THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



with 6 ploughs. There are 7 serfs ; and 7 

 acres of meadow. There is a church. In 

 the time of king Edward it was worth 8 

 pounds, and afterwards 6 pounds ; now 9 

 pounds. 



Tezelin holds of Walter HORMERA 

 [Hurtmore 1 in Godalming]. Alwin held it 

 of king Edward. It was then assessed for 15 

 hides ; now for 3 hides. The land is for 3 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 3 villeins and 2 cottars with 

 i^ 'ploughs. There is I mill worth n shil- 

 lings ; and 6 acres of meadow. In the time 

 of king Edward it was worth 50 shillings, 

 afterwards 30 shillings; now 100 shillings. 



The selfsame Walter, and Girard under 

 him, holds PIPEREHERGE [Peperharow]. 2 

 Alward held it of king Edward. It was then 

 assessed for 5 hides; now for 3 hides. The 

 land is for 3 ploughs. In demesne there are 

 2 ploughs ; and a mill worth 7 shillings ; 

 and 15 acres of meadow. There are 4 

 villeins and 3 cottars with i plough. In the 

 time of king Edward, and afterwards, it was 

 worth 30 shillings; now 100 shillings. 



IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED 



Walter himself holds one man of the soke 

 of CHINGESTUN [Kingston], to whom he has 

 committed the charge of the King's brood 

 (silvaticas) 3 mares, but we know not on what 

 terms (nescimus quomodo). This man holds 2 

 hides, but he has no right in the land itself (nan 

 habet rectum in ipsa terra).* It was assessed 

 for 2 hides ; now for nothing. There is I 

 plough in demesne, with 3 serfs ; and I 

 fishery worth 125 eels ; and I acre of 

 meadow. It is, and always was, worth 30 

 shillings. 



Walter son of Other holds ORSELEI [West 

 Horsley]. 6 Brixi held it of king Edward. 



1 Hurtmore is a tithing of Godalming 

 parish. It was, as a manor, granted by Thomas 

 de Hertmere to Newark Abbey, Surrey, to 

 be held of William de Wyndesore, some time 

 subsequent to the accession of Richard I. See 

 Inspeximus of charters quoted by Dugdale. 



* In Testa de Nevill Peperharow is held of 

 the Honour of Windsor. 



3 Silvaticas, sc. ' Unbroken,' therefore only 

 kept for breeding. 



4 He is only there as keeper of the mares. 

 6 West Horsley, belonging later to De 



Windsor. This entry is out of place, and is 



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It was then assessed for 10 hides ; now for 8 

 hides. The land is for 6 ploughs ; in 

 demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there 

 are) 14 villeins and 5 bordars with 5 ploughs. 

 There is a church ; and 8 serfs. Wood worth 

 20 hogs. In the time of king Edward it 

 was worth 8 pounds, afterwards i OO shillings ; 

 now 6 pounds. Of this land, an Englishman 

 holds i hide ; and he has i plough there 

 with i bordar. It is worth 20 shillings. 



THE LAND OF WALTER DE 

 DOWAI 



IN WALETON [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED 



XXIII. Walter de Doai holds two hides of 

 the King, as he says. But the men of the 

 Hundred say that they have never seen the 

 King's writ or commissioner (nuncium) who 

 had given him seisin thereof. But this they 

 testify, that a certain free man holding this 

 land, and able to put himself under any lord 

 he pleased (quo vellet abire valens), committed 

 himself to Walter's guardianship for his own 

 protection. This land is, and was, worth 20 

 shillings. 



THE LAND OF GILBERT SON OF 

 RICHER 



p 36, a. ii. 



XXIV. Gilbert son of Richer de Laigle 

 (d'Aigle) holds WITLEI [Witley]. 6 Earl God- 

 wine held it. It was then assessed for 2O 

 hides; now for 12 hides. The land is for 16 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 37 villeins and 3 cottars with 

 13 ploughs. There is a church ; and 3 

 acres of meadow. Wood worth 30 hogs. 

 In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, 

 it was worth 1 5 pounds ; now 1 6 pounds. 



THE LAND OF GEOFFREY DE 

 MANDEVILLE 



IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED 



XXV. Geoffrey de Mandeville holds CLOPE- 

 HAM [Clapham]. Turbern held it of king 

 Edward. It was then assessed for 10 hides; 

 now for 3 hides. The land is for 7 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is one plough ; and (there 

 are) 8 villeins and 3 bordars, with 5 ploughs. 



indicated by a note in the original as belong- 

 ing to the previous column. 



6 In 1235 Witley was part of the Terra 

 Normannorum, which had been held by 

 Gilbert de Aquila, and was then in the 

 hands of the Earl Marshal. (Red Book of the 

 Exchequer.') 



