Ascot Earl
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ascot under Wychwood
Historical Forms
- Estcote 1086 DB
- Astcote comitis 1316 FA
- Ascote Earl 1362 Ipm
- Ascote Earls 1362 Cl
- Ascote 1376 Fine
- Escota c. 1100 RegAntiquiss
Etymology
'East cot(e).' d 'Oyley from the family of Wido de Oileio , who held Escota c. 1100 RegAntiquiss. Ascot Earl takes its suffix from the le Despensers, earls of Winchester: cf. the Calendar of Fine Rolls for 1326—”the manor of Ascote, co. Oxford, late of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester.”