Blewbury appears twice in DS. The king held the larger part which included the church, held by William Beaufour, while the Count of Evreux held the smaller. The royal manor of Blewbury was granted to Reading Abbey by the Empress Matilda (1144 x 47), and the grant was confirmed by Pope Eugenius III (1145 x 53), by Stephen (1146 x 47) and his son Eustace (1146 x 47), by Henry as Count of Anjou (1147 or 49) and as Henry II (1156 x 57), by Richard I (1189) and John (1202).