An estate of two hides at Cherington was held by Haminc before the Conquest. It was held later by Robert Doyley, lord of Wallingford, who in 1074 endowed his foundation of St. George's chapel in Oxford castle with two-thirds of his demesne tithes at Cherington. Robert's son-in-law Miles Crispin held the estate in 1086 when his tenant was Goiffred. The manor continued to be held from the honour of Wallingford during the Middle Ages.