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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS and daughter, 1 as the men of the Hundred testify. Richard claims it. 3 It does not belong to any manor (nan iacet ulll manerio), nor does he hold it as a manor, but it was delivered to him, and now 3 hides 3 pay geld for i hides. The land is for 2 ploughs. In this land of Alvric there is in demesne I plough, and 2 bordars, and 2 serfs. It is worth 40 shillings. IN BLACHEATFELD [BLACKHEATH] HUNDRED Roger holds of Richard ELDEBERIE [Al- bury]. Azor held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 4 hides ; now for a hides. The land is for 6 ploughs. In demesne there is I ; and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 5 bordars with 6 ploughs. There is a church ; and 4 serfs ; and a mill worth 5 shillings. Wood worth 30 hogs. Of these hides, a knight holds i hide ; and (he has) there in demesne i^ ploughs, and i villein and i serf ; and there is an acre of meadow. The whole, in the time of king Edward, was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 100 shil- lings ; now 9 pounds. Robert * holds of Richard SCALDEFOR [Shal- ford]. Two brothers held it in the time of king Edward. Each one had his own house, and yet they resided in i domain (in una curia}, and could seek what lord they pleased (quo voluerunt ire potuerunt). Then, and now, it (was and) is assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs; and (there are) 29 villeins and n bordars with 9 ploughs. There is a church ; and 10 serfs ; and 3 mills worth 16 shillings ; and 4 acres of meadow. Wood worth 20 hogs. Of these hides, a knight holds a vir- gate, where he has half a plough, and i serf, and 5 bordars. The whole, in the time of king Edward, was worth 1 6 pounds, and after- wards 9 pounds ; now 2O pounds. To this manor belongs a close (haga) in Geldeford [Guildford] worth 3 shillings. IN CHINGESTON [KINGSTON] HUNDRED Ralph holds of Richard TALEORDE [Tal- 1 Uxori suee ac fili<e ad escclesiam, etc. Ap- parently he tried to put his wife and daughter's protection of the inheritance under the Church. read the word as calumniatur grammatically. entries (J. H. .). 4 De Watevile, probably. A De Wate- vile sold his interest in the manor in the time of Henry II. worth]. 5 Edmer held it, and could take what lord he pleased (quo voluit ire potuit), in the time of king Edward. It was then assessed for 5 hides ; now for 2^ hides. The land is for 4 ploughs. In demesne there is I plough ; and (there are) 6 villeins and i bordar with 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs ; and 5 acres of meadow. In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 40 shillings ; now 60 shillings. IN COPEDORNE [COPTHORNE] HUNDRED Richard himself holds in demesne TORNE- CROSTA [Thorncroft]. 6 Cola held it of king Edward. There are now in demesne 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 9 serfs ; and a mill worth 20 shillings ; and 5 acres of meadow. Wood worth i hog. With that manor these lands were made over to Richard : BECESUUORDE [Betchworth] 7 for 6 hides ; i hide and i virgate which Mervin held, and i hide which Alric and Aimer held as a manor, and another hide which Coleman the huntsman held as a manor. These men were so free that they could seek what lord they pleased (quod poterant ire quo volebant) ; and these lands together with (iuncta cum) Tornecroste [Thorncroft] were assessed in the time of king Edward for 25-! hides less i virgate ; now for 4 hides less 4 acres. In the hide which Alric and El- mer held there is half a plough and 2 oxen in demesne ; in Mervin's hide there is i plough in demesne, and 3 acres of meadow ; in Cole- man's hide there are 2 bordars. Altogether the land is for 5 ploughs. In the time of king 8 Talworth Court, or Talworth, see above 35, a. i. ; or it might be the small manor called Turbervil, which was united later with Talworth. 6 Thorncroft, a manor in Letherhead, De Clare land in 1314. 7 West Betchworth, I believe, though it is now in Wotton Hundred. See another Becesworde below, 35, b. ii., in Wotton Hundred. But this latter Betchworth has a church. There is a church at East Betch- worth, now in Copthorne Hundred, with Norman work in it, but there is no record of a church at West Betchworth. West Betch- worth, moreover, is nearer to Thorncroft than East Betchworth is. West Betchworth was certainly held of the Honour of Clare in 1313. The boundaries of the two Hundreds have probably been altered ; those of Copthorne have been altered in several other cases. 319
 * Ricard' hanc caluniant'. We must
 * i,e. the 3 hides comprised in these two