THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



it of king Edward, and could seek what lord 

 he pleased (quo voluit ire potuit). It was 

 then assessed for i hide. There is land for i 

 plough. There are 2 bordars. It is worth, 

 and was worth, 20 shillings. 



IN AMELEBRIGE [EMLKYBRIDGE] HUNDRED 



Rainald holds i hide in AISSELA [Esher] of 

 the self-same Abbey, and has paid geld for 1 5 

 acres. A certain woman held it in the time 

 of king Edward, and could seek what lord she 

 pleased (potuit ire quo voluit), but for security 

 she put herself under the protection of the 

 Abbey. There are 3 villeins. It is worth 7 

 shillings. 



IN FINGEHAM [EFFINGHAM] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds BOCHEHAM [Great 

 Bookham]. 1 In the time of king Edward it 

 was assessed for 26 hides; and now for 13 

 hides. The land is for 19 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is I plough, and (there are) 32 

 villeins and 4 bordars with 18 ploughs. 

 There is a church ; and 3 serfs ; and a mill 

 worth 10 shillings; and 6 acres of meadow. 

 Wood worth (de) 80 hogs. From the herbage, 

 30 hogs. Of this land, Gunfrey holds I hide, 

 and he has there I plough. The whole 

 manor in the time of king Edward was worth 

 1 6 pounds ; now 15 pounds. 



The Abbey itself lies in GODELEI [Godley] 

 Hundred, and the vill (of Chertsey) itself in the 

 time of king Edward, and now, (was and) is 

 assessed for 5 hides. The land is . . .* In 

 demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 

 39 villeins and 20 bordars with 17 ploughs. 

 There is a mill at the Hall ; and (there are) 

 200 acres of meadow. Wood worth 50 hogs 

 from the pannage ; and a forge which serves 

 the Hall. Of these 5 hides, Richard Sturmid 

 holds 2^ hides under king William. But the 

 Hundred testifies that his predecessor held of 

 the Abbey, nor could he seek another lord 



charter, ran by it, and was Chertsey property ; 

 for no doubt it is the Ham granted by the 

 Abbey to William de Hamme in 9 R. I. 

 But it was in Emleybridge Hundred, not 

 in Kingston. There is another Ham in 

 Emleybridge Hundred, the little manor of 

 Ham subordinated to Cobham, which, no 

 doubt, with Cobham, was Chertsey property. 

 The heading ' In Amelebrige Hundredo' below 

 may be misplaced. A similar mistake appears 

 possible elsewhere. 



1 Great Bookham was Chertsey property. 



* A blank in the MS. 



(poterat alias ire) without leave of the Abbot. 

 He has in demesne there i plough, and i 

 villein and 4 bordars with i plough. The 

 whole manor in the time of king Edward was 

 worth 1 8 pounds; now 22 pounds. What 

 Richard holds (is worth) 40 shillings. 



The Abbey itself holds TORP [Thorpe]. 3 

 In GODELEI [Godley] Hundred. In the time 

 of king Edward it was assessed for 10 hides ; 

 now for 7 hides. The land is .* In 



demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 

 24 villeins and 12 bordars with 8 ploughs. 

 There are 33 acres of meadow. From the 

 herbage, 24 hogs. In the time of king 

 Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 12 

 pounds. 



IN FINGEHAM [EFFINGHAM] HUNDRED 



Oswold 6 holds of the selfsame church 

 EPINGEHAM [Effingham]. His very self 

 (ipsemet) held it 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 2 villeins and 9 bordars with half a plough ; 

 and (there is) i acre of meadow ; and from the 

 wood, 10 hogs from the pannage. It is worth, 

 and was worth, 40 shillings. 



IN GODELEI [GODLEY] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds EGEHAM [Egham]. 

 In the time of king Edward it was assessed 

 for 40 hides ; now for 1 5 hides. The land 

 is for 40 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 32 

 bordars with 10 ploughs. There are 120 

 acres of meadow. Wood worth 50 hogs from 

 the pannage. From the herbage 25 hogs. In 

 the time of king Edward it was worth 40 

 pounds ; now 30 pounds and 10 shillings. 

 Of this land Gozelin holds 3 hides, which 

 were of the Abbey's demesne in the time of 

 king Edward. 



3 Thorpe, Egham, and Chobham were 

 among the lands granted by the reputed 

 seventh century charter to Chertsey. 



* A blank in the MS. 



6 Oswold, a considerable English owner 

 (vide infra), who made an early submission to 

 William, and retained his land as a rule, 

 though he, from prudence or compulsion, 

 sought a lord for some portions of it, as in 

 this case. He seems to have been brother to 

 Wulfwold, Abbot of Chertsey, under Edward 

 the Confessor and William, who died in 

 1084. 



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