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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS fo. S3 The abbey itself holds WAREFORD [Gar- ford*]. It has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 10 hides; now (it is assessed) at 6. Of these the abbot holds 8 hides, and Berner holds 2 of him. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and there are i O vil- leins and 10 bordars with 3 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 7 shillings and 6 pence and there are 30 acres of meadow ; and Berner has i plough with 6 bordars and 6 acres of meadow. The whole was worth T.R.E. 12 pounds; and afterwards 10 pounds; (it is worth as much) now. The abbey itself holds HANLEI [East Hanney 2 ], 3 and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E., as now, it was assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. There are 10 villeins with 2 ploughs and 100 acres of meadow. Of the land of this manor Ulwi holds 3 hides which were part of the demesne which supplied food for the monks (de dominico victu monackarum) T.R.E. and Nicholas holds i hide of the abbot which Edwin the priest held and could not go from the abbot (eo) (to another lord). On these 4 hides are 2 ploughs and 9 bordars with half a plough, and a mill worth (de) 12 shillings and there are 4 serfs and 60 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. was worth 8 pounds ; afterwards 7 pounds; and now the same amount. The abbey itself holds GOSEI [Goosey l ] and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). It was assessed T.R.E. at 1 7 hides ; it is now assessed at 1 1 hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs; and (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs and I ' radknight ' (rackeneste) with his own plough, and i oo acres of meadow ; and from pasture (come) 16 pence. Of the land of this manor Hermer holds 7 hides, and it is part of the demesne which supplied food for the monks (de dominico victu monachorum). He has there I plough, and (there are) 7 villeins with half a plough and 35 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. was worth 9 pounds ; 1 Now in the Hundred of Ock. a Now in the Hundred of Wantage. ' Testa de Nevitt (p. 121) has of a knight's fee in East Hanney as belonging to Abingdon. The entry of this under ' Merceham ' Hundret, and in such sequence, offers an unexplained difficulty. Except under the land of Gilbert de Bretville, where one may readily suspect an omission, Hanlei [Hanney] appears elsewhere under ' Wanetinz ' Hundret (F.W.R.). afterwards 10 pounds ; now the same amount (simi liter). Walter Gifard holds LINFORD [Lyford 4 ] 6 of the abbot. T.R.E. the sons of Eliert held it of the abbot and could not go to another lord (alias ire) without leave, and yet they put themselves under (commendaverunt se) Walter without the abbot's licence (precepto). Then as now it was assessed at 7 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs, and there are 4 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) worth 4 pounds ; now IOO shillings. Rainald holds of the abbot 3 hides in the same vill. Linbald a monk held it of the abbey, and it was assessed at 3 hides then as now. There is land for i^- ploughs. On the demesne is a plough ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 3 bordars with half a plough. There are I serf and 36 acres of meadow. It was (formerly) worth 20 shillings ; now 40 shillings. The abbey itself holds DRAicoTE[Draycott Moor 4 ] and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. as now it was assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. There are 16 villeins with 7 ploughs and 40 acres of meadow. Of this land Gilbert holds i hide and a certain Englishman half a hide, and there is I plough with 2 villeins and 2 serfs. There are 6 acres of meadow and a fishery. The whole T.R.E. and afterwards was worth 100 shillings; (now) 6 pounds. IN SUDTONE [SUTTON] HUNDRET The abbey itself holds MIDDELTUNE [Mil- ton 4 ] and has held it T.R.E. and since (semper). T.R.E. it was assessed at 28 hides; now (it is assessed) at 23 hides. There is land for 24 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs; and (there are) 39 villeins and 25 bordars with 1 5 ploughs. There are 4 serfs and a mill worth (de) 10 shillings and 344 acres of meadow. Of the same land Azelin holds 2 hides and i virgate of the abbot, and Rainald 3 hides. There are 3 ploughs and 5 villeins and 1 1 bordars and a mill worth (de) 1 2 shillings and 6 pence, and 2 serfs and 30 acres of meadow. The whole T.R.E. was worth 25 pounds. The part which the abbot 1 Now in the Hundred of Ock. 6 Feudal Aids, 1401-02, i. 58, gives I knight's fee in Lyford in the Hundred of Okie (lie) as owned by Abingdon (F.W.R.). 339