A HISTORY OF SURREY Concerning this the men of the county say that he has no other right there, except one arising from the fact that (nan habet ibi aliam rectitudinem nisi quod quondam viduam &c') the reeve of the vill married a certain widow whose house it was, and therefore the Bishop put that house into his own manor, and the King has hitherto lost the customs, but the Bishop has them. The men who were sworn also say con- cerning another house which belongs to (iacet in) BRUNLEI [Bramley], that it belongs (to Bramley) on this ground only that (iacet in Brunlei propter hoc tantum quod sV) the reeve of the same vill was a friend of that man who had this house, and, his friend being dead, transferred it to the manor of Bronlei [Bramley]. WALERAN also disseised a certain man of a house from which king Edward had the custom. Now Otbert holds it with the custom, as he says, by (grant from) king William. ROBERT DE WATEVILE holds one house, which rendered every custom in the time of king Edward ; now it renders nothing. King William holds in demesne Wo- CHINGES [Woking]. It was part of the land which was farmed out by king Edward (de firma Regis Edwardi fuit). It was then as- sessed for 15! hides. They have never paid geld. The land is for 6 ploughs. There is I in demesne ; and (there are) 33 villeins and 9 bordars with 20 ploughs. There is a church. Osbern holds it. And there is I mill worth 1 1 shillings and 4 pence. There are 32 acres of meadow. Wood worth (de) 133 hogs. Of this land, Walter, son of Other, 1 holds 3 virgates. A certain forester held this (land) in the time of king Edward, and it was then put out of the manor by king Edward. There is nothing there now. In the time of p. 30ft, col. ii. king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 15 pounds by tale ; now 15 pounds by weight, and 25 shillings to the Sheriff. The King holds in demesne STOCHJE [Stoke next Guildford]. It was part of the land which was farmed out by king Edward (de firma Regis Edwardi fuit). It was then assessed for 17 hides. They paid no geld. The land is for 1 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 24 villeins and 10 bordars with 20 ploughs. There is a church which William holds of the King, with half a hide in almoigne. There are 5 serfs and 2 1 See p. 322 below. mills worth 25 shillings, and 16 acres of meadow. Wood worth (de) 40 hogs, and the same is in the King's park. 2 In the time of king Edward, and afterwards, it was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 1 5 pounds ; yet he who holds it renders 1 5 pounds by weight. The Sheriff has 25 shillings (from it). IN BRIXISTAN [BRIXTON] HUNDRED The King holds BERMVNDESYE [Bermond- sey]. Earl Harold held it. It was then assessed for 1 3 hides ; now for 1 2 hides. The land is for 8 ploughs. In demesne there is I plough ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 33 bordars with 4 ploughs. There is a new and handsome church, 3 and 20 acres of meadow. Wood worth 5 hogs from the pan- nage. In London (are) 1 3 burgesses worth 44 pence (rent). In the time of king Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 15 pounds, and the Sheriff has 20 shillings (from it). The count of Mortain holds I hide,* which in the time of king Edward, and afterwards, was in this manor. The King holds MERETONE [Mcrton]. 6 Earl Harold held it. It was then assessed, and now is, for 20 hides. The land is for 2 1 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 56 villeins and 13 bordars with 1 8 ploughs. There is a church ; and 2 mills worth 60 shillings ; and ten acres of meadow. Wood worth 80 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was worth 25 pounds, and afterwards 16 pounds; now 35 pounds; yet he who holds it renders 43 pounds. In Sudwerca [Southwark] 16 houses worth 18 shillings and 2 pence belong to this manor. One named ORCUS holds 2 hides, which always lay in this manor, and are in another Hundred. He held them in the time of king Edward. It was then assessed for 2 hides ; now for nothing. There is i plough in demesne ; and 2 acres of meadow. It was always worth 20 shillings. The Bishop of LISIEUX holds in GHENT [Kent] 2 solins 6 which belonged to this manor in the time of king Edward and of king William, as the men of the Hundred testify. He calls to warranty the Bishop of Bayeux, The Royal Park of Guildford. 3 The church of the Cluniac Priory, founded by Alwin Child in 1082.
- See 34, a. 2 (p. 313 below).
5 Granted by Henry I. to the Austin Canons of Merton. 6 The Kentish measurement of land. 296
