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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS I plough and 2 villeins and 7 bordars. The whole T.R.E. was worth 1 5 pounds ; after- wards I O pounds. That part which the abbot has is now (worth) 1 2 pounds ; what his men (have is worth) 50 shillings. IN HlLLESLAUE [ ] HUNDRET The abbey itself holds OFFENTONE [Uffing- ton *] and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 40 hides; now (it is assessed) at 1 4 hides. There is land for 1 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 17 villeins and 16 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 1 1 serfs and a mill worth (de) 5 shillings and 85 acres of meadow. Of this land Gilbert holds 6 hides of the abbot and there he has I plough and 1 6 bordars with i plough. The whole T.R.E. was worth 15 pounds; afterwards 21 pounds; now 26 pounds. Anschil holds SPERSOLD [Sparsholt 2 ] of the abbot. Edric held it as an alod of King Edward and could go to what lord he wished (potuit ire quo voluii). Then as now it was assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 2 villeins and i serf with i plough, and a mill worth (de) 5 shillings and 50 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 7 pounds ; afterwards 4 pounds ; now (it is worth) 6 pounds. About this manor the shire(moot) attests that Edric who used to hold it gave it over to his son who was a monk in Abendone [Abingdon], to hold it at ferm and to provide the donor (siti) there- from with the necessaries of life, and after his death to have the manor ; and therefore the men of the shire(moot) do not know how far it belongs to the abbey, for they have seen neither king's writ nor seal concerning it. The abbot on the other hand testifies that T.R.E. (Edric's son) transferred (miiit) the manor to the abbey to which he belonged, and concerning this he has the writ and seal of King Edward ; and all his monks attest this. IN GAMENESFELLE [GANFIELD] HUNDRET The abbey itself holds ORDAM [Long- worth 3 ] * in demesne and held it T.R.E. (It 1 Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. Now in the Hundred of Ganfield. Aids, 1401-02, i. 58, we find 'Worthe' as one of the vills in which was part of a knight's fee, owned by Abingdon. The same information is given in Testa de Nevill, but there is nothing to was) then (assessed) at 30 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 8 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. fo. sgb On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 14 cottars with 6 ploughs. A church is there and 8 serfs and a fishery worth (de) 2 shillings and 100 acres of meadow. It is and was worth T.R.E. and afterwards (semper) 15 pounds. The abbey itself holds CERNEI [Charney 8 ] and T.R.E. as now it was assessed at 2 vir- gates. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 1 3 cottars with 5 ploughs there and 4 serfs. It is and was worth 6 pounds. Warin holds of the abbey half a hide. Ulwin held it of the abbot T.R.E. Then as now (it was assessed) at half a hide. There is i plough with 2 cottars and i serf, and (there are) 1 6 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 1 2 shillings. The abbey itself holds SERENGEFORD [Shel- lingford 5 ] and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. (it was assessed) at 12 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2 hides and i virgate. There is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 1 3 villeins and i cottar with 4 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a mill worth (de) 30 pence and 104 acres of meadow, and from other meadows (come) 12 shillings and 6 pence, and from customary dues of cheeses 4 pounds and 1 6 shillings and 8 pence. Of this manor Gilbert holds 2 hides of the abbot : Wimund i hide. There are i ploughs with i serf. The whole T.R.E. and afterwards was worth 12 pounds. The part which the abbot holds is now (worth) 9 ; what his men (hold), 60 shillings. Gilbert holds of the abbot PESEI [Pusey *]. Alvred held it of the abbot T.R.E. Then as now (it was assessed) at 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs and I cottar and 2 serfs. It was formerly worth 4 pounds ; now 3. indicate the Hundred in which 'Worthe' was situated. But the tithes of Longworth rectory, formerly belonging to Abingdon, appear to have been granted in 36 Hen. VIII. to Toppes and Alford [Pat. R. 36 Hen. VIII. 22, m. 35]. ' Langworthe cum Charney,' in Feudal Aids, 1316, i. 52, is set down as partly owned by Abingdon (F.W.R.). Now in the Hundred of Ganfield. 341
 * Now in the Hundred of Faringdon.
 * ' Ordam ' should represent Worth : in Feudal