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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS The king holds SPERSHOLT [Sparsholt J ] in demesne. Three freemen held it T.R.E. as 3 manors. Froger the sheriff had it after- wards and made it one manor. Then (T.R.E.) it was assessed at 16 hides ; now it is assessed at nothing. There is land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and (there are) 28 villeins and 17 cottars with 5 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and 84 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. was worth 9 pounds ; afterwards 1 5 pounds ; now 1 9 pounds and 5 shillings, and yet it pays 23 pounds. The church of this manor with i hide Edred the priest holds, and he held it T.R.E. There he has i plough and i cottar and 4 acres of meadow. This hide pays no geld. It is worth 20 shillings. The king holds CERLETONE [Charlton *] in demesne. Elmer a free man held it T.R.E. (It was) then (assessed) at 8 hides ; now it is assessed at 7. There is land for 4 ploughs. Bishop Peter held it afterwards. There is I plough on the demesne, and i villein (is there) and 7 cottars with i plough. There are 3 serfs and 24 acres of meadow and a mill worth (de) 7 shillings and 6 pence which Walter Gifard holds unjustly the hundred (court) says. T.R.E. it was worth 8 pounds; afterwards 4 pounds ; now 8 pounds. The king holds BEDRETONE [Betterton 3 ] in demesne. Ulvric a free man held it T.R.E. It was then assessed at 10 hides ; it is now assessed at 2 hides all but i virgate. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are i ploughs ; and (there are) 4 villeins and 5 cottars with 2 ploughs. T.R.E. it was worth 6 pounds ; afterwards 3 pounds ; now it is worth too shillings. The king has there half a virgate which Ulflet held T.R.E., and he could go (with it) to what lord he wished (potuit ire quo voluit). It was assessed then at half a virgate, now it is assessed at nothing. Robert holds it in the ferm (firma) of Wanetinz [Wantage] but it never belonged thereto. It is and was worth 1 6 pence. In SUDTONE [Sutton 4 ] the king holds half a of > Now in the Hundred of Faringdon. a Now in the Hundred of Wantage. 3 Near Lockinge, now in the Hundred Wantage. But if it was in ' Wanetinz ' Hundred the place remains unidentified (F.W.R.). virgate which Leflet held T.R.E. and could go (with it) to what lord she 8 wished (potuit ire quo voluit). (It was) then (assessed) at half a vir- gate ; now (it is assessed) at nothing. Robert holds it in the ferm (firma) of Sudton [Sutton] but it did not belong .thereto. It is and was worth 1 6 pence. IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMERE] HuNDRET The king holds WARWELT [Warfield 8 ] in demesne. Queen Eddid held it. It was then as now assessed at 10 hides. There is land for [ ]. There are 13 villeins with 8 ploughs, and woodland to render (de) 100 swine. T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 6 pounds. A priest of Geoffrey de Mandevile has i hide of this which always belonged to this manor ; but he transferred it to (sed iste misit in) a manor of his lord. 7 IN CERLEDONE [CHARLTON] HUNDRET The king holds WEREGRAVE [Wargrave 8 ] in demesne. Queen Eddid held it. (It was) then (assessed) at 33 hides ; now (it is assessed) at nothing. There is land for 29 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and there are 41 villeins and 14 bordars with 25 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a mill worth 9 shillings and 2 pence and 3 fisheries to render (de) 3,000 eels, and 1 6 acres of meadow, and wood- land to render (de) 100 swine. T.R.E. it was worth 3 1 pounds ; and afterwards, as now, 27 pounds and 6 shillings and 8 pence. The king holds RAMEHAM [Remenham "] in demesne. Queen Eddid held it. (It was) then (assessed at) 1 2 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 4 hides. There is land for [ ]. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 20 villeins and 4 bordars with 6 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, and a mill worth 20 shillings and 1,000 eels, and 52 acres of meadow, and woodland to provide fencing (ad clausuram). T.R.E. it was worth 15 pounds ; afterwards, as now 10 pounds. The king holds SOANESFELT [Swallowfield 10 ] 8 ' Leflet ' is a woman's name (J.H.R.). Now in the Hundred of Wargrave. T This holding cannot be identified on Geoffrey de Mandeville's fief (J.H.R.). Now in the Hundred of Wargrave. Now in the Hundred of Beynhurst. 10 Although the form of this name is not sug- gestive of Swallowfield, this manor is again referred to towards the end of the survey of the King's land, 329 42
 * Sutton is no doubt the equivalent of Sudtone.