FYFIELD, (Berkshire) on the N. W. side of Abingdon, bel. formerly to the Golafres, and was purchased by Sir Tho. White
Ld.-mayor of London, who settled it on St. John's Coll. in Oxford, which he founded; at first leasing it out to his
brother, in whose family it has continued in a direct line to this day; but St. John's Coll. are Lds. of the manor.