Wokingham was not separately assessed in the Domesday Survey, as it was then part of the manor of Sonning (held by the Bishop of Salisbury in 1086), in which it was first recorded in 1146. It was promoted by the Bishop of Salisbury as a market town from the early 13thc., receiving its first market charter in 1219.
In 1146 a chapel at Wokingham was subject to the mother church of Sonning, and the advowson was held by the bishops of Salisbury.