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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS it of king Edward, and could seek what lord he pleased (quo voluit ire potuit). It was then assessed for i hide. There is land for i plough. There are 2 bordars. It is worth, and was worth, 20 shillings. IN AMELEBRIGE [EMLKYBRIDGE] HUNDRED Rainald holds i hide in AISSELA [Esher] of the self-same Abbey, and has paid geld for 1 5 acres. A certain woman held it in the time of king Edward, and could seek what lord she pleased (potuit ire quo voluit), but for security she put herself under the protection of the Abbey. There are 3 villeins. It is worth 7 shillings. IN FINGEHAM [EFFINGHAM] HUNDRED The Abbey itself holds BOCHEHAM [Great Bookham]. 1 In the time of king Edward it was assessed for 26 hides; and now for 13 hides. The land is for 19 ploughs. In demesne there is I plough, and (there are) 32 villeins and 4 bordars with 18 ploughs. There is a church ; and 3 serfs ; and a mill worth 10 shillings; and 6 acres of meadow. Wood worth (de) 80 hogs. From the herbage, 30 hogs. Of this land, Gunfrey holds I hide, and he has there I plough. The whole manor in the time of king Edward was worth 1 6 pounds ; now 15 pounds. The Abbey itself lies in GODELEI [Godley] Hundred, and the vill (of Chertsey) itself in the time of king Edward, and now, (was and) is assessed for 5 hides. The land is. . .* In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 39 villeins and 20 bordars with 17 ploughs. There is a mill at the Hall ; and (there are) 200 acres of meadow. Wood worth 50 hogs from the pannage ; and a forge which serves the Hall. Of these 5 hides, Richard Sturmid holds 2^ hides under king William. But the Hundred testifies that his predecessor held of the Abbey, nor could he seek another lord charter, ran by it, and was Chertsey property ; for no doubt it is the Ham granted by the Abbey to William de Hamme in 9 R. I. But it was in Emleybridge Hundred, not in Kingston. There is another Ham in Emleybridge Hundred, the little manor of Ham subordinated to Cobham, which, no doubt, with Cobham, was Chertsey property. The heading ' In Amelebrige Hundredo' below may be misplaced. A similar mistake appears possible elsewhere. 1 Great Bookham was Chertsey property. (poterat alias ire) without leave of the Abbot. He has in demesne there i plough, and i villein and 4 bordars with i plough. The whole manor in the time of king Edward was worth 1 8 pounds; now 22 pounds. What Richard holds (is worth) 40 shillings. The Abbey itself holds TORP [Thorpe]. 3 In GODELEI [Godley] Hundred. In the time of king Edward it was assessed for 10 hides ; now for 7 hides. The land is .* In demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 24 villeins and 12 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 33 acres of meadow. From the herbage, 24 hogs. In the time of king Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 12 pounds. IN FINGEHAM [EFFINGHAM] HUNDRED Oswold 6 holds of the selfsame church EPINGEHAM [Effingham]. His very self (ipsemet) held it 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 2 villeins and 9 bordars with half a plough ; and (there is) i acre of meadow ; and from the wood, 10 hogs from the pannage. It is worth, and was worth, 40 shillings. IN GODELEI [GODLEY] HUNDRED The Abbey itself holds EGEHAM [Egham]. In the time of king Edward it was assessed for 40 hides ; now for 1 5 hides. The land is for 40 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 32 bordars with 10 ploughs. There are 120 acres of meadow. Wood worth 50 hogs from the pannage. From the herbage 25 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was worth 40 pounds ; now 30 pounds and 10 shillings. Of this land Gozelin holds 3 hides, which were of the Abbey's demesne in the time of king Edward. 3 Thorpe, Egham, and Chobham were among the lands granted by the reputed seventh century charter to Chertsey. 6 Oswold, a considerable English owner (vide infra), who made an early submission to William, and retained his land as a rule, though he, from prudence or compulsion, sought a lord for some portions of it, as in this case. He seems to have been brother to Wulfwold, Abbot of Chertsey, under Edward the Confessor and William, who died in 1084. 309
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