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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 14 villeins and 8 cottars with 3 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and a mill worth (de) 12 shillings and 6 pence, and another mill worth (de) 7 shillings and 6 pence, which belongs to the manor of Cerletone [Charlton], as the Hundred (court) states. 1 The church of this vill is held of Walter by Turold the priest together with i hide which always pays geld. It was worth 10 pounds (T.R.E.) and afterwards 8 pounds ; now 1 4 pounds. IN SUTTUNE [SUTTON] HUNDRED 3 W(alter) himself holds WITEHAM [Long Wittenham 8 ]. Queen Eddid held it. It was then assessed at 20 hides ; (now it is as- sessed) at 13 hides and I virgate. There is land for 16 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs; and (there are) 29 villeins and 16 bordars with 9 ploughs. There are 6 serfs and 163 acres of meadow ; and in Warenge- ford [Wallingford] 8 closes (hagts) worth (de) 4 shillings. For herbage (are rendered) 5 shillings. T.R.E. it was worth 20 pounds, afterwards 15 pounds, now 20 pounds. XXI. THE LAND OF HENRY DE FERIERES IN NACHEDEDORNE [ ] HUNDRET Henry de Ferreres holds CATMERE [Cat- more 4 ] and Henry holds it of him. Ezui held it of King Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 3 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and there are 5 villeins and 12 bordars with 3 ploughs. It was worth 7 pounds (T.R.E.) ; and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 70 shillings. The same Henry holds HISLELEI [East Ilsley 6 " 6 and Roger holds it of him. Algar held it of King Edward. Then as now it was (assessed) at 3^ hides. There is land for 1 See the relative entry under the King's land at Charlton on p. 329 (J.H.R.). This entry was omitted, and is inserted at the foot of the page in the MS. 3 Alias West Wittenham. Now in the Hun- dred of Ock. Compton. Now in the Hundred of Compton. J Testa de Nevill (pp. 1 09 and 1 2 1 ) gives part of ' Estildesle ' as belonging to the fief of the Earl Ferrers (F.W.R.). 2 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough with 2 bordars ; and i serf is there. It was (formerly) worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shil- lings. The same Henry holds AssEDONE 7 [? Ash- ridge in Compton] and Ralf 8 holds it of him. Bundi held it of King Edward. (It was) then (assessed) at 10 hides and i virgate ; now (it is assessed) at 9 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 8 bordars. There are 9 serfs and 6 acres of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 5 swine. The whole was worth 12 pounds T.R.E. ; after- wards 6 pounds; now 10 pounds. IN BORGEDEBERIE [BuCKLEBURY] HuNDRET The same Henry holds FRILESHAM [Frils- ham 9 ] and Roger holds it of him. Two freemen held it of King Edward. Then as now it was assessed at 7^ hides. There is land for [ ]. On the demesne are fo. 6ob i ploughs; and (there are) 5 villeins and n bordars with 6^ ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a mill worth (de) 4 shillings, and 10 acres of meadow, and woodland to render (de) 10 swine. It is and was worth T.R.E. and afterwards (semper) 6 pounds. IN TACEHAM [THATCHAM] HUNDRET Henry himself holds GRENEHAM [Green- ham 9 ]. Seward 10 held it of King Edward in alod. It was then (assessed) at 5 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 2^ hides. There is land for IO ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) n villeins and 19 bordars with 7 ploughs. A church is there and 4 serfs and a mill and a moiety of a mill worth (de) 1 1 shillings all but 2 pence, and 41 acres of meadow ; and 80 acres of meadow (also). T.R.E. and afterwards it was worth 8 pounds ; now 6 pounds. i This manor appears in the Testa (pp. 121, 1 26) where it is ' Asseden ' or ' Esseden ' as held with Kingston and Compton by the Bachepuz family, of Ferrers. Kingston is accounted for under this fief in Domesday (see below), but Compton is not. I conclude, therefore, that this ' Assedone ' included the Ferrers holding in Compton, which adjoined East Ilsley in Compton Hundred. See Ancestor, No. 12. (J.H.R.). This was Ralf de Bachepuz (J.H.R.) Now in the Hundred of Faircross. "> This was Siward Barn, an English noble, who survived the Conquest, and much of whose land Henry obtained (J.H.R.). 347
 * Near East Ilsley, now in the Hundred of