THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



IN WODETONE [WOTTON] HUNDRED 



Richard himself holds in demesne BECES- 

 WORDE [Betchworth]. 1 Cola held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 6 hides 

 and now for 2 hides. The land is for 7 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and 

 (there are) 6 villeins and 10 bordars with 3 

 ploughs. There are 6 serfs ; and a mill 

 worth 10 shillings; and 3 acres of meadow. 

 Wood worth 80 hogs. From the herbage, 6 

 hogs. There is a church. In the time of 

 king Edward, and afterwards, (it was worth) 

 9 pounds ; now 8 pounds. 



Richard himself holds ARSESTE [? Harts- 

 hurst 2 ]. Almar held it of king Edward. 

 Then, and now, it (was and) is assessed for 2 

 hides. The land is for 4 ploughs. There 

 are 8 villeins with 3 ploughs. Wood worth 

 1 5 hogs. In the time of king Edward, and 

 afterwards, it (was and) is worth 45 shillings. 

 This land belonged to a certain freeman, and 

 he could put it under any lord he pleased 

 (potuit cum ea ire quo libuit] ; nor does it be- 

 long to any manor of Richard's. 



THE LAND OF WILLIAM DE 

 BRAIOSE 



IN COPEDEDORNE [CoPTHORNEJ HUNDRED 



XX. William de Braiose holds TADORNE 

 [Tadworth], 3 and Halsart (holds it) of him. 

 Godtovi held it of earl Harold and could seek 

 what lord he pleased (potuit ire quo voluit). 

 It was then assessed for 5 hides ; now for 

 half a hide. The land is for 3 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is I plough ; and (there are) 2 

 villeins and 5 bordars with i plough. Wood 

 worth 3 hogs. In the time of king Edward it 

 was worth 100 shillings, and afterwards 20 ; 

 now 45. 



IN FINGEHAM [EFFINGHAM] HUNDRED 



Halsard holds of William BOCHEHAM 

 [Little Bookham]. 4 Godtovi held it of earl 



1 Probably East Betchworth, with a church, 

 now in Copthorne Hundred. See above, 35, 

 b. i., under Becesuuorde. It subsequently 

 belonged to the De Warennes. Before 1199 

 earl Hamelin and his wife Isabella gave the 

 church of East Betchworth to St. Mary, 

 Overie. 



* In Wotton, near Ockley. 



3 Probably North Tadworth. Land in 

 North Tadworth and Little Bookham was 

 given to St. Mary Overie in 1273, by one 

 gift. Halsard holds both here. 



4 De Braiose land later. 



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Harold. It was then assessed for 5 hides, 

 now for 2 hides. The land is for 3 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is i ; and (there are) 3 

 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough. There 

 are 4 acres of meadow. From the pannage 

 and herbage, 1 1 hogs. In the time of king 

 Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 50 

 shillings ; now 60 shillings. 



THE LAND OF WILLIAM SON OF 

 ANSCULF 



IN WALETONE [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED 



XXI. William son of Ansculf 6 holds WIT- 

 FORD, 8 and William the Chamberlain (holds it) 

 of him. Lanch held it of king Edward. 

 It was then assessed for 2 hides ; now for i 

 hide. The land is . 7 In demesne 



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

 with i plough ; and a mill worth 20 shillings ; 

 and 24 acres of meadow. In the time of 

 king Edward it was worth 50 shillings, and 

 afterwards 22 shillings ; now 60 shillings. 



The same William holds MICHELHAM 

 [Mitcham]. 8 Lemar held it of king Edward. 

 Then, and now, it (was and) is assessed for 2 

 hides and i virgate. There are 2 villeins 

 and 6 cottars ; and half a mill worth 20 

 shillings. In the time of king Edward, and 

 now, it (was and) is worth 40 shillings ; when 

 he received it, 13 shillings and 4 pence. 



IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



William himself holds WENDELESORDE 

 [Wandsworth]. Six sokemen held it of king 

 Edward, and they could seek what lord they 

 pleased (potuerunt ire quo voluerunt). There 

 were 2 halls. Then, and now, it (was and) is 



p. 36, a. i. 



assessed for 12 hides. The land is for 4 

 ploughs. Ansculf had this land after he 

 received the sheriffdom ; but the men of the 

 Hundred- say that they have not seen the 

 (King's) seal nor livery officer. 



Ansfrid (was assessed) for 5 hides ; now 

 for i hide. Heldred for 3 hides ; now for 



6 William Fitz-Ansculf, lord of the Honour 

 of Dudley. 



6 Wykford Lane, Mitcham, preserves the 

 name perhaps, see 31, b. i. Alexander de 

 Wickford owed the service of half a knight's 

 fee, held of the Honour of Dudley (Red Book 

 of the Exchequer). 



7 A blank in the MS. 



8 Perhaps the manor called Biggin and 

 Tamworth, in Mitcham. The ' t ' in 

 Mitcham is a late insertion only. 



