A HISTORY OF SURREY 



pence (rent). From the toll of Wandelesorde 

 [Wandsworth] 6 pounds. From a villein 

 having I o hogs, I hog ; if (he has) less, he 

 gives nothing. A knight holds 4 hides of the 

 land of this manor. His stock (pecunia) is 

 reckoned above with the other. The whole 

 in the time of king Edward was worth 80 

 pounds, and afterwards thirty pounds ; now 

 75 pounds 9 shillings and 8 pence. King 

 William gave this manor to St. Peter's 

 (Church) in exchange for Windesores [Wind- 

 sor]. 1 



The Count of Mortain holds i hides 2 of 

 the land of this manor., which belonged to it 

 (ibi erat) in the time of king Edward, and for 

 some time afterwards. Gilbert, a priest, holds 

 3 hides; they had been in the same condition. 

 The Bishop of Lisieux (holds) two hides 3 of 

 which the church was seised in the time of 

 king William ; and afterwards the Bishop of 

 Bayeux disseised it. The Abbot of Certesi 

 [Chertsey] holds i hide,* which the reeve of 

 this vill, on account of some enmity, took 

 away from this manor, and laid to Chertsey. 



IN WALETONE [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself of Westminster holds 

 MORDONE [Morden]. 8 In the time of king 

 Edward it was assessed for 1 2 hides ; now 

 for 3 hides. The land is , 6 In demesne 

 there are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 

 villeins and 5 cottars with 4 ploughs. There 

 is i serf ; and a mill worth 40 shillings. In 

 the time of king Edward it was worth 6 

 pounds, now 10 pounds; and yet it renders 

 15 pounds. 



IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTVNE] HUNDRED 

 The Abbey itself holds CLAIGATE [Clay- 



1 The writ of king William, declaring the 

 grant of Battersea and Pirford to Westminster, 

 is printed in Dugdale's Monasticon. If gen- 

 uine it is as early as 1068, being addressed to 

 Count Eustace and Archbishop Stigand. 



8 See perhaps 34, a. 2, under ' Estreham.' 



3 See 31, b. 2 (above). 



4 See perhaps 33, under ' Totinges.' It 

 does not appear certain that these hides 

 should be counted both here and in the other 

 places. Those of the Bishop of Lisieux 

 certainly should not. 



6 Morden and Claygate were among the 

 manors confirmed to Westminster by charter 

 under Edward the Confessor, and held till 

 the Dissolution. 



6 A blank in the MS, 



gate in Thames Ditton]. 7 In the time of king 

 Edward it was assessed for a hides ; now 

 for half a hide. The land is for 2 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is I ; and (there are) 3 

 villeins and 2 bordars with i plough. There 

 are 5 acres of meadow. Wood worth i hog. 

 In the time of king Edward it was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



IN BRICSISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds TOTINGES [Upper 

 Tooting]. Suain held it of king Edward ; 

 and it was assessed for 4 hides. The land 

 is for i ploughs. There are 2 villeins 

 with half a plough ; and 3 acres of meadow. 

 In the time of king Edward, and now, it 

 (was and) is worth 40 shillings ; when (the 

 Abbey) received it, 20 shillings. Earl 

 Waltheof received this land of Suain after 

 the death of king Edward, and pledged it for 

 2 marks of gold to Alnod of London, who 

 granted it to St. Peter's (Church) for his 

 soul : to wit, what he had there. 8 Odbert 

 holds it of St. Peter's (Church) and has paid 

 nothing for geld. 



IN GODELIE [GODLEY] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds PELIFORDE [Pir- 

 ford]. 9 Harold held it of king Edward. 

 Before Harold had it, it was assessed for 27 

 hides. After he had it, (it was assessed) for 

 1 6 hides at Harold's pleasure. The men of 

 the Hundred have never heard of nor seen the 

 writ on the King's behalf, which had fixed 

 (posuissef) it at so much. The land is for 13 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and 

 (there are) 37 villeins and 14 bordars with 

 6 ploughs. There are 3 serfs ; 

 and 2 mills worth 10 shillings; 



It now 

 pays geld for 

 8 hides. 11 



and 1 5 acres of meadow. For 



the pannage and herbage 80 



hogs. In the time of king Edward it was 



worth 1 2 pounds, and afterwards I o pounds ; 



7 Vide supra. 



8 This entry throws doubt on the Abbey's 

 charter (Monasticon, i. 298) recording the gift 

 to it of the 4 hides at Tooting by king Ed- 

 ward himself, as those which Suain his kins- 

 man had held (J. H. R.). 



9 Madox printed in his Formulare, p. 238, 

 from the original at Westminster, King 

 William's charter exempting the abbey's ' 8 

 hides ' at Pirford from all tax. It is addressed 

 to the sheriff of Surrey, and dated ' post de- 

 scriptionem totius Angliae ' (J. H. R.). 



10 In the margin of the original. 



11 Compare note 9 above. 



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