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 A HISTORY OF SURREY pence (rent). From the toll of Wandelesorde [Wandsworth] 6 pounds. From a villein having I o hogs, I hog ; if (he has) less, he gives nothing. A knight holds 4 hides of the land of this manor. His stock (pecunia) is reckoned above with the other. The whole in the time of king Edward was worth 80 pounds, and afterwards thirty pounds ; now 75 pounds 9 shillings and 8 pence. King William gave this manor to St. Peter's (Church) in exchange for Windesores [Wind- sor]. 1 The Count of Mortain holds i hides 2 of the land of this manor., which belonged to it (ibi erat) in the time of king Edward, and for some time afterwards. Gilbert, a priest, holds 3 hides; they had been in the same condition. The Bishop of Lisieux (holds) two hides 3 of which the church was seised in the time of king William ; and afterwards the Bishop of Bayeux disseised it. The Abbot of Certesi [Chertsey] holds i hide,* which the reeve of this vill, on account of some enmity, took away from this manor, and laid to Chertsey. IN WALETONE [WALLINGTON] HUNDRED The Abbey itself of Westminster holds MORDONE [Morden]. 8 In the time of king Edward it was assessed for 1 2 hides ; now for 3 hides. The land is, 6 In demesne there are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 5 cottars with 4 ploughs. There is i serf ; and a mill worth 40 shillings. In the time of king Edward it was worth 6 pounds, now 10 pounds; and yet it renders 15 pounds. IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTVNE] HUNDRED The Abbey itself holds CLAIGATE [Clay- 1 The writ of king William, declaring the grant of Battersea and Pirford to Westminster, is printed in Dugdale's Monasticon. If gen- uine it is as early as 1068, being addressed to Count Eustace and Archbishop Stigand. 8 See perhaps 34, a. 2, under ' Estreham.' 3 See 31, b. 2 (above). 4 See perhaps 33, under ' Totinges.' It does not appear certain that these hides should be counted both here and in the other places. Those of the Bishop of Lisieux certainly should not. 6 Morden and Claygate were among the manors confirmed to Westminster by charter under Edward the Confessor, and held till the Dissolution. 6 A blank in the MS, gate in Thames Ditton]. 7 In the time of king Edward it was assessed for a hides ; now for half a hide. The land is for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 2 bordars with i plough. There are 5 acres of meadow. Wood worth i hog. In the time of king Edward it was worth 40 shillings ; now 50 shillings. IN BRICSISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED The Abbey itself holds TOTINGES [Upper Tooting]. Suain held it of king Edward ; and it was assessed for 4 hides. The land is for i ploughs. There are 2 villeins with half a plough ; and 3 acres of meadow. In the time of king Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 40 shillings ; when (the Abbey) received it, 20 shillings. Earl Waltheof received this land of Suain after the death of king Edward, and pledged it for 2 marks of gold to Alnod of London, who granted it to St. Peter's (Church) for his soul : to wit, what he had there. 8 Odbert holds it of St. Peter's (Church) and has paid nothing for geld. IN GODELIE [GODLEY] HUNDRED The Abbey itself holds PELIFORDE [Pir- ford]. 9 Harold held it of king Edward. Before Harold had it, it was assessed for 27 hides. After he had it, (it was assessed) for 1 6 hides at Harold's pleasure. The men of the Hundred have never heard of nor seen the writ on the King's behalf, which had fixed (posuissef) it at so much. The land is for 13 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 37 villeins and 14 bordars with 6 ploughs. There are 3 serfs ; and 2 mills worth 10 shillings; It now pays geld for 8 hides. 11 and 1 5 acres of meadow. For the pannage and herbage 80 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was worth 1 2 pounds, and afterwards I o pounds ; 7 Vide supra. 8 This entry throws doubt on the Abbey's charter (Monasticon, i. 298) recording the gift to it of the 4 hides at Tooting by king Ed- ward himself, as those which Suain his kins- man had held (J. H. R.). 9 Madox printed in his Formulare, p. 238, from the original at Westminster, King William's charter exempting the abbey's ' 8 hides ' at Pirford from all tax. It is addressed to the sheriff of Surrey, and dated ' post de- scriptionem totius Angliae ' (J. H. R.). 10 In the margin of the original. 11 Compare note 9 above. 306