THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 cottars with i 

 plough, also 2 serfs. T.R.E. it was worth 10 

 pounds ; afterwards 8 pounds ; now 9 pounds 

 and 5 shillings. 



The same Turstin holds SPERSOLT * [Spars- 

 holt 2 ] and Roger holds it of him. Brictric, a 

 freeman, held it T.R.E. Then as now it 

 was (assessed) at 2^ hides and i virgate. There 

 is land for i plough, and it is there on the 

 demesne, and 2 serfs and 16 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth (T.R.E.) 30 shillings ; after- 

 wards 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



LVI. ALBERT'S LAND 



IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMEREJ HuNDRET 



Albert holds of the king DIDEORDE [Ded- 

 worth 3 ]. Hugh the chamberlain held it of 

 King Edward. Then as now (it was assessed) 

 at i hide. On the demesne is i plough ; and 

 there are 4 villeins and i bordar with 2 

 ploughs ; and 20 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 land to render 5 swine. It was worth 

 (T.R.E.) 4 pounds ; afterwards, as now, 30 

 shillings. 



LVII. THE LAND OF AIULF 



THE SHERIFF 

 IN EGLEI [AGLE] HUNDRET 

 Aiulf holds SIFORD [East Shefford ] B of 

 the King. Brictric 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 5 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 

 (there are) 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and 2 mills worth 

 (de) 22 shillings and 6 pence, and 8 acres of 

 meadow and woodland to render 10 swine. It 

 was (T.R.E.) worth 10 pounds ; afterwards 9 ; 

 now 10 pounds. 



LVIII. THE LAND OF HUGH 



THE STEERSMAN 

 IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET 



Hugolin the steersman (stirman) holds 

 HAMESTEDE[Hampstead Marshall 4 ] of the king. 



1 The name of the Hundred seems to have 

 been here omitted. Sparsholt elsewhere appears as 

 in the Hundreds of Hilleslau (Abingdon lands), 

 and Wanetinz (the King's, Hen. de Ferrers' and 

 Hascoit's lands) (F.W.R.). 



3 Now in the Hundred of Faringdon. 



3 Now in the Hundred of Ripplesmere. 



4 Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 



6 This must have been in East Shefford. The 

 manor of West Shefford was held (Testa de Nevill, 

 p. 124) by the descendants of Hugh de Port, see 

 note on land of Hugh de Port (p. 363) (F.W.R.). 



Edward held it as a manor of King Edward in 

 alod. It was then assessed at 4 hides ; now (it is 

 assessed) at i hide. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ; and there are 4 vil- 

 leins and 8 bordars with 3 ploughs. There 

 are 10 serfs and a mill worth (de) 20 shillings 

 and 6 acres of meadow and woodland to ren- 

 der (de) 10 swine. It is and was worth 4 

 pounds. 



The same Hugolin has held up to the present 

 (tenuit hactenus) EBRIGE [ ]. 



Herleng held it T.R.E. as a manor. Then 

 as now it was assessed at I hide. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 

 nothing ; but 4 villeins and 4 bordars there 

 have 3 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a 

 mill worth (de) 30 shillings and 3 acres of 

 meadow and woodland to provide fencing (ad 

 clausuram). It was formerly worth 4 pounds; 

 now 3 pounds. About this manor the shire- 

 (moot) attests that it did not belong to the 

 predecessor (antecessorem) of Hugh through 

 whom he claims it. His men however were 

 unwilling to plead about it (noluerunt inde 

 reddere rationem). He has also transferred 

 (transportavit) the hall (hallam) and other 

 buildings and the live stock to another manor 

 (in alia manerio), 



The same Hugolin holds i virgate in BOR- 

 GELDEBERIE " [Bucklebury 7 ], and it never paid 

 geld ; it belongs and belonged to (jacet et 

 jacult in) Hamesteda [Hampstead Marshall]. 

 It is worth 10 shillings. 



LIX. THE LAND OF MATHIU OF 



MORTAIN 

 IN LAMBORNE [LAMBOURN] HUNDRET 



Maci of Mortain holds LAMBORNE 

 [Lambourn 8 ] of the king. Ulward held it 

 of King Edward in alod as a manor. Then 

 as now it was assessed at 4 hides. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is half 

 a plough ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 8 

 bordars with i plough. It was worth (T.R.E.) 

 60 shillings ; afterwards 30 ; now 50 shil- 

 lings. 



8 In one of three ways one must seek explana- 

 tion of this entry. Either the name of the 

 Hundred has been omitted, or a single virgate in 

 Bucklebury belonged to a Hundred from which it 

 was quite detached, or else the name Borgeldeberie 

 is the name of the Hundred, set down in error as 

 the name of the vill, and the place is therefore 

 unnamed (F.W.R.) 



7 Now in the Hundred of Reading. 



8 Now in the Hundred of Lambourn. 



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