A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



(there are) 2 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and woodland to 

 render (de) 2O swine. Of this land Algolt 

 holds 3 hides and he has there i plough ; and 

 2 villeins (are there) and 6 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. It was worth 6 pounds (T.R.E.) ; 

 and afterwards 60 shillings ; now the same 

 amount. 



XXXVIII. THE LAND OF 



GEOFFREY DE MANNEVILE 



IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



Geoffrey de Mannevile holds HILDESLEI 

 [East Ilsley ? *] and Saswalo holds it of him. 

 Ordolf held it as a manor in alod of King 

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

 hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the 

 demesne is i plough ; and i villein (is there) 

 and 7 bordars with i plough. There are 3 

 serfs and 7 acres of meadow, and woodland to 

 provide fencing (ad clausuram). It is and was 

 worth 20 shillings. 



The same Geoffrey holds HILDESLEI [West 

 Ilsley ? *] 2 and Saswalo holds it of him. Or- 

 dolf held it of King Edward in alod. Then 

 as now it was (assessed) at 10 hides. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 1 2 

 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 4 serfs. 

 It was worth 8 pounds (T.R.E.) ; and after- 

 wards 5 pounds ; now 6 pounds. 



IN LAMBORNE [LAMBOURN] HUNDRET 



The same Geoffrey holds LAMBORNE [East 

 Garston ? 3 ]. 4 Esgar held it of King Edward. 

 It was then (assessed) at 30 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at 10 hides. There is land for 20 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs ; and 

 there are 23 villeins and 12 bordars with 10 

 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and 2 mills worth 



1 Now in the Hundred of Compton. 



' Possibly this was the holding which in Testa de 

 Nevill (pp. Ill, 123, 126), divided into two, be- 

 longed to the Honour of Leicester ; but the 

 descent I have been unable to trace. Geoffrey de 

 Mandeville's land was much divided up before 

 the times in which Testa de Nevill was compiled 

 (F.W.R.). 



3 Now in the Hundred of Lambourn. 



4 East Garston occurs in Testa de Nevill 

 (pp. 107, 124, 131) in Lambourn Hundred, as 

 'Esgareston' and ' Esegareston.' This would appear 

 to be Esgar'ston ; and the later form Eastgarston a 

 simple corruption. The form suggests the identity 

 of Geoffrey's land in Lambourn and East Garston ; 

 but I cannot trace the descent. The value given 

 in Testa (p. 107) of this holding, twenty pounds, 

 at any rate corresponds with the value given here 

 of the holding of Esgar T.R.E. (F.W.R.). 



(de) 1 5 shillings and 5 acres of meadow and 

 woodland to render (de) 40 swine. It was 

 worth 20 pounds (T.R.E.) ; and afterwards, 

 as now, 12 pounds. 



IN EGLEI [EAGLE] HUNDRED 



The same Geoffrey holds WATECUMBE 

 [Whatcombe 5 ]. 8 Seward held it in alod of 

 King Edward. Then, as now, it was assessed 

 at 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I plough ; and 3 bordars (are 

 there) with half a plough. 7 It was formerly 

 worth 30 shillings, now 20 shillings. 



IN BENES [BEYNHURST] HUNDRET 



The same Geoffrey holds HERLEI [Hurley 8 ]. 9 

 Esgar held it of King Edward. Then as 

 now (it was assessed) at 14 hides all but I vir- 

 gate. There is land for 18 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 4 ploughs ; and (there are) 25 

 villeins and 12 cottars with 15 ploughs. There 

 are i o serfs and a mill worth (de) 20 shillings. 

 A church is there and 2 fisheries worth (de) 

 12 shillings and 20 acres of meadow, and 

 woodland to render (de) 5 swine. It is and 

 was worth 12 pounds. 



IN ELETESFORD [ 



] HUNDRET 



The same Geoffrey holds ESTRALEI [Streat- 

 ley 10 ]." Esgar held it of King Edward. It 

 was then (assessed) at 25 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at 10 hides. There is land for 15 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 18 villeins and 10 cottars with 

 12 ploughs. There are 7 serfs and a mill 

 worth (de) 22 shillings and 2 fisheries worth 

 (de) 1 1 shillings and 22 acres of meadow. In 

 Oxineford [Oxford] is I close (haga) worth (de) 

 10 pence. 



T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 20 

 pounds ; now 24 pounds. 



Wibert the priest holds of Geoffrey the 

 church of this manor with i hide and he has 

 on the hide (ibf) I plough with i cottar and 4 

 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 50 

 shillings. 



Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



See note to next entry. 



The text seems defective (in dominico est una 

 caruca cum Hi bordariis et dimidia caruca). 



8 Now in the Hundred of Beynhurst. 



The Prior of Hurule (Hurley) held Hurley 

 according to Testa de Nevill in almoin by gift of 

 the Earl of Mandeville (p. 124), and'Watecumbe' 

 was held under the same Prior (p. 125) (F.W.R.). 



10 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 



11 'Stretle' in Testa de Nevill (p. 125) belonged 

 to the Honour of the Earl of Essex, Geoffrey's 

 descendant (F.W.R.). 



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