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 A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE Laci * gave it to that church with his daughter, the shire(moot) does not know in what man- ner. T.R.E. it was assessed at 8 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2^ hides. There is land for [ ]. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. There are 2 serfs and the third part of a mill worth (de) 10 shillings, and 69 acres of meadow. It was worth (T.R.E.) 7 pounds ; afterwards 6 pounds; now 100 shillings. XV. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH [ABBEY] OF BATTLE IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET The Abbot of Labatailge [Battle] 2 holds BRISTOLDESTONE [Brightwalton 3 ] of the king. Earl Harold held it. It was then (assessed) at i o hides. A certain thegn who held it before Harold (eum) used to pay geld for 1 5 hides. Now (it is assessed) at nothing. There is land for [ ]. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 10 villeins and 1 3 bordars with 7 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a church with a priest, (and) woodland to render (de) 20 swine, (and) in Walenge- ford [Wallingford] 5 closes (bagee). It was (formerly) worth i o pounds ; now 9 pounds. fo. 60 The abbot himself holds a church in RED- DINGES [Reading] with 8 hides thereto be- longing. Leveva the Abbess held it of King Edward. It was then assessed at 8 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 3 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; and (there are) 9 villeins and 8 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 2 mills worth (de) 40 shillings, and 2 fisheries and a moiety of one worth 5 shillings. In REDDINGES [Reading] are 29 dwelling houses (masurte) (belonging), worth (de) 28 shillings and 8 pence, and 12 acres of mea- dow, (and) woodland to render (de) 5 swine ; from the church come 3 pounds. T.R.E. it was worth 9 pounds ; afterwards 8 pounds ; now ii pounds. XVI. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF AMESBURY IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET The Abbess of Ambresberie [Amesbury] holds CHENETEBERIE [Kintbury*]. That 1 Father of Roger de Laci, who recurs below as a tenant-in-chief of lands which had similarly be- longed to 'Edmund' (J.H.R.). 1 Feudal Aids, 1316, p. 54, gives ' Brightwal- tone ' as owned by the Abbot of Battle (F.W.R.). ' Now in the Hundred of Faircross. Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. church has held it T.R.E. and since (sem- per). T.R.E. it was assessed at 1 1 hides, now (it is assessed) at 8 hides. There is land for i o ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs; and (there are) 12 villeins and 18 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 1 1 serfs and a mill worth (de) 4 shillings, and 60 acres of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 10 swine. It was (formerly) worth 1 2 pounds ; now 1 1 pounds. IN EGLEI [AGLE] HUNDRET The abbey itself holds CEVESLANE B [Challow 4 ] 6 and has held it, T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 7 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 3^ hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 10 villeins and 8 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs and 40 acres of meadow. It is and was worth T.R.E. and afterwards (semper) 7 pounds. The abbey itself holds FARELLEI* [Great Fawley 7 ]. T.R.E. it was assessed at 10 hides ; novr (it is assessed) at 5 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 4 serfs with 3 ploughs and 20 acres of meadow. It is and was worth T.R.E. and afterwards (semper) 6 pounds. XVII. THE LAND OF THE COUNT OF EVREUX IN RADINGES [READING] HUNDRET The Count of Evreux holds SEWELLE" Probably for < Ceveslaue ' (J.H.R.). This appears to be West Challow. In Feudal Aid.!, 1316, i. 49, 'Villa de Hampsted Mere- shall cum Westchaulo and Putwyke ' was held by the Earl Marshal, the Prioress of Ambresbury, and Robt. Acharde. ' Estchaulo ' is there given as held by the Abbot of Cluny, together with ' Dunledcombe and WodhulT (F.W.R.). i Feudal Aids, 1 3 16, i. 50, gives ' Villa de North- fallele cum Southfallele' as held by the Prioress of Ambresbury and John de Percy, and gives no further particulars. But from Feudal Aids, 1418, i. 66, we learn that William Fynderne held half a knight's fee in South Fawley ; and, referring back to Testa de Nevill, find that John, son of Hugh, held that amount in ' Falelegh' by gift of the king. This seems to settle the king's portion as in South Fawley, and therefore the land of Amesbury in North, alias Gt. Fawley (F.W.R.). In Theale. The above reading of the name is that which is found in the MS., but I suspect a scribal error, for SEWELLE, as the place occurs subsequently as ' Seffeld Prioris de Nuiun ' (Testa, p. 133). The Count's land can largely be iden- tified by his successor's benefactions to the Priory of Noyon (see my Calendar of documents preserved 344