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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 cottars with i plough, also 2 serfs. T.R.E. it was worth 10 pounds ; afterwards 8 pounds ; now 9 pounds and 5 shillings. The same Turstin holds SPERSOLT * [Spars- holt 2 ] and Roger holds it of him. Brictric, a freeman, held it T.R.E. Then as now it was (assessed) at 2^ hides and i virgate. There is land for i plough, and it is there on the demesne, and 2 serfs and 16 acres of meadow. It was worth (T.R.E.) 30 shillings ; after- wards 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. LVI. ALBERT'S LAND IN RlPLESMERE [RlPPLESMEREJ HuNDRET Albert holds of the king DIDEORDE [Ded- worth 3 ]. Hugh the chamberlain held it of King Edward. Then as now (it was assessed) at i hide. On the demesne is i plough ; and there are 4 villeins and i bordar with 2 ploughs ; and 20 acres of meadow, and wood- land to render 5 swine. It was worth (T.R.E.) 4 pounds ; afterwards, as now, 30 shillings. LVII. THE LAND OF AIULF THE SHERIFF IN EGLEI [AGLE] HUNDRET Aiulf holds SIFORD [East Shefford ] B of the King. Brictric held it in alod of King Edward. It was then assessed at 10 hides ; now (it is assessed) at 5 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and 2 mills worth (de) 22 shillings and 6 pence, and 8 acres of meadow and woodland to render 10 swine. It was (T.R.E.) worth 10 pounds ; afterwards 9 ; now 10 pounds. LVIII. THE LAND OF HUGH THE STEERSMAN IN CHENETEBERIE [KINTBURY] HUNDRET Hugolin the steersman (stirman) holds HAMESTEDE[Hampstead Marshall 4 ] of the king. 1 The name of the Hundred seems to have been here omitted. Sparsholt elsewhere appears as in the Hundreds of Hilleslau (Abingdon lands), and Wanetinz (the King's, Hen. de Ferrers' and Hascoit's lands) (F.W.R.). 3 Now in the Hundred of Faringdon. 3 Now in the Hundred of Ripplesmere. 4 Now in the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle. 6 This must have been in East Shefford. The manor of West Shefford was held (Testa de Nevill, p. 124) by the descendants of Hugh de Port, see note on land of Hugh de Port (p. 363) (F.W.R.). Edward held it as a manor of King Edward in alod. It was then assessed at 4 hides ; now (it is assessed) at i hide. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and there are 4 vil- leins and 8 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 10 serfs and a mill worth (de) 20 shillings and 6 acres of meadow and woodland to ren- der (de) 10 swine. It is and was worth 4 pounds. The same Hugolin has held up to the present (tenuit hactenus) EBRIGE [ ]. Herleng held it T.R.E. as a manor. Then as now it was assessed at I hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is nothing ; but 4 villeins and 4 bordars there have 3 ploughs. There are 3 serfs and a mill worth (de) 30 shillings and 3 acres of meadow and woodland to provide fencing (ad clausuram). It was formerly worth 4 pounds; now 3 pounds. About this manor the shire- (moot) attests that it did not belong to the predecessor (antecessorem) of Hugh through whom he claims it. His men however were unwilling to plead about it (noluerunt inde reddere rationem). He has also transferred (transportavit) the hall (hallam) and other buildings and the live stock to another manor (in alia manerio), The same Hugolin holds i virgate in BOR- GELDEBERIE " [Bucklebury 7 ], and it never paid geld ; it belongs and belonged to (jacet et jacult in) Hamesteda [Hampstead Marshall]. It is worth 10 shillings. LIX. THE LAND OF MATHIU OF MORTAIN IN LAMBORNE [LAMBOURN] HUNDRET Maci of Mortain holds LAMBORNE [Lambourn 8 ] of the king. Ulward held it of King Edward in alod as a manor. Then as now it was assessed at 4 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 8 bordars with i plough. It was worth (T.R.E.) 60 shillings ; afterwards 30 ; now 50 shil- lings. 8 In one of three ways one must seek explana- tion of this entry. Either the name of the Hundred has been omitted, or a single virgate in Bucklebury belonged to a Hundred from which it was quite detached, or else the name Borgeldeberie is the name of the Hundred, set down in error as the name of the vill, and the place is therefore unnamed (F.W.R.) 7 Now in the Hundred of Reading. 8 Now in the Hundred of Lambourn. 365