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 A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET The abbey itself holds LACHINGES [East Lockinge *] and held it T.R.E. It was then (assessed) at IO hides ; now (it is assessed) at 6 hides and i virgate. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 1 1 cottars with 4 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a mill worth (de) 30 pence and 34 acres of meadow. One hide of this land Gilbert holds of the abbot, and I church with half a hide, and there he has I plough with i villein. The whole, T.R.E., was worth 9 pounds. The abbey's demesne is now worth 7 pounds ; Gilbert's (holding is worth) 36 shillings. The abbey itself holds GAINZ [West Ginge 3 ] * and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper}. T.R.E. it was assessed at 10 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2 hides and I virgate. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 4 villeins and 1 8 cottars with 2 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and a mill worth (de) 6 shillings and 6 pence, and 3 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) worth 8 pounds ; now 7. Rainald holds of the abbot 2 hides 6 ; Nor- man held them of the abbot T.R.E. Then as now (they were assessed) at 2 hides. There is land for i plough. There are 2 cottars and 2 acres of meadow. These were (for- merly) worth 40 shillings ; now 30 shillings. The abbey itself holds BOCHELANDE" [Buckland 7 ]. .Slmar held it T.R.E. Then as now (it was assessed) at 5 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i plough ; and (there are) 4 villeins and i cottar and i serf with i plough, and a moiety of a fishery worth (de) 3 shillings, and 1 5 acres of mea- dow. T.R.E. it was worth 100 shillings ; afterwards 40 shillings ; now 60 shillings. ' Now in the Hundred of Wantage. Feudal Aids, 1316, i. 52, gives ' Estlakinge' as belonging to Abingdon (F.W.R.). a Near Lockinge, now in the Hundred of Wan- tage. Feudal Aids, 1316, p. 52, sets down the vill of ' Westgenge ' as belonging to Abingdon (F.W.R.). 5 The place is not named. There is the possibility that this entry was omitted in the proper place, under 'Gamenesfelle' Hundret, and occurs here, but with the name of the Hundred omitted, to complete the list of the Abingdon lands. Under Bp. Osbern's land above, ' Bochelande ' is distinctly placed in ' Gamesfel ' Hundret (F.W.R.). ' Now in the Hundred of Ganfield. VIII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF GLASTONBURY IN HiLLESLAUE [ ] HUNDRET The Abbey of Glastingeberie [Glaston- bury] holds EISSESBERIE [Ashbury 8 J and held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 40 hides ; now (it is as- sessed) at 1 6 hides and i virgates. There is land for 20 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 13 villeins and 26 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and a mill worth (de) 10 shillings, and 200 acres of meadow and a little woodland. Of the land of this manor Robert de Olgi holds 4^ hides of the abbot, and Alwin 3 hides and Edward 2 hides. There on the demesne are 5 ploughs, and (there are) 2 vil- leins and 7 bordars with i plough. A church is there, and a priest having i hide, and 4 serfs and a mill worth (de) 12 shillings and 6 pence. The whole T.R.E. was worth 35 pounds; afterwards 20 pounds ; what the abbot holds is now (worth) 20 pounds ; what the (abbot's) men (hold is worth) 12 pounds. IX. THE LAND OF ST. PETER OF WESTMINSTER IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMERE] HUNDRET The Abbey of Westminster holds LACHENE- STEDE [Easthampstead "]. 10 It held it T.R.E., and then it was assessed at IO hides ; now (it is assessed) at 5 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. There are 14 villeins with 5 ploughs, and woodland to render (de) 10 swine. T.R.E. it was worth too shillings; after- wards 50 shillings ; now 60 shillings. X. THE LAND OF THE ABBEY OF ST. PETER OF WINCHESTER IN EGLEI [EAGLE] HUNDRET The Abbey of Wincestre [Winchester] holds CEDENEORD [Chaddleworth u ]. Two 8 Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham. Now in the Hundred of Ripplesmere. 10 In Testa de Nevitt (p. 1 24) it is stated that the Prior of Hurley held ' Yashamsted ' in demesne, by gift in almoin of St. Edward. Feudal Aids, 1316, i. 48, gives the vill of ' Yesshampsted,' in Ripplesmere Hundred, as belonging to the Abbot of Westminster. Additional Charter 16350 (Brit. Mus.) is a deed of sale by Charles Howard to Leonard Chamberleyn, of the Priory of Hurley, and the manors of Hurley and Esthamstede, 'lately parcell of the possessions of the late monastery of St. Peter of Westminster,' given by Henry VIII. to Charles Howard, in 1544 (F.W.R.). " Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 343