THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



I hide, and the like now. The land is for 2 

 ploughs. In demesne there is I plough and 

 (there are) I villein and 6 bordars with I 

 plough. In the time of king Edward, and 

 afterwards, it was worth 3 pounds ; now 40 

 shillings. The men of the Hundred testify 

 that this manor was separated by the Sheriff 

 from the land (preititum fuit extra firmam) 

 farmed out by king Edward, and that bishop 

 Osbern had not this manor in the time of 

 king Edward. 1 



THE LAND OF THE BISHOP OF 



BAYEUX * 



IN BLACHETFELLE [BLACKHEATH] HUN- 

 DRED 



V. THE BISHOP of Bayeux holds in 

 demesne BRVNLEI [Bramley]. Alnod Cild 

 held it of king Edward. It was then assessed 

 for 34 hides. Four of these hides belonged to 

 free men who could withdraw from Alnod. 3 

 Over and above these there is land up to (ad) 

 two ploughs in the manor itself which never 

 rendered geld. All these lands are now 

 farmed with (in firma de) BRUNLEI [Bramley]. 

 The land is for 35 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 6 ploughs ; and (there are) 84 villeins 

 and 40 cottars* with 32 ploughs. There are 

 3 churches ; 5 and 1 8 serfs ; and 5 mills worth 

 26 shillings ; and 20 acres of meadow. 

 Wood worth 100 hogs. In the time of king 

 Edward it was worth 40 pounds, 6 and after- 

 wards 30 pounds ; now 60 pounds, and yet it 

 renders 80 pounds less 40 pence. Since the 

 Bishop was seised thereof (saisivii) it has not 

 rendered geld. 



The Bishop himself holds CELEORDE [Chil- 

 worth) in BROLEGE [Bramley]. Alwin Boi 

 held it, and could take what lord he pleased 

 (potuit ire quo voluit). It was then assessed 

 for 3 hides ; now for nothing. The land is 



1 Osbern was resident in England before 

 the Conquest. 



* Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent, 

 half-brother to the King. His holdings appear 

 to be his as Earl of Kent ; and on his rebellion 

 against William Rufus they reverted to the 

 Crown. They were not possessions of his 

 See. 



* i.e. choose another lord. 



* Cottars, not bordars as otherwise uni- 

 versally in Blackheath Hundred. This is on 

 the frontier of Godalming Hundred, where 

 cottars are almost universal. 



5 Perhaps Bramley, Wonersh and St. 

 Martha's (vulg.). 



6 Solidos in original corrected to libras. 



. 7 In demesne there is I plough ; 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 cottars with 2 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth J shillings. 

 The whole is worth 70 shillings. 



In BRUNLEGE [Bramley] there are 2 more 

 hides. 8 Anschil held them in the time of 

 king Edward, and could take what lord he 

 pleased (potuit ire quo vo/uii). It was then 

 assessed for 2 hides ; now for nothing. 

 There are 3 villeins and I cottar with i 

 plough. The land is for I plough. It is 

 worth 36 shillings. 



The Bishop has 2^ more hides in the same 

 place, which Alvric held in the time of king 

 Edward, and could put them under the pro- 

 tection of what lord he pleased (cum eis potuit 

 ire quo voluit). The land is for 2 ploughs. 

 It lies in WODETONE [Wotton] Hundred. It 

 is worth 32 shillings. 9 



The same Bishop has I more hide there. 

 A certain widow holds it, and held it in the 

 time of king Edward, and could take what 

 lord she pleased (potuit ire quo voluit). It was 

 then assessed for I hide ; now for nothing. 

 It is worth 10 shillings. 



IN BLACHEFELDE [BLACKHEATH] HUNDRED 



The Bishop himself has in demesne 3 hides. 

 Alward held these, and could put them under 

 the protection of what lord he pleased 

 (potuit cum eis ire quo voluit). There are 

 5 villeins and 8 cottars with 2 ploughs. 

 There are 5 serfs ; and a mill worth 20 pence. 

 The whole is worth 100 shillings by the year. 



The selfsame Bishop has in the same 

 Hundred land for I plough. Alwin held it 

 in the time of king Edward. It is worth 30 

 shillings. Then . 10 All the 



land that belongs to BRUNLEGE [Bramley] has 

 not rendered geld since the Bishop received it. 



- IN GODELMINGE [GoDALMING] HUNDRED 



The Bishop himself holds in demesne 

 REDESSOLHAM [Rodsell, in Puttenham]. 11 

 Tovi held it in the time of king Edward, and 

 could put it under the protection of what 

 lord he pleased (cum eo potuit ire quo voluit). It 

 was then assessed for 5 hides; now for nothing. 

 The land is for 2 ploughs. There are 3 vil- 

 leins and 4 cottars with i plough ; and 2 acres 



7 A blank in the MS. 



8 See 34, a. i, where it appears that these 

 hides were geographically in Clandon. 



9 These hides lay in Sutton (in Shiere). 

 See entry at end of bishop's fief (J. H. R.). 



10 A blank in the MS. 



11 In the later manor of Puttenham Priory. 



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