THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and daughter, 1 as the men of the Hundred 

 testify. Richard claims it. 3 It does not belong 

 to any manor (nan iacet ulll manerio), nor does 

 he hold it as a manor, but it was delivered to 

 him, and now 3 hides 3 pay geld for i hides. 

 The land is for 2 ploughs. In this land of 

 Alvric there is in demesne I plough, and 2 

 bordars, and 2 serfs. It is worth 40 shillings. 



IN BLACHEATFELD [BLACKHEATH] HUNDRED 



Roger holds of Richard ELDEBERIE [Al- 

 bury]. Azor held it of king Edward. It 

 was then assessed for 4 hides ; now for a 

 hides. The land is for 6 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is I ; and (there are) 1 1 

 villeins and 5 bordars with 6 ploughs. 

 There is a church ; and 4 serfs ; and a mill 

 worth 5 shillings. Wood worth 30 hogs. Of 

 these hides, a knight holds i hide ; and (he 

 has) there in demesne i^ ploughs, and i villein 

 and i serf ; and there is an acre of meadow. 

 The whole, in the time of king Edward, was 

 worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 100 shil- 

 lings ; now 9 pounds. 



Robert * holds of Richard SCALDEFOR [Shal- 

 ford]. Two brothers held it in the time of 

 king Edward. Each one had his own house, 

 and yet they resided in i domain (in una 

 curia}, and could seek what lord they pleased 

 (quo voluerunt ire potuerunt). Then, and now, 

 it (was and) is assessed for 4 hides. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs; and (there are) 29 villeins and n 

 bordars with 9 ploughs. There is a church ; 

 and 10 serfs ; and 3 mills worth 16 shillings ; 

 and 4 acres of meadow. Wood worth 20 

 hogs. Of these hides, a knight holds a vir- 

 gate, where he has half a plough, and i serf, 

 and 5 bordars. The whole, in the time of 

 king Edward, was worth 1 6 pounds, and after- 

 wards 9 pounds ; now 2O pounds. To this 

 manor belongs a close (haga) in Geldeford 

 [Guildford] worth 3 shillings. 



IN CHINGESTON [KINGSTON] HUNDRED 

 Ralph holds of Richard TALEORDE [Tal- 



1 Uxori suee ac fili<e ad escclesiam, etc. Ap- 

 parently he tried to put his wife and daughter's 



protection 



of the 



inheritance under the 

 Church. 



* Ricard' hanc caluniant'. We must 

 read the word as calumniatur grammatically. 



* i,e. the 3 hides comprised in these two 

 entries (J. H. .). 



4 De Watevile, probably. A De Wate- 

 vile sold his interest in the manor in the time 

 of Henry II. 



worth]. 5 Edmer held it, and could take 

 what lord he pleased (quo voluit ire potuit), in 

 the time of king Edward. It was then 

 assessed for 5 hides ; now for 2^ hides. The 

 land is for 4 ploughs. In demesne there is I 

 plough ; and (there are) 6 villeins and i 

 bordar with 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs ; 

 and 5 acres of meadow. In the time of king 

 Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 60 shillings. 



IN COPEDORNE [COPTHORNE] HUNDRED 



Richard himself holds in demesne TORNE- 

 CROSTA [Thorncroft]. 6 Cola held it of king 

 Edward. There are now in demesne 2 

 ploughs ; and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 9 serfs ; 

 and a mill worth 20 shillings ; and 5 acres of 

 meadow. Wood worth i hog. 



With that manor these lands were made 

 over to Richard : BECESUUORDE [Betchworth] 7 

 for 6 hides ; i hide and i virgate which 

 Mervin held, and i hide which Alric and 

 Aimer held as a manor, and another hide 

 which Coleman the huntsman held as a 

 manor. These men were so free that they 

 could seek what lord they pleased (quod poterant 

 ire quo volebant) ; and these lands together 

 with (iuncta cum) Tornecroste [Thorncroft] 

 were assessed in the time of king Edward 

 for 25-! hides less i virgate ; now for 4 hides 

 less 4 acres. In the hide which Alric and El- 

 mer held there is half a plough and 2 oxen in 

 demesne ; in Mervin's hide there is i plough 

 in demesne, and 3 acres of meadow ; in Cole- 

 man's hide there are 2 bordars. Altogether 

 the land is for 5 ploughs. In the time of king 



8 Talworth Court, or Talworth, see above 

 35, a. i. ; or it might be the small manor 

 called Turbervil, which was united later with 

 Talworth. 



6 Thorncroft, a manor in Letherhead, De 

 Clare land in 1314. 



7 West Betchworth, I believe, though it is 

 now in Wotton Hundred. See another 

 Becesworde below, 35, b. ii., in Wotton 

 Hundred. But this latter Betchworth has a 

 church. There is a church at East Betch- 

 worth, now in Copthorne Hundred, with 

 Norman work in it, but there is no record of 

 a church at West Betchworth. West Betch- 

 worth, moreover, is nearer to Thorncroft than 

 East Betchworth is. West Betchworth was 

 certainly held of the Honour of Clare in 1313. 

 The boundaries of the two Hundreds have 

 probably been altered ; those of Copthorne 

 have been altered in several other cases. 



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