294 



A. D. 1066. 



Gildeford paid ;^ 1 8 : o : 3. 



In Sudwerche (Southivark) the king had a duty upon fhips coming 

 into a dock (' aquge fludus,' — ' exitus aquas') and a toll on the ftrand. 



In the burgh of Walingeford the king drew ^11 of rent or cuftom 

 '(' gabhim'), with fome fervices. There was one coiner. 



In Doreceftre (Dorche/Ier) there were 172 houfes, which paid the 

 geld often hides of land, viz. one mark of filver for the king's houfe- 

 hold. There were two coiners, who paid one mark, and alio 20 {hil- 

 lings each. 



In Brideport there were 120 houfes, paying, as for five hides, half a 

 mark to the houfehold. There was one coiner, who paid as thofe of 

 Doreceftre. 



In Warham there were 143 houfes in the king's demefne, paying one 

 mark as Doreceftre ; alfo two coiners, who paid as thofe of Doreceftre. 



In the burgh of Scepteftjerie f^'Z'fl/iy^'tf/jJ there were 104 houfes in 

 the king's demefne ; and they paid to the houfehold two marks, as for 

 twenty hides. The abbefs had 153 houfes in her diftridl. Three coin- 

 ers here paid as thofe of Doreceftre. 



The burgh of Bade (Bath) gelded as for twenty hides, when the 

 fhire gelded. The king had 64 burgeffes paying ^^4 ; and other fupe- 

 riors had 90 burgeftes paying 60 fliillings. This burgh, with Eftone, 

 paid £60 by tale, and one mark of gold. It alfo paid ^^30 to the queen. 

 Moreover, the coiners paid xoo fliillings. 



The city of Exonia (Exeter) paid no geld, except when London, 

 York, and Winchefter, paid, and then half a mark for the army, with 

 the military fervices due from five hides of land. Twelve carucates of 

 land near the city paid no cuftom but to it. 



The burgh of Totnais fTo/«^J belonged to the king. It contained 

 95 burgeftes ; and it paid;(^3, the filver of which was proved by the fire 

 and the fcale. This burgh performed the fame fervices as Exeter ; and 

 fo did Barneftaple and Lideford, both belonging to the king in demefne. 



The burgh of Hertforde was rated as ten hides. There were 146 

 burgeftes in the king's foe. 



Bochingheham (Buckingham), together with Bortone, paid as one 

 hide, the whole of its dues, amounting to /^lo by tale. There were 

 26 liurgefles. 



The burgh of Oxeneford (Oxford) paid >C30, ''ind fix ' fextaria' * of 

 honey, together with the military fervice of twenty of the burgeftes 

 when the king was on an expedition, or /^20 in lieu of it. 



The city of Gloweceftre paid ^^36 by tale, and 12 ' fextaria' of honey 



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Sixlar'ium is generally traiiflated gallon. From widow Tliova paid annually to the abliay of St. 



the commutation paid for the honey due by War- Albans one frxlarium of honey, containing thirty. 



wick, it appears to have been a much larger mea- two ounces, in the reign of Edward the Confeffor. 



lure. Bui there were alfo fmaller/pr/flz-w. The IMalh. Puiis,Vit. dkitum, p. j^^.'^ 



