A HISTORY OF SURREY 



church in almoigne. This land belongs to (est 

 de) the manor of AISSELE [EsherJ. There are 

 6 villeins with 2 ploughs. In the time of 

 king Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 

 14 shillings and 6 pence. 



In the same vill of AISSELA [Esher] the 

 same William has of the Abbey of Chertsey, 

 as (the jurors) say (die'), 3^ hides. In the 

 time of king Edward i man and 2 women 

 held them, and they could take what lord 

 they pleased (quo voluerunt se vertere potuerunf) ; 

 but for security they placed themselves with 

 the land under the pr&tection of the Abbey. 

 There are 2 villeins with i plough. In the 

 time of king Edward it was worth 16 shillings, 

 and afterwards 5 shillings ; now 10 shillings. 

 These 5^ hides aforesaid are assessed for 5 

 virgates. 



IN COPEDORNE [COPTHORNE] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds EVESHAM [Epsom]. 1 

 In the time of king Edward it was assessed for 

 34 hides ; now for 1 1 hides. The land is 

 for 17 ploughs. In demesne there is i ; 

 and (there are) 34 villeins and 4 bordars with 

 1 7 ploughs. There are 2 churches ; * and 6 

 serfs; and 2 mills worth 10 shillings ; and 24 

 acres of meadow. Wood worth 20 hogs. 

 In the time of king Edward it was worth 

 20 pounds ; now 17 pounds. 



In WEBRIGE [Weybridge] s the Abbey 

 itself hitherto has held 2 hides. Alvred held 

 them in the time of king Edward and after his 

 death, and could seek what lord he pleased 

 (quolibet se vertere patuit). Then, and now, 

 (it was and is) 2 hides. There are 3 villeins ; 

 and 8 acres of meadow. Wood worth 2 hogs. 

 (It was) always (worth) 20 shillings. 



1 Chertsey property later. 



* In the taxation of Pope Nicholas, the 

 rectory of Epsom was valued at 30 marks, 

 the vicarage at 6 marks and 20 pence. 

 There was a Stamford Chapel, site unknown, 

 belonging to Chertsey, which may be this 

 second church. 



8 Weybridge is now (and above, 32, a. i) in 

 Emleybridge Hundred. It shows the char- 

 acteristic bordar in place of cottar tenure (see 

 32, a. i), which belongs to Copthorne, not 

 Emleybridge. The right of the Abbey to 

 these hides is questioned (H. E. Af.). 



It seems to be implied that the land had 

 been alienated to the Abbey since king Ed- 

 ward's death and without king William's 

 permission. See Introduction (jf. H. R.). 



In the same vill an Englishman has 2 

 hides of the selfsame Abbey. He held them 

 in the time of king Edward, and could put 

 himself and his land under what lord he 

 pleased (cum ea quo voluit se vertere potuii], 

 There is i plough ; and 2 villeins with half a 

 plough ; and 8 acres of meadow. Wood worth 

 2 hogs. It is worth, and was worth, 20 shil- 

 lings. 



p. 33b, col. ii. 



IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED 



EDRIC holds of the selfsame Abbey half a 

 hide which the Abbey held for 2 years before the 

 death of king Edward. Three homagers held 

 it of the same King previously, but they could 

 not withdraw (therefrom) without the King's 

 precept, because they were bedels * in Kings- 

 ton. Then, and now, it (was and) is assessed 

 for half a hide. The land is for 3 oxen. 

 There are 7 oxen, with i bordar ; and 2 acres 

 of meadow. In the time of king Edward it 

 was worth 7 shillings ; now 8 shillings. 



William de Wateville holds MELDONE 

 [Maiden] 5 of the fee (fiuo) of the Abbot. The 

 Abbot held it in the time of king Edward. It 

 was then assessed for 2 hides ; now for I hide 

 less I virgate. The land is for i plough. 

 There are 4 villeins with half a plough. It is 

 worth, and was worth, 20 shillings. 



The Abbey itself holds in demesne PAT- 

 RICESHAM [Petersham]. In the time of king 

 Edward it was assessed for i o hides ; now for 

 4 hides. The land is for 5 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is I plough ; and (there are) 

 15 villeins and 2 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

 There is a church and a fishery worth 1,000 

 eels and 1,000 lampreys ; and 3 acres of 

 meadow. In the time of king Edward it was 

 worth IOO shillings; now 6 pounds and 10 

 shillings. 



Haimo the Sheriff holds ESTREHAM 

 (Ham ?) 6 of the Abbey itself. Ulward held 



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4 Elected village officers. 



6 Held of Chertsey later. 



6 There is a Ham in Kingston Hundred, 

 which never, so far as is known, belonged to 

 Chertsey. In the charter of Chertsey ascribed 

 to a year not later than 675 its property is 

 bounded by Hamae Insula, or Hamenege, 

 which is represented not only by the later 

 Ham House, but the older Ham Moor and 

 by Ham Farm. This Ham was potentially 

 an Estreham, or a Ham on the Street, for the 

 Via Militaris, or Here Street, of the Chertsey 



