180.5.] 



The Antiquary, 



43o- 



which the Conqueror (hewed the Lind.m- 

 ers ill ill* cKitTcrr. er^nttd, nat in the 

 Norman. b-U she Saxon toiii-uc. 



Ot Weitmi'tiler, howtvcf, the defcrip- 

 ♦ion is parti'.-ular ; and as n nc of the 

 hiitor'ans of our itierrop"!!-. h;ive taken 

 notic- of the paii'ige, we ftiall hrie tran- 

 fcribe the wnrvis ot tht reconl. 



" In villi iibi fe et tccieiiM Sinfli Pe- 

 tri tfenet abbas ejiildtm loci xiii. hinas ct 

 dimidium. Terra eft ad xi. car'. Ad 

 dom;:iiu!n pcriincnt ix. hi'se, et una vir- 

 pata, et ibi funt iv. cariicae. VilJani ha- 

 beot vi. car' ct i. car' plus pnicii fieri. — 

 Ibi Ik. vii'ani quiiquc-. de dim. virg' et i. 

 cot'tiius de V. acii», & xli. c. tarii qui red. 

 di'iit per anntim xl. /ol, pro ortis (uis. 

 Pratum xi. car". Pallura ad pecuniMii 

 viiJae Silvi c. pore' et xxv. domus ini- 

 iituin ai>ba;is et alio'um hominurfi qui 

 leddun: viii fol. p-r annum. In t 'ti> va- 

 lent v.il'. X lib. Qaando recep'. fimilier. 

 Temiiore Re^is Evi«vacdi xii lib. Hoc 

 manenum tuit et e.ir in dominio ecciefia; 

 Sanili Petri Weitmonalh 



" 111 eadcm villi tenet Bainiardus iii. 

 hidas de abbate. Terta ell ad ii. car', et 

 ibi funt in dominio. Et i. cotarius. Sii- 

 va c pore'. Paftura ad pecuniam. Ibi 

 iv. arpenr.i vineae ncivittr plant'. In totis 

 valent vai' Ix. lid. Quando recepit xx fol. 

 Temiiore Regis Edw^rdi vi, lib'. H^ec 

 terra jic'.i.t et jacct in ecckfia Sancli Pe- 

 tri." 



Fro:n this we learn, that " In thr viil 

 whcie the church of St, Peter was fituat- 

 ■ed, the abbot held thiitten hides and a 

 Inlf. Fhe land was fucii >» niiglu occupy 

 eiev'en pi ;ugi:S. Ni.Tc hides a .d a virgste 

 ap;iei tamed to the dem.-thc ; and theie 

 were four ploughs. The villans had lix 

 pl'Highs, an i might have emuloyed an- 

 o lier. Th;ie were alio r.ine viliar.s who 

 liad hiit a »iiga e each, a cotarius who 

 had five acres, and forty-one peojileof the 

 fame dcfcripiion who paid forty (hillings 

 yearly for their gard'ens. Th'.rt Were 

 eleven carucates of meadow, pilKiie for 

 the cattle of the town, wood fuHicitnt to 

 fiipport a hundred hogs, and t«er.tvhve 

 liouies beloiiijing lo the abbot's ktiights 

 (or officer* ot his iiouiishold) and others, 

 who paid eight (hillings a-year. The 

 yearly value of the manor altogether wjs 

 ten pounJs, though it apiicars to have 

 produced in the time of the CoiifclTor 

 twelve. 



" In tlic fame vill Bainiard htld three 

 hide* of the abbiit ; and hc^ land wax fu>. 

 fkicnt to employ two ploughs. Thfre 

 was one co'auus up n it, wood (or ah 

 Jiundred ho^s, pafture fur cnt'le, and four 

 Monthly Mag. No. 136, 



furlotigs of vineyard newly planted. The 

 value altogetl'.tr was reckoned at fixty (hil- 

 lings ; when it was received, at twenty ; 

 but in the time of the ConfclTor at fix 



pou !»»»." 



With a proper allowance for the fami- 

 lies of tho'e who arc h re enumerated, to- 

 gether with tlie n 1 peroiis ithabiiants of 

 the inona fiery, it mav be fairly computed 

 tiiat Wertminder at this eirly period con- 

 tauicd at lea.'t four hundred peifons, if 

 not a grtarer number. 



In Middlffex, as in the other cduntits, 

 t'le lands are not arranged according to the 

 hundreds, but th^ lan-bolders. The hun- 

 dteds, however, which are mentioned by 

 their names, ate only thofe of OlTuLton, 

 Gate, El; home, Spclth-jrne, Edmonton, 

 and H:«ii ilowe. The lands of the king 

 are ill it enumerated j then thofe of the 

 btlhops i afterwards fuch as belonged to 

 monafteries, whether t^reign or domellic ; 

 the lands cf churchmen ; the polTedions of 

 the eails, barons. an.l great men ; thoie of. 

 thethiins ; and lalily inch as were in the 

 tenure of the king's lervantj, or ofHccrs 

 about the court. 



Among the royal lands, Holbume, al- 

 rcatly mentioned, h the only place enume- 

 rated. 



T'> the fee of Canterhnry belonged the 

 manors ol Hcfa (Hayes), an 1 Herges 

 (Harr/vj). In the iormer ot thefe, which 

 appears '.o have had wood enough to fup- 

 piy pannage for a hundred hogs, Norwood 

 Is (u ipofcd to hiVc lieen included. And 

 Mr. Lylbnsub'erve» (Environs of London, 

 ii , 3jj), thai in the manor of Har- 

 row perlors are (till found by the name of 

 cotclanders, Tvho h:id a fmall paiccl of 

 land, cont.iini g five acres or thci eabouts, 

 and wh ii;i he conceives to be probably ;he 

 fame wiih the eoiarti of Domcfday. 



The iJifiiop ot Ltmlon, it is rej)refcnt- 

 ed, hell only the manors of Sibenhede 

 (Stepney), and Fuleham. Neither Ac- 

 ton, Raiing, Hornl'sy, nor Fmchley, :iie 

 to be found ; thouj;h the vaO quantity of 

 land entered under Fulham included Mr. 

 Lyfons ro fuppoff. that A£> n and Ealing 

 were included ; and hcjiidicoiifl/ (uggelis 

 that that pait of Hicki.ey wh.ch was for- 

 merly parcel cf ttic bilhopric ot Loudon, 

 wa'i probably iiickiJecl in Stepney. 



I he Ca.ions of St. PauTs, it feems, 

 poffclTed ano'her manor at Fuleham ; and 

 they likewie heici minors at ;hc foliowing 

 places : — Tueveide ( ("wvlord), Weliel- 

 done (Willdon), H ruuelfuiic (Harldun 

 in Wif'drm), Rufjeinere (Rtigmcie),Tott- 

 htle ( To ten, all 'r Totienham-crurt), 

 Ad S. Pancrafium (ICeatifli-TtJwn), Ifen- 

 3 JI doaw 



