By the Rev. W. H. Jones. 77 
Domesday Book. Five hundred years after that date, just before 
the dissolution of Monasteries, a valuation was again made of her 
property here as well as elsewhere. The record is preserved, and 
the following is abstracted from the original Roll in the Aug- 
mentation Office.’ 
Comput. Mrsistrorum Domrnt Rees Temp. Hey. VIII. (1539-40.) 
Bradeford. Redd. lib. ten. (Rents of free-tenants).....---- 6 8 6 
Atworth ......... Pe ee fae soca lars eben tet 016 3 
Chall jb 4d: es556e cep Cobb or UO Tor Cco CnD UC ECan ia Oat 9 10 If 
oii 5 .4a55 95 2 SOBRE BORE Usdend sa lorie Dem orrenaCr ange 2 6 O 
I Wl en isale we on oct tin cian ee aint eras sees 2) 50 
Shetscill © 20s Bee OAS RCO Ean Snr ta son OGOUrCiE mira 310 0 
DR es oy ideale giniels nie Sener oi et see Revels ees ss Paes} ile 
Bradeford. Redd. cust. ten. (Rents of customary tenants Le. 
copyholders) .....-.- esses cece rere ser reeere trees 715 02 
Sinine ok AN Aes ae meen coerce sade cece a Papeator 12-9) (02 
Morar tee ge sac = ies sicie oi cicitices) idlereiciele: ate unargis's suaieiere areieie + eae 6 13 10 
0 Ti chal pe ASAP Ie SESS Me A 1 OSS ea 7 4 33 
er aOR AIA oo nS ere cbse talsin's) <inke wale tie ele ohsite «3 aie atlas Ge iteas 
ENN, (55 LS i cada wean Yds 11 6 102 
PUMBIOIEE, cs eee ore ot eee eee ene erect pe Sneboooe UBD 
Bradeford. Firm. Maner (Farm of the Manor) . ......------ 2616 8 
Perquis. Curie (Profits of the Court). ....---.-+-. 414 4 
Bradeford Hundred. Perquis. Curie......---+-++++ seeeeeee 49 4 
Bradeford Rector. Firm. Decim. Garb: &e. (Farm of Rgctorial 
Tithes, &0.)....-.202+-cee see eect cece re cect e teens Sie Mold Lies 
£191 10 83 
This sum, brought to its relative value in the present day, would 
represent, at least, £2300. This is, in actual amount, much below 
the previeus estimate. It must, however, be borne in mind, that 
there is no account here of the value of ‘Alveston,’ in which, at 
the former valuation, the Abbess held four hides (about one fourth 
of the land so held by her) in demesne, and the language of Domes- 
day Book plainly implies that this was added to the general esti- 
mate. Moreover, it is well known that the valuation of lands 
belonging to the various dissolved Monasteries was made, by the 
‘King’s Ministers,’ at as low a rate as possible. Making allowance 
for these deductions, there need be no very great discrepancy be- 
tween the estimate of 1086 and that of 1540. 
! Printed in the New ‘Monasticon,’ under the head of ‘Shaftesbury Abbey.’ 
