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 A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE IN THE SAME HUNDRED The same count has i hide. A certain Ulgar held it T.R.E. It was then (assessed) at i hide ; now (it is assessed) at 6 acres. There is land for i plough. There are 2 cottars and 12 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 10 shillings. IN GAMESFELLE [GANFIELD] HUNDRET The same count has I hide and 3 virgates and 2 acres. 1 A certain Ulwin held them T.R.E., and they were assessed at that much ; now (they are assessed) at nothing. There are 4 cottars. There are 7 acres of meadow. (This holding) was formerly worth 30 shil- lings ; now 15 shillings. The same count holds 2 hides and 2 acres of land. 1 These were held by 4 freemen T.R.E., and were assessed at that ; now (they are assessed) at 5 virgates. One villein is there and 4 cottars and 12 acres of meadow. T.R.E. they were worth 37 shillings and 6 pence ; now 22 shillings. XVIII. THE LAND OF EARL HUGH IN SUDTUNE [SUTTON] HUNDRET Earl Hugh holds DRAITUNE [Drayton 2 ] and William holds it of him. Ednod 3 held it of Harold and could not go to what lord he wished (nan potuit ire quoltbef). It was then assessed at 2 hides ; now (it is assessed) at nothing. There is land for ploughs. On the demesne is i plough ; and (there are) 4 bor- dars and 2 serfs and 1 3 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 50 shillings. IN WIFOLD [ ] HUNDRET The earl himself holds BOROARDESCOTE [Buscot 4 ] and Robert B holds it of him. Earl 1 One or both of these holdings must have been at Buckland (which was in ' Gamesfelle ' Hundred), for the grant to Noyon Priory (see preceding note under 'Sewelle') included lands at ' Bochelanda," together with those at Bucklebury, Sheffield, Graf- ton, Blewbury, etc., as among those given to the Count's predecessor by the Conqueror. As the Prior of Noyon was assessed on three ploughs there (Testa, p. 132), his holding would be large enough to represent both the above entries (J.H.R.). 3 See Introduction. 5 It is probable that these were respectively Robert d'Ouilly and Dreu [Droco] d'Andeli. For the Chronicle of Abingdm (ii., 679) proves that, twenty years later, this Dreu was holding of Robert, who held of the Earl of Chester, at Weston, Oxon., as he was also clearly doing at Ardley, in that county, in 1086 (J.H.R.). Harold held it. It was then assessed at 40 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 6 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs ; on the demesne are 4 ploughs ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 25 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and a fishery worth (de) 1 8 shillings and 8 pence, and 300 acres of meadow. Of this land Drogo 6 holds 8 hides and Rannulf 4 ; and there are on the demesne 2 ploughs and (there are) 2 villeins and 6 bordars. The whole T.R.E. was worth 20 pounds ; afterwards 17 pounds ; now 26 pounds. XIX. THE LAND OF THE COUNT OF MORTAIN IN BLITBERIE [BLEWBURY] HUNDRET The Count of Mortain holds ESTONE [Aston Tirrold 6 ] and the abbey of Preaux (de Pratellis) holds it of him. 7 Anschil held it T.R.E. It was then (assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs, and on the demesne is i plough ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 3 cottars and 6 serfs and i church. It is and was worth 3 pounds. XX. THE LAND OF WALTER GIFARD. IN WANETINZ [WANTAGE] HUNDRET Walter Gifard holds HANNEI [West Han- ney 8 ].* Osbern and Teodric hold it of him. Edwin a freeman held it of King Edward. Then as now it was (assessed) at 2 hides. There is land for I plough. One plough is there and 1 1 cottars and 24 acres of meadow. It is and was worth 40 shillings. Walter himself holds HANNEI [West Hanney 8 ]. 10 Earl Tosti held it. It was then assessed at 14 hides, (now it is assessed) at 7 8 Now in the Hundred of Moreton. 7 See Introduction. 8 Now in the Hundred of Wantage. Testa de Net/ill gives (p. 123) half a knight's fee in ' Westhenneye,' and I fee in West Wittenham, as parts of the honour of Giffard (F.W.R.). 10 Besides the half knight's fee in 'Westhenneye,' given in Testa de Nevill as belonging to the Honour of Giffard, the Prior of Longevile is stated (p. 125) to hold a mediety of Westhanney as gift in almoin of the Earl Marshal, and as of the Honour of GifFard. This seems to place the remainderofWalterGifard's holding in Hanney in West Hanney. See notes (p. 345) on the land of Count of Evreux, and (p. 357) on the land of Gilbert de Bretvile (F.W.R.). 346
 * Now in the Hundred of Ock.
 * Now in the Hundred of Shrivenham.