A HISTORY OF SURREY 



The Abbey itself holds CEBEHAM [Chob- 

 ham]. In the time of king Edward, and now, 

 it (was and) is assessed for 10 hides. There is 

 land for 12 ploughs. In demesne there is I ; 

 and (there are) 29 villeins and 6 bordars with 

 1 1 ploughs. There are 3 serfs ; and I O acres 

 of meadow. Wood worth 1 30 hogs. Of this 

 land, Odm[us] holds of the Abbot 4 hides. 

 Corbelin (holds) 2 hides of the land of the 

 villeins. In demesne there is i plough ; and 

 (there are) 7 villeins and 4 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. 1 There is a church and another 

 chapel.* The whole manor in the time of 

 king Edward was worth 16 pounds. Now 

 the monks' part (is worth) 12 pounds and 10 

 shillings, but the homagers' (part) 60 shillings, 

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IN WALETONE [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED 



Haimo the Sheriff holds i^ hides in fee of 

 the Abbot of Chertsey. Alward held it in 

 the time of king Edward, and could seek 

 what lord he pleased (potuit se vertere quo 

 voluit). In demesne there is i plough ; with 6 

 cottars, and 3 serfs, and 1 1 acres of meadow. 

 In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, 

 and now, it (was and) is worth 20 shillings. 



The same Haimo holds half a hide of the 

 selfsame Abbey. Ulward held it in the time 

 of king Edward, and could seek what lord he 

 pleased (potuit se vertere quo voluit). 



3 These 2 hides which Haimo holds were 

 assessed for 2 hides in the time of king Ed- 

 ward ; now for a half. 



There is I cottar ; and 5 acres of meadow. 

 It is worth, and was worth, 5 shillings. 



IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



The same Haimo holds TOTINGES [Lower 

 Tooting] of the Abbot of Chertsey. It was 

 assessed for 6 hides less i virgate in the time 

 of king Edward ; now for nothing. The land 

 is for 3 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; 

 and (there are) 3 villeins and 2 bordars with i 

 plough. There is a church ; and 4 acres of 

 meadow. In the time of king Edward it was 

 worth 40 shillings, afterwards 20 shillings ; 

 now 70 shillings. 



The same Haimo holds in TOTINGES 



1 The latter entries must refer to the land 

 of Odmus and Corbelin. 



* The site of the chapel is lost. 



3 This clause is an insertion, and in the 

 original is written before the previous entry. 



[Lower Tooting] * i hide of the Abbot of 

 Chertsey. Osward held it of king Edward, 

 and could seek what lord he pleased (potuit ire 

 quo voluit). There is I villein, with half a 

 plough ; and i acre of meadow. In the time 

 of king Edward (it was worth) 1 5 shillings ; 

 now 10 shillings. 



IN CERCHEFELLE [REIGATE] HUNDRED 



William de Wateville held TEPESTEDE 

 [Chipstead] of the Abbot of Chertsey. 

 Turgis and Ulf held it in the time of king 

 Edward. The land of Turgis belonged to (erat 

 de} the Abbey. Ulf could seek what lord he 

 pleased (poterat ire quo volebat). It was then 

 assessed for 5 hides ; now for i hide. There 

 are 2 villeins and i bordar. When William 

 relinquished the land (abiit), it was farmed out 

 at 40 shillings (erat ad firmam de xl solidis}. 



p. 34, a. x. 



Ulwin holds of the selfsame Abbey BIFLET 

 [Byfleet]. 6 The same man held it in the time 

 of king Edward. It was then assessed for 8 

 hides ; now for 2 hides and a half. The land 

 is for two ploughs. In demesne there is 

 I plough ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 2 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There is a church ; 

 and 3 serfs; and a mill worth 5 shillings. 

 i fisheries, worth 325 eels ; and 6 acres of 

 meadow. Wood worth 10 hogs from the 

 pannage. In the time of king Edward (it 

 was worth) 100 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



IN WOCHINGES [WOKING] HUNDRED 



The Abbey itself holds CLANEDUN [East 

 Clandon]. 6 In the time of king Edward it 

 was assessed for 10 hides ; now for 4 hides. 

 The land is for 5 ploughs. There are 6 villeins 

 and 12 bordars with 7 ploughs. Wood worth 

 6 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was 

 worth 6 pounds. Now (it is worth) 4 pounds ; 

 and yet the villeins who hold it render 6 

 pounds. 



In the time of king Edward the Abbot of 

 Chertsey bought 2 hides in Clanedun [East 

 Clandon], and laid them (misit in) to this 

 manor. Anschil held them of the King. 

 The Bishop of Bayeux laid them (misit in) to 



* The manor called Tooting Graveney, 

 properly Gravenell. In the Testa de Nevill 

 Richard de Gravenell holds i knight's fee in 

 Tooting of the Abbey of Chertsey. 



8 The heading In Godelei HuncT is no 

 doubt accidentally omitted. Byfleet, in God- 

 ley Hundred, was always held of Chertsey. 



6 East Clandon or Clandon Abbatis. See 

 31, a. 2, for the bishop of Bayeux's encroach- 

 ment, also mentioned here. 



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