A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Concerning this the men of the county say 

 that he has no other right there, except one 

 arising from the fact that (nan habet ibi aliam 

 rectitudinem nisi quod quondam viduam &c') the 

 reeve of the vill married a certain widow 

 whose house it was, and therefore the Bishop 

 put that house into his own manor, and the 

 King has hitherto lost the customs, but the 

 Bishop has them. 



The men who were sworn also say con- 

 cerning another house which belongs to (iacet 

 in) BRUNLEI [Bramley], that it belongs (to 

 Bramley) on this ground only that (iacet in 

 Brunlei propter hoc tantum quod sV) the 

 reeve of the same vill was a friend of that 

 man who had this house, and, his friend being 

 dead, transferred it to the manor of Bronlei 

 [Bramley]. 



WALERAN also disseised a certain man of a 

 house from which king Edward had the 

 custom. Now Otbert holds it with the 

 custom, as he says, by (grant from) king 

 William. 



ROBERT DE WATEVILE holds one house, 

 which rendered every custom in the time of 

 king Edward ; now it renders nothing. 



King William holds in demesne Wo- 

 CHINGES [Woking]. It was part of the land 

 which was farmed out by king Edward (de 

 firma Regis Edwardi fuit). It was then as- 

 sessed for 15! hides. They have never paid 

 geld. The land is for 6 ploughs. There is 

 I in demesne ; and (there are) 33 villeins 

 and 9 bordars with 20 ploughs. There is a 

 church. Osbern holds it. And there is I 

 mill worth 1 1 shillings and 4 pence. There 

 are 32 acres of meadow. Wood worth (de) 133 

 hogs. Of this land, Walter, son of Other, 1 

 holds 3 virgates. A certain forester held this 

 (land) in the time of king Edward, and it was 

 then put out of the manor by king Edward. 

 There is nothing there now. In the time of 



p. 30ft, col. ii. 



king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 

 15 pounds by tale ; now 15 pounds by 

 weight, and 25 shillings to the Sheriff. 



The King holds in demesne STOCHJE [Stoke 

 next Guildford]. It was part of the land which 

 was farmed out by king Edward (de firma 

 Regis Edwardi fuit). It was then assessed for 

 17 hides. They paid no geld. The land is 

 for 1 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 24 villeins and 10 

 bordars with 20 ploughs. There is a church 

 which William holds of the King, with half 

 a hide in almoigne. There are 5 serfs and 2 



1 See p. 322 below. 



mills worth 25 shillings, and 16 acres of 

 meadow. Wood worth (de) 40 hogs, and the 

 same is in the King's park. 2 In the time of 

 king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 

 1 2 pounds ; now 1 5 pounds ; yet he who 

 holds it renders 1 5 pounds by weight. The 

 Sheriff has 25 shillings (from it). 



IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



The King holds BERMVNDESYE [Bermond- 

 sey]. Earl Harold held it. It was then 

 assessed for 1 3 hides ; now for 1 2 hides. 

 The land is for 8 ploughs. In demesne there 

 is I plough ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 

 33 bordars with 4 ploughs. There is a new 

 and handsome church, 3 and 20 acres of 

 meadow. Wood worth 5 hogs from the pan- 

 nage. In London (are) 1 3 burgesses worth 44 

 pence (rent). In the time of king Edward, 

 and now, it (was and) is worth 15 pounds, 

 and the Sheriff has 20 shillings (from it). 

 The count of Mortain holds I hide,* which 

 in the time of king Edward, and afterwards, 

 was in this manor. 



The King holds MERETONE [Mcrton]. 6 

 Earl Harold held it. It was then assessed, 

 and now is, for 20 hides. The land is for 2 1 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 56 villeins and 13 bordars 

 with 1 8 ploughs. There is a church ; and 2 

 mills worth 60 shillings ; and ten acres of 

 meadow. Wood worth 80 hogs. In the time 

 of king Edward it was worth 25 pounds, and 

 afterwards 16 pounds; now 35 pounds; yet 

 he who holds it renders 43 pounds. In 

 Sudwerca [Southwark] 16 houses worth 18 

 shillings and 2 pence belong to this manor. 



One named ORCUS holds 2 hides, which 

 always lay in this manor, and are in another 

 Hundred. He held them in the time of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 2 hides ; 

 now for nothing. There is i plough in 

 demesne ; and 2 acres of meadow. It was 

 always worth 20 shillings. 



The Bishop of LISIEUX holds in GHENT 

 [Kent] 2 solins 6 which belonged to this manor 

 in the time of king Edward and of king 

 William, as the men of the Hundred testify. 

 He calls to warranty the Bishop of Bayeux, 



The Royal Park of Guildford. 

 3 The church of the Cluniac Priory, 

 founded by Alwin Child in 1082. 

 * See 34, a. 2 (p. 313 below). 



5 Granted by Henry I. to the Austin 

 Canons of Merton. 



6 The Kentish measurement of land. 



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