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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS time of king Edward, and they could put themselves and their land under any lord they pleased (quo voluerunt cum terra se vertere potuerunf). It was then assessed for 4 hides ; now for 2 hides. There is I villein and i bordar ; 1 and 1 6 acres of meadow. Wood worth (de) 5 hogs. It is worth, and was worth, 40 shillings. When the Bishop possessed him- self (saisivit) of this land, he had not the King's livery officer or writ therefor, as the Hundred testifies. IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED Wadard holds of the Bishop DITONE [Thames Ditton]. Leuegar held it of Harold, and served him, but could have commended himself and his land to any lord he pleased (quo voluisset cum terra ire potuisset). When he died, he divided (disp[ar]tivit) this land between his three sons, in the time of king Edward. It was then assessed for 6 hides ; now for 2^ hides. The land is for 2 ploughs. There are i ploughs, and (there are) 4 bor- dars, and 4 serfs ; and part of a mill worth 1 5 pence ; and 4 acres of meadow. Wood (worth) 20 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. He who holds it of Wadard renders him 50 shillings and the service of one knight. 8 The Bishop himself has (b't) in SUDWERCHE [Southwark] one minster (monasterium) s and one tide-way (ague fluctum). King Edward held it on the day on which he died. He who had the Church held it of the king. From the dues of the stream 4 (de exitu aqute), where ships used to come alongside (appli- cabant),the King had two parts, earl Godwin the third. But the men of the Hundred, 1 In the rest of Emleybridge Hundred cottars occur, but no bordars, except at East Moulsey. Weybridge, when mentioned among the Chertsey manors, is attributed to Copthorne Hundred, where there are bordars and no cottars. 8 The only knight - service recorded in Surrey. 3 Not a monastery, for St. Mary Overie was a church of Canons, either regular or secular. There was clearly a church before the alleged foundation by William Pont de 1'Arche in 1106 or by William Gifiard, Bishop of Winchester, in 1107. Surrey side used as a dock. Perhaps what was afterwards St. Olaf's dock. both French and English, testify that the Bishop of Bayeux commenced a suit concern- ing these tolls with Randulf the Sheriff ; but he, understanding that the suit was not being justly conducted to the King's advantage, withdrew from the suit. But the Bishop at first gave the church and the tidal stream (fluctum) to Adelold, then to Ralph in ex- change for a house. The Sheriff also denies that he had ever received (percepisse) the King's precept or seal concerning this thing. The men of Southwark testify that in the time of king Edward no one took toll on the ' strande ' or in the water street (vice aqute) 8 except the King : and if any one committing a trespass there should be questioned, he made fine (emendabat) to the King. If, however, he should escape unquestioned to the juris- diction of him who had sac and soc, he (the lord) was to have the fine from the accused. The said men of Southwark themselves have proved their right to a close and the toll thereof belonging to the farm (adfirmam) of Chingestone [Kingston]. Count Eustace held this. What the King has 6 in South- wark is valued at 16 pounds. In WODETONE [Wotton] Hundred and in the manor of SUDTONE [Sutton in Shiere] the Bishop of Bayeux has 2^ hides. Herulf held them in the time of king Edward, and could seek what lord he pleased (quo voluit ire potuit). They were then assessed for 2^ hides; now for nothing. These are enumer- ated and valued in the Bishop's manor of Brunlei [Bramley]. 7 p. 323, col. ii. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF WESTMINSTER IN BRICSISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED VI. SAINT PETER of Westminster holds PATRICESY [Battersea]. Earl Harold held it. It was then assessed for 72 hides ; and now for 18 hides. The land is ." In demesne there are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 45 villeins and 1 6 bordars with 14 ploughs. There are 8 serfs ; and 7 mills worth 42 pounds 9 shillings and 8 pence, or corn of the same price ; and 82 acres of meadow ; and wood worth 50 hogs from the pannage ; and in Sudwerche [Southwark] I bordar worth 12 6 The Bank-side. 6 In MS. h't, but perhaps habeb' is meant as he has nothing. 7 See p. 301, note 9, above (J. H. R.). 8 A blank in the MS. 305
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