THE HOLDERS OF LANDS could put it under what lord he pleased (potuit cum ea ire quo voluit). It never has paid geld after Richard had it. It is worth 6 shillings and 9 pence. IN COPEDEDORNE [CoPTHORNE] HUNDRED Oswold holds of Richard MICHELHAM [Mickleham]. 1 The same man held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 5 hides ; now for 2 hides. The land is for 5 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 2 serfs ; and i acre of meadow ; and i hog from the pannage of the wood. In the time of king Edward it was worth 100 shillings ; now 6 pounds. IN CHINGESTUN [KINGSTON] HUNDRED Picot holds of Richard TALEORDE [Tal- worth]. 2 Alwin held it of king Edward, and he could seek what lord he pleased (potuit ire quo voluit). It was than assessed for 5 hides. . . . 3 The land is for 3 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 8 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 7 serfs ; and a mill without rent (sine censu) ; and 5^ acres of meadow, and half a v[irgatej. In the time of king Edward, and now, it (was and) is worth 60 shillings; when he received it, 20 shillings. Picot holds of Richard DITUNE [Long Dit- ton]. 4 Almar held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 5 hides. This land, and that above, are now assessed for 4 hides. The land is for 4 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 9 bor- dars with 2 ploughs. There is a church, and mill worth 9 shillings. Wood worth 15 hogs. There is i serf; and in Sudwerche [Southwark] i house paying 500 herrings. In the time of king Edward it was worth 60 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 50 shillings ; yet it is farmed out for (est ad firmam) 4 pounds. Picot holds of Richard a (piece of) land which is called LiMEURDE. 5 Edwin and 1 The manor of Norbury in Mickleham ; De Clare property later. Talworth, or Talworth Court, both in Long Ditton ; De Clare property later. See another Taleorde below. 3 A blank in the MS. ; but see next entry. 1 Held of the Honour of Clare in 1315. 6 Sometimes identified with Immerworth or Ember Court. But Ember Court was not De Clare land later. In 1223 Ralph de another homager held it in the time of king Edward, and they could seek what lord they pleased (potuerunt ire quo voluerunt). It was then assessed for half a hide ; now for nothing. There are 6 oxen ploughing, with 2 bordars. It was worth 5 shillings, always. Robert de Watevile holds of Richard MELDONE [Maiden]. Erding held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 8 hides, now for 4. The land is for 5 ploughs. In demesne there is i plough ; and there are 14 villeins and 2 bordars with 4 ploughs. There is a chapel ; and 3 serfs ; and a mill worth 1 2 shillings ; and 4 acres of meadow. From the herbage, i hog out of 7 hogs. Of these hides, a knight holds I hide and a virgate, and there he has I plough, and I villein, and a bordar, and i acre of meadow. The whole in the time of king Edward was worth 7 pounds, and afterwards 100 shillings; now 6 pounds and 1 2 shillings. The same Robert holds of Richard CISBN- DONE [Chessington]. 6 Erding held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 5 hides, now for half a hide. The land is for 2 ploughs. There are 3 villeins and a bordar with i plough ; and a moiety of a mill worth 2 p. 35, a. ii. shillings. Wood worth 30 hogs. In the time of king Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 70 shillings. A hide in MELDONE [Maiden] which Robert de Watevile holds remains in dis- pute (calengio) ; and the men of the Hundred say that Edward of Salisbury (Sarisberie) and Robert de Oilgi have proved their right to it against Richard de Tonebrige ; and it has remained unchallenged (remansit quieta) in the King's hand. IN AMELEBRIGE [EMLEYBRIDGB] HUNDRED Richard himself holds WALETONE [Walton Leigh]. 7 Erding held it of king Edward. It was then assessed for 6 hides ; now for 3 hides. The land is for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 3 cottars with 3 ploughs. There is a church ; and a mill worth 12 shillings and 6 pence ; and a fishery worth 5 Immerworth died, seised of this manor, and of the dues of all Emleybridge Hundred, in which Hundred Ember Court lay and lies, not in Kingston. 6 Since reckoned in Copthorne Hundred. 7 Walton-Leigh, a manor near Walton-on- Thames ; De Clare land later. 317