THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



THE LAND OF THE COUNT OF 

 MORTAIN 



IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



XVII. The Count of Mortain holds LANCHEI 8 

 [Lambeth]. The Canons of Waltham held 

 it of Harold. It was then assessed for 6 

 hides ; now for nothing. The land is for 6 

 ploughs. In demesne there is I plough ; and 

 (there are) 5 villeins and 12 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. There is i serf; and 6 acres of 

 meadow. In the time of king Edward it was 

 worth i oo shillings, and afterwards, and now, 

 4 pounds. 



The same Count has in BERMUNDESY [Ber- 

 mondsey] i hide of the King's land, where 

 his house is situated. 3 There is i bordar. 

 It is worth 8 shillings. 



IN WALETONE [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED 



The same Count has 2 hides of land and i 

 virgate of the King. 4 Ailmar held it of king 

 Edward. It is not now assessed. There are 

 4 villeins and 9 cottars with 3 ploughs ; and 

 9 acres of meadow. In the time of king 

 Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 40 

 shillings ; when he received it, 2O shillings. It 

 was assessed for 2 hides and I virgate. 



The Count himself holds ESTREHAM* 

 [Streatham ?]. In the time of king Edward 

 it was assessed for 5 hides ; now for nothing. 

 Harold held i hides ; the Canons of Wal- 

 tham i hides. Three sokemen held 2 hides, 

 and could seek what lord for them they 



1 The Conqueror's half-brother, Robert of 

 Mortain, Earl of Cornwall. 



* South Lambeth, or Stockwell ; for the 

 manor in Edward the Confessor's charter, 

 confirming Harold's grant to Waltham (quoted 

 by Dugdale), has boundaries which nowhere 

 touch the river. This manor subsequently 

 belonged to Baldwin de Redvers, who held 

 other forfeited lands of the Count of Mortain 's. 



8 See 30, a. 2. 



* Possibly at Waddon, in Croydon, which 

 was granted by Henry I. to Bermondsey in 

 1127, before which date the lands of the 

 Count of Mortain had been forfeited. 



5 See, perhaps, 32, a. 2, under Patricesy. 

 But the i^ hides of the Count of Mortain's 

 there are attributed to another Hundred. This 

 is possibly Ham, in Croydon, called Estham, 

 or Escheham, in i and 2 Philip and Mary, 

 which is on or close to the probable line of 

 a Roman ' Street.' 



pleased (quo voluerunt cum eis ire potueruni). 

 The land is for 2 ploughs. There are 3 

 villeins and 3 bordars with 2^ ploughs. In the 

 time of king Edward it was worth 30 shillings, 

 and afterwards 1 5 shillings ; now 43 shillings. 



THE LAND OF EARL ROGER 6 



IN WODETONE [WOTTON] HUNDRED 



XVIII. Earl ROGER has of the King i hide, 

 which belongs to (facet in) CONTONE [Comp- 

 ton], his manor in Sudsexe [Sussex]. In the 

 time of king Edward he who held Contone 

 held this hide of the King. It was then 

 assessed for i hide ; now for nothing. There 

 is in demesne one plough. In the time of 

 king Edward it was worth 20 shillings, and 

 afterwards, and now, 15 shillings. 



p. 34, b. i. 



Turald holds of Earl Roger BORHAM 7 

 [Burgham]. 8 Osmund held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 4 hides ; 

 now for 3 hides. The land is for 5 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 

 7 villeins and 2 bordars with 3^ ploughs; and 

 (there is) a mill worth 15 shillings; and 25 

 acres of meadow. Wood worth 80 hogs (from 

 the) pannage. There are 4 serfs. Of these 

 hides, Godric has i hide which is called Wucha 

 [Wyke in Ash], in which was the hall be- 

 longing to this manor in the time of king 

 Edward ; and there is in demesne I plough ; 

 and (there are) 4 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 i plough, and i serf. Wood worth three hogs. 

 The whole manor in the time of king Edward, 

 and afterwards, was worth 8 pounds ; now 

 the lord (has) 7 pounds, his homagers 20 

 shillings. 



Turald holds of the Earl WERPESDUNE 

 [Worplesdon]. Osmund held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 8 hides, 

 now for 6 hides. The land is for 7 ploughs. 



6 Roger de Montgomery, lord of Shrews- 

 bury and of Arundel in Sussex. 



7 Burgham, Wyke, and Worplesdon are in 

 the middle of Woking Hundred, and have 

 always been considered as belonging to it. 

 Probably it is only a mistake of the clerks, 

 reading Wochinges as Wodetone, which 

 leads to their being here attributed to Wotton. 

 The converse mistake appears in the case of 

 Ockley. 



8 Burgham in Worplesdon parish. The 

 manor came to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, by 

 marriage, and thence ultimately to the De 

 Clares. 



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