THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



time of king Edward, and they could put 

 themselves and their land under any lord 

 they pleased (quo voluerunt cum terra se vertere 

 potuerunf). It was then assessed for 4 hides ; 

 now for 2 hides. There is I villein and i 

 bordar ; 1 and 1 6 acres of meadow. Wood 

 worth (de) 5 hogs. It is worth, and was worth, 

 40 shillings. When the Bishop possessed him- 

 self (saisivit) of this land, he had not the King's 

 livery officer or writ therefor, as the Hundred 

 testifies. 



IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED 



Wadard holds of the Bishop DITONE 

 [Thames Ditton]. Leuegar held it of Harold, 

 and served him, but could have commended 

 himself and his land to any lord he pleased 

 (quo voluisset cum terra ire potuisset). When 

 he died, he divided (disp[ar]tivit) this land 

 between his three sons, in the time of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 6 hides ; 

 now for 2^ hides. The land is for 2 ploughs. 

 There are i ploughs, and (there are) 4 bor- 

 dars, and 4 serfs ; and part of a mill worth 

 1 5 pence ; and 4 acres of meadow. Wood 

 (worth) 20 hogs. In the time of king Edward 

 it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 

 shillings ; now 4 pounds. He who holds it 

 of Wadard renders him 50 shillings and the 

 service of one knight. 8 



The Bishop himself has (b't) in SUDWERCHE 

 [Southwark] one minster (monasterium) s and 

 one tide-way (ague fluctum). King Edward 

 held it on the day on which he died. He 

 who had the Church held it of the king. 

 From the dues of the stream 4 (de exitu aqute), 

 where ships used to come alongside (appli- 

 cabant),the King had two parts, earl Godwin 

 the third. But the men of the Hundred, 



1 In the rest of Emleybridge Hundred 

 cottars occur, but no bordars, except at East 

 Moulsey. Weybridge, when mentioned 

 among the Chertsey manors, is attributed to 

 Copthorne Hundred, where there are bordars 

 and no cottars. 



8 The only knight - service recorded in 

 Surrey. 



3 Not a monastery, for St. Mary Overie 

 was a church of Canons, either regular or 

 secular. There was clearly a church before 

 the alleged foundation by William Pont de 

 1'Arche in 1106 or by William Gifiard, 

 Bishop of Winchester, in 1107. 



* The outfall of one of the ditches on the 

 Surrey side used as a dock. Perhaps what 

 was afterwards St. Olaf's dock. 



both French and English, testify that the 

 Bishop of Bayeux commenced a suit concern- 

 ing these tolls with Randulf the Sheriff ; but 

 he, understanding that the suit was not being 

 justly conducted to the King's advantage, 

 withdrew from the suit. But the Bishop at 

 first gave the church and the tidal stream 

 (fluctum) to Adelold, then to Ralph in ex- 

 change for a house. The Sheriff also denies 

 that he had ever received (percepisse) the 

 King's precept or seal concerning this thing. 

 The men of Southwark testify that in the 

 time of king Edward no one took toll on the 

 ' strande ' or in the water street (vice aqute) 8 

 except the King : and if any one committing 

 a trespass there should be questioned, he made 

 fine (emendabat) to the King. If, however, 

 he should escape unquestioned to the juris- 

 diction of him who had sac and soc, he (the 

 lord) was to have the fine from the accused. 



The said men of Southwark themselves 

 have proved their right to a close and the 

 toll thereof belonging to the farm (adfirmam) 

 of Chingestone [Kingston]. Count Eustace 

 held this. What the King has 6 in South- 

 wark is valued at 16 pounds. 



In WODETONE [Wotton] Hundred and in 

 the manor of SUDTONE [Sutton in Shiere] 

 the Bishop of Bayeux has 2^ hides. Herulf 

 held them in the time of king Edward, and 

 could seek what lord he pleased (quo voluit 

 ire potuit). They were then assessed for 2^ 

 hides; now for nothing. These are enumer- 

 ated and valued in the Bishop's manor of 

 Brunlei [Bramley]. 7 



p. 323, col. ii. 



THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF 



WESTMINSTER 



IN BRICSISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



VI. SAINT PETER of Westminster holds 

 PATRICESY [Battersea]. Earl Harold held it. It 

 was then assessed for 72 hides ; and now for 18 

 hides. The land is ." In demesne there 

 are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 45 villeins 

 and 1 6 bordars with 14 ploughs. There 

 are 8 serfs ; and 7 mills worth 42 pounds 

 9 shillings and 8 pence, or corn of the same 

 price ; and 82 acres of meadow ; and wood 

 worth 50 hogs from the pannage ; and in 

 Sudwerche [Southwark] I bordar worth 12 



6 The Bank-side. 



6 In MS. h't, but perhaps habeb' is meant as 

 he has nothing. 



7 See p. 301, note 9 , above (J. H. R.). 



8 A blank in the MS. 



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