THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



as a manor. It was then (assessed) at 3 J hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at I hide. There is land 

 for i plough. There are 4 villeins with I 

 plough. It was formerly worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 20 shillings. 



IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



The same Hascoit holds SPERSOLT [Spars- 

 holt 1 ]. Brictric a freeman held it T.R.E. It 

 was then, as now, (assessed) at 2 hides. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is i 

 plough ; and there are 8 villeins and 5 cottars 

 with 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs. It is and 

 was worth 8 pounds. 



XXXVI. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 DE BRETEVILE 



IN BORGELDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] HuNDRET 



Gilbert de Bretevile holds WILLE [probably 

 Well (House) 3 ] and William holds it of him. 

 Eluin held it of King Edward. Then as now 

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



2 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and there are 2 villeins and 2 bordars with i 

 plough. There are 2 serfs. It was formerly 

 worth 30 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



The same Gilbert holds HANNEI S [(East ?) 

 Hanney*] 8 and Gozelin holds it of him. God- 

 ric a freeman held it T.R.E. Then as now 

 it was assessed at 6 hides. There is land for 



3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 12 cottars with half a plough. 

 There are 2 mills worth (de) 30 shillings and 



fo. 6a 



38 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 6 

 pounds ; and yet it pays 6 pounds and an 

 ounce of gold. 



The same Gilbert holds half a hide. 8 

 Alvric a freeman held it. Then as now (it 

 was assessed) at half a hide. One villein is 



1 Now in the Hundred of Faringdon. 



2 In Hampstead Norris, now in the Hundred 

 of Faircross. 



3 The name of the Hundred appears to have 

 been omitted here in the MS. (F.W.R.). 



Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



6 In Testa de Nevill 6 hides of East Hanney are 

 stated to be held by the Prior of Noyon (this 

 answers to the land of the Count of Evreux), and 6 

 hides (p. 124) to be held by Abingdon Abbey. 

 These apparently makeup the total of East Hanney, 

 West Hanney, so far as it is mentioned, belonging to 

 the Honour of Giffard. It would seem, therefore, 

 as if Gilbert de Bretvile's land had been transferred 

 to Abingdon Abbey. A knight's fee (p. in) 

 belonging to Hugh de Viun in East Hanney, how- 

 ever, adds a difficulty (F.W.R.). 



6 The place is not named. 



there and I serf, and 8 acres of meadow. It 

 is worth 10 shillings. 



IN MERCEHAM [MARCHAM] HUNDRET 



The same Gilbert holds HEVAFORD [Hat- 

 ford 7 ] and Payn holds it of him. Two 

 brothers held this in parage (in paragio), 

 each had a hall (haulam} and they could go to 

 what lord they wished (potuerunt ire quo volu- 

 erunf). Then as now it was assessed at 10 

 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2 ploughs ; and there are 3 

 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 2 ploughs. A 

 church is there and 3 serfs and 100 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 8 pounds (T.R.E.) ; 

 afterwards 100 shillings ; now 10 pounds. 



The same Gilbert holds NIWETONE * [NEW- 

 TON] and Payn holds it of him. Alric held 

 it and could go to what lord he wished (potuit 

 ire quo voluit). Then as now it was assessed 

 at 2 hides. There is land for i plough, and it 

 is there on the demesne with 4 bordars and 2 

 serfs and 13 acres of meadow. It is worth 

 30 shillings. 



IN MERCEHAM [MARCHAM] HUNDRET 8 



The same Gilbert holds PRAXEMERE [Pease- 

 more 9 ] and Richard holds it of him. Goduin 

 and Urlewine held it T.R.E. and could go to 

 what lord they wished (potuerunt ire quo vo/u- 

 erunt). It was then assessed at 7 hides ; it is 

 now (assessed) at 4 hides. There were 2 halls 

 (bailee) there ; there is now I . There is land for 

 3 ploughs. On the demesne are i \ (ploughs) ; 

 and (there are) 2 villeins and 5 bordars with 

 half a plough. There is woodland to render 

 (de) 2 swine. It is and was worth 4 pounds. 



XXXVII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 



DE GAND 

 IN ROEBERG [ ] HUNDRET 



Gilbert de Gand holds of the king I 

 manor, 10 and Robert holds it of him. Tunna 

 held it T.R.E. and it was then assessed at 6 

 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 3 hides. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and 



7 Now in the Hundred of Ganfield. 



8 This I take to be an error. There was no 

 need to repeat the name of the Hundred thus if it 

 were Marcham. ' Praxemere ' appears most naturally 

 in 'Roeberg' Hundret as entered under Ralf de 

 Mortemer's land. Under the land of the Count 

 of Evreux, by which it appears as if in Reading 

 Hundred, I suspect an omission also (F.W.R.). 



8 Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 

 10 The place is not named, but is probably Bradley 

 and Langley, near Hampstead Norris (Testa, p. 1 24). 



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