Beckett Hall

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Beckett Hall is a country house at Shrivenham in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire). The present house dates from 1831.This ancient historical manor is first mentioned in the Domesday survey, and acquired by King John in 1204. "The King holds Scrivenham in the demesne [domain] that King Edward held it. There are 46 hides. There is land for 33 ploughs. On the demesne there are 4 ploughs and there 80 villeins and 17 borderers with 30 ploughs...In the Manor are two mills worth twenty shillings, and 240 acres (0.97 km2) of meadow and woodland to render 20 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 35 pounds, and afterwards 20, not 45 pounds."