the domesday book records that in 1086 aston belonged to miles crispin, son-in-law of robert d'oyly. crispin died in 1107 and his widow maud was married to brien fitzcount. fitzcount and maud supported the empress matilda during the anarchy, and when king stephen defeated matilda both fitzcount and maud entered religious houses, the latter to wallingford priory to whom the grant of the church (glebe and advowson) was made, subsequently appointing its vicar until the dissolution of the monasteries. stephen granted their estates to henry, duke of normandy, thus making aston part of the honour of wallingford. aston later became part of the honour of ewelme. it later was the seat of the de rohant family from which the manor gained the name "aston rohant", today corrupted to "aston rowant". the heir of de rohant was the champernowne family, lords of the manor of modbury in devon.