A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



LX. THE LAND OF BERNARD 



THE FALCONER 

 IN TACEHAM [THATCHAM] HUNDRET 



Bernard the falconer holds WALSINCE 

 [? Wasing 1 ] of the king. Alwin held it of 

 King Edward in alod. It was then assessed 

 at I hide ; it is now assessed at half a hide. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ; and (there are) 5 villeins and I bordar 

 with 2 ploughs ; also i serf, and a mill worth 

 (de) 1 6 shillings. It is and was worth 3 

 pounds. 



LXI. THE LAND OF RAINBALD 



OF CIRE(N)CESTER 

 IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET 



Reimbald of Cirecestre [Cirencester] holds 

 HACHEBORNE [East Hagbourne 2 ] of the king. 

 He held it of King Edward. There are 1 5 

 hides there ; but then as now it was assessed 

 at 12 hides all but i virgate. There is land for 

 12 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 18 villeins and 16 cottars 

 with 10 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a 

 mill worth (de) 12 shillings and 6 pence, and 

 30 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) worth 

 15 pounds ; now 18 pounds. 



The same Reinbald holds ESTONE [Aston 

 Upthorpe ? 3 ]. Eileva a free woman held it 

 T.R.E. Then (there were) 10 hides there ; but 

 it was assessed at 6 hides then as now. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ploughs ; and (there are) IO villeins and 12 

 cottars with 5 ploughs. There are 3 serfs 

 and 41 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) 

 worth i o pounds ; now 1 2 pounds. 



LXII. GRIMBALD'S LAND 

 IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET 



Grimbald holds HENRET [West Hendred 4 ] 6 

 of the king. Achi a freeman held it T.R.E. 

 It was then (assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is 



1 Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 



J Now in the Hundred of Moreton. This passed 

 with his other lands to Cirencester Abbey at his death 

 (Testa,?. 125) (J.H.R.). 



3 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. The 

 Abbey of Cirencester, according to Testa de Nevill, 

 held ' quoddam manerium Eston de dono Regis 

 Henrici avi (I.) fundatoris.' This holding, in 

 Feudal Aids, 1428, i. 65, is half a knight's fee 

 and is in Aston Upthorpe. It seems probable 

 that it was part of the land of Rainbald of Ciren- 

 cester (F.W.R.). 



4 Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 



See note on Henret, King's land (p. 333). 



assessed) at i hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is I ; and (there are) 2 vil- 

 leins and 5 cottars with i plough and a mill 

 worth (de) 10 shillings and 15 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth (T.R.E.) 4 pounds, 

 afterwards 30 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



LXIII. THE LAND OF TEODRIC 



THE GOLDSMITH 

 IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET 



Theodric the Goldsmith holds ELLEORDE 

 [Aldworth 6 ] 7 of the king. Edward held it in 

 alod of King Edward. It was then (assessed) 

 at 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2 hides. There 

 is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and 

 woodland to render (de) 10 swine. It is and 

 was worth 100 shillings. 



IN BoRGELDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] HuNDRET 



The same Theodric holds HANSTEDE 

 [Hampstead Norris 8 ]. 9 Lane held it of King 

 Edward. It was then (assessed) at 1 7 hides ; 

 now (it is assessed) at 6 hides. There is land for 

 1 2 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 13 villeins and 9 bordars with 

 8 ploughs. There are 8 serfs and 4 acres of 

 meadow and woodland to render (de) 40 

 swine. Of this land the priest of the church 

 holds half a hide in almoin and has nothing 

 on it. 



It was (T.R.E.) worth 12 pounds ; after- 

 wards 9 pounds ; now IO pounds. 



IN REDINGES [READING] HUNDRET 



The same Theodric holds SOLEHAM [Sul- 

 ham 10 ] . Edward held it of King Edward. 

 It was then (assessed) at i hide ; now (it is 

 assessed) at half a hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough with 

 5 bordars ; also (there are) 2 serfs and 2 

 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 30 

 shillings. 



The same Theodric holds in PORLAA 

 [Purley 10 ] " half a hide. Edward held it ; and 

 it was assessed at that much then as now. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the de- 



Now in the Hundred of Compton. 



' In Testa de Nevill (p. 1 1 1 ) it appears that part 

 of Aldworth, ' Hansted'and Purley was still united 

 in one knight's fee and held in chief by William de 

 Siffrewast (F.W.R.). 



8 Now in the Hundred of Faircross. 



9 See note above on Elleorde. 



10 Now in the Hundred of Theale. 



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