THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



could put it under what lord he pleased (potuit 

 cum ea ire quo voluit). It never has paid geld 

 after Richard had it. It is worth 6 shillings 

 and 9 pence. 



IN COPEDEDORNE [CoPTHORNE] HUNDRED 



Oswold holds of Richard MICHELHAM 

 [Mickleham]. 1 The same man held it of 

 king Edward. It was then assessed for 5 

 hides ; now for 2 hides. The land is for 5 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and 

 (there are) 8 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs ; and i acre of 

 meadow ; and i hog from the pannage of the 

 wood. In the time of king Edward it was 

 worth 100 shillings ; now 6 pounds. 



IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED 



Picot holds of Richard TALEORDE [Tal- 

 worth]. 2 Alwin held it of king Edward, and 

 he could seek what lord he pleased (potuit ire 

 quo voluit). It was than assessed for 5 hides. 

 . . . 3 The land is for 3 ploughs. In 

 demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 

 7 villeins and 8 bordars with 3 ploughs. 

 There are 7 serfs ; and a mill without rent 

 (sine censu) ; and 5^ acres of meadow, and half 

 a v[irgatej. In the time of king Edward, and 

 now, it (was and) is worth 60 shillings; when 

 he received it, 20 shillings. 



Picot holds of Richard DITUNE [Long Dit- 

 ton]. 4 Almar held it of king Edward. It was 

 then assessed for 5 hides. This land, and 

 that above, are now assessed for 4 hides. The 

 land is for 4 ploughs. In demesne there is i 

 plough ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 9 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs. There is a church, 

 and mill worth 9 shillings. Wood worth 15 

 hogs. There is i serf; and in Sudwerche 

 [Southwark] i house paying 500 herrings. 

 In the time of king Edward it was worth 

 60 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 

 50 shillings ; yet it is farmed out for (est ad 

 firmam) 4 pounds. 



Picot holds of Richard a (piece of) land 

 which is called LiMEURDE. 5 Edwin and 



1 The manor of Norbury in Mickleham ; 

 De Clare property later. 



Talworth, or Talworth Court, both in 

 Long Ditton ; De Clare property later. See 

 another Taleorde below. 



3 A blank in the MS. ; but see next entry. 



1 Held of the Honour of Clare in 1315. 



6 Sometimes identified with Immerworth 

 or Ember Court. But Ember Court was not 

 De Clare land later. In 1223 Ralph de 



another homager held it in the time of king 

 Edward, and they could seek what lord they 

 pleased (potuerunt ire quo voluerunt). It was 

 then assessed for half a hide ; now for nothing. 

 There are 6 oxen ploughing, with 2 bordars. 

 It was worth 5 shillings, always. 



Robert de Watevile holds of Richard 

 MELDONE [Maiden]. Erding held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 8 hides, 

 now for 4. The land is for 5 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is i plough ; and there are 14 

 villeins and 2 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

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

 worth 1 2 shillings ; and 4 acres of meadow. 

 From the herbage, i hog out of 7 hogs. Of 

 these hides, a knight holds I hide and a 

 virgate, and there he has I plough, and I 

 villein, and a bordar, and i acre of meadow. 

 The whole in the time of king Edward was 

 worth 7 pounds, and afterwards 100 shillings; 

 now 6 pounds and 1 2 shillings. 



The same Robert holds of Richard CISBN- 

 DONE [Chessington]. 6 Erding held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 5 hides, 

 now for half a hide. The land is for 2 

 ploughs. There are 3 villeins and a bordar 

 with i plough ; and a moiety of a mill worth 2 



p. 35, a. ii. 



shillings. Wood worth 30 hogs. In the time 

 of king Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and 

 afterwards 40 shillings ; now 70 shillings. 



A hide in MELDONE [Maiden] which 

 Robert de Watevile holds remains in dis- 

 pute (calengio) ; and the men of the Hundred 

 say that Edward of Salisbury (Sarisberie) and 

 Robert de Oilgi have proved their right to it 

 against Richard de Tonebrige ; and it has 

 remained unchallenged (remansit quieta) in the 

 King's hand. 



IN AMELEBRIGE [EMLEYBRIDGB] HUNDRED 

 Richard himself holds WALETONE [Walton 

 Leigh]. 7 Erding held it of king Edward. 

 It was then assessed for 6 hides ; now for 3 

 hides. The land is for 8 ploughs. In 

 demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 

 8 villeins and 3 cottars with 3 ploughs. 

 There is a church ; and a mill worth 12 

 shillings and 6 pence ; and a fishery worth 5 



Immerworth died, seised of this manor, and of 

 the dues of all Emleybridge Hundred, in 

 which Hundred Ember Court lay and lies, 

 not in Kingston. 



6 Since reckoned in Copthorne Hundred. 



7 Walton-Leigh, a manor near Walton-on- 

 Thames ; De Clare land later. 



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