cult one (J.H.R.). 



4 See Introduction. 



When this fief was divided in 1198 'Orton' 

 fell to the share of Walter de Windsor. See Feet of 

 Fines, 9 Ric. I (Pipe Roll Society, p. 1 10) (J.H.R.). 



6 In the text ' 40 ' is corrected to ' 30." 



7 Now in the Hundred of Compton. 



8 Now in the Hundred of Reading. 



his holds it of him. It belongs to (Jacet in) 

 the forest and never paid geld, so the shire- 

 (moot) testifies. Aluila Dese held it of King 

 Edward. There is i plough on the demesne. 

 It is and was worth 7 shillings and 6 pence. 



'In CHENETEBERIE [Kintbury 10 ] the same 

 W[alter] holds half a hide, which King Ed- 

 ward gave to his predecessor (antecessori) out 

 of the royal (sua) ferm, freed from all dues in 

 consideration of wardenship of the forest u 

 except such forfeiture to the king as is due 

 from theft, manslaughter, housebreaking la and 

 breach of the peace. 13 It is worth 5 shillings. 



IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



The same W[alter] holds HACHEBORNE 

 [West Hagbourne]. 14 Alwin a freeman held 

 it. Then as now there were i o hides there, 

 but it is assessed at 6. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and there are 14 villeins and 10 cottars with 

 5 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and a mill worth 

 (de) 12 shillings and 24 acres of meadow. Of 

 this land Robert holds I hide of Walter, and 

 there he has I plough with i cottar and 4 

 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. and 

 afterwards was worth 13 pounds, and now 

 13 pounds. 



IN REDINGES [READING] HUNDRET 



The same [Walter] holds OFFELLE [Woke- 

 field 15 ], 16 and a certain knight (miles) holds 

 it of him. Wicstric held it of King 

 Edward. Then as now it was assessed at 

 i hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I ; and (there are) 6 bordars 

 with i plough. There are 4 acres of mea- 

 dow and woodland to render (de) 15 swine. 

 It was (formerly) worth 20 shillings ; now 

 30 shillings. 



XXXII. THE LAND OF EUDO, 

 SON OF HUBERT 



IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMERE] HUNDRET 



Eudo Dapifer holds LOSFELLE [ ] 



of the king. Alvric held it of King Edward. 

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



9 The name of the Hundred appears to be here 

 omitted (F.W.R.). 



10 Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



' Propter forestam custodiendam.' 



" The MS. has ' heinfara ' for A.S. < hamfara.' 



13 See Introduction. 



14 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



18 In Stratfield Mortimer, now in the Hundred 

 of Theale. 



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