From the translation by Samuel Henshaw & John Wilkinson
2008 edition with type re-set in modern form and Glossary added.
Adapted from the edition first published in 1799.
121 page book. No illustrations. INCLUDES A GLOSSARY OF TERMS.
A direct translation listing the contents and value of the manors within the Lathes, Hundreds and Boroughs of Kent in 1086, as collected by the Commissioners of William the Conqueror.
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EXTRACT:
THE LANDS OF THE CANONS OF ST. MARTIN'S, DOVER.
In the LATH of EASTRYE. The Canons of St. Martin's possessed twenty-one sowlings, in the Hundreds of CORNILOE and BESBROUGH. In the LATH of LIMING, they possessed three sowlings, one in STRET Hundred; another in BYRCHOLT Hundred; a third in BLACKBURN Hundred. In the time of King Edward the Prebendaries were common, and produced sixty-one pounds in the whole. They are now separated by the Bishop of Baieux.
In BESBROUGH HUNDRED Ralph of St. Sanfon holds one Manor, as Prebendary, it is called Charlton, and is rated at one sowling. He has there three villains and four bondsmen, with one plough; its total modern value is seventy shillings, its antient was one hundred. Lewin held this Prebend. In the same village, William Fitz-oger holds one sowling, and has there one villain and seven bondsmen, with half a plough, and one mill of forty shillings value. Here a certain Foreigner has one plough. The same William holds a monastery in Dover from the Bishop, and pays him eleven shillings. The Canons claim it. Its modern total value is six pounds, its antient was twelve pounds. Sired held it.
In Buckland, Alwi holds one sowling, and has there six villains and four bondsmen, with one plough and a half. Its total value is four pounds, its antient, one hundred shillings. The same held this Prebend.
In Guston, Ulric holds one yoke of land, and has there two villains and a bondsman, with one plough. To this land appertain twenty-five acres in CORNILOE HUNDRED; and there are five bondsmen, with half a plough. Its-total value is twenty shillings, its antient ten shillings. Elric held this Prebend.
In the same Hundred St. Margaret's is situated. There Sired has one sowling and one plough in the demesne, and six bondsmen, with four attendants. Its present value is one hundred shillings, its antient was four pounds. The father of the same Sired held this Prebend. In the same place, Ralph holds one sowling, and has one plough in the demesne and seven bondsmen. Its value is sixty-nine shillings and two-pence, in Edward's days, four pounds. Alric held as Prebendary in like manner. In the same Hundred, Alred holds one sowling, and has in his demesne one plough, and two villains and two bondsmen, with half a plough.—Its value is sixty shillings, in Edward's days, twenty shillings. His father held this as Prebendary.—In the same Hundred, Robert Black has one sowling, and has there three villains and six bondsmen, with one plough. Its value is thirty shillings, in Edward's days it was twenty shillings. Smelt, a Chaplain of Edward's, then held it.—In the same Hundred, Walter holds one sowling, and has there three villains and five bondsmen, with one plough and a half. Its value is sixty shillings, in Edward's time it was seventy shillings. Sigar held it as Prebendary.—In the same Hundred, Turbat holds half a sowling, and has there two villains and one bondsman, with half a plough, and the same Robert has half a sowling in CORNILOE HUNDRED, and half a plough in domain, and five bondsmen. Its total value is three pounds, in Edward's time it was four pounds. Goldstan held it.—In the same Hundred, Edwin holds half a sowling and twenty-five acres. He has half a plough in his demesne, and one villain with half a plough.—In CORNILOE HUNDRED the same Edwin has eighty-five acres, and one villain with a plough. Its value is three pounds, in Edward's reign it was four. This same person then held it. Of this Prebend the Bishop of Baieux has taken eight acres, and gave them to Alan his Clerk. These, at the present period, are in the possession of Ulric of Oxford.
In CORNILOE HUNDRED—In Deal, Anschitil, Arch-deacon, holds one sowling, and has two ploughs in his demesne, with six bondsmen Stigand, Archbishop, held this land. To this same Anschitil the Bishop of Baieux has given fifty acres of land at Deal, and other fifty acres at St. Margaret's, where he has one villain and half a plough. These hundred acres were annexed to the Prebends, as the Hundred testifies. The total value is eight pounds, in Edward's reign it was seven.
In BESBROUGH HUNDRED—In Shebbertwold, William of Poictou holds half a sowling and twelve acres; and in Deal half a sowling deduct twelve acres, and has there two villains and three bondsmen, one plough and a half. The total value is fifty-five shillings, in Edward's time it was four pounds. In CORNILOE HUNDRED—In Deal, Athelwold holds three virgates, and has there three villains and eight bondsmen, with one plough. Its antient and modern value is sixty shillings. The same person held it in the time of Edward.--In BESBROUGH HUNDRED and in CORNILOE HUNDRED—In Deal, the Abbot of St. Austin's holds one sowling, and has there three villains and seven bondsmen, with one plough and a half. Its value is thirty shillings, antiently forty. His predecessor held it, as Prebendary, in like manner.— In Deal, William Fitz-tydald holds half a sowling and half a yoke, and there has in his demesne one plough, and two villains and two bondsmen. Its value is sixty shillings, formerly forty. Dering Fitz-fired held it Shebbertwold, Sigar holds one yoke and a half of land, and has there in the demesne half a plough, and two villains and one bondsman. Its value is twenty-five shillings, antiently thirty-five. His father held it as Prebendary. Nigel, Physician, at St. Margaret's, holds one yoke and a half and has one villain, with two oxen. Its value is twenty shillings, in Edward's time it was twenty-five. Spirites held it as Prebendary.—In BESBROUGH HUNDRED–-In Farley, William Fitz-geoffrey holds one sowling, and has there in domain one plough, and four villains with one plough. Its value is four pounds, under Edward six pounds. Sired held as Prebendary—In Higham Baldwin holds one sowling, and has there two ploughs in domain, and three villains and four bondsmen, with one plough and a church. Its value is six pounds, in Edward's time it was eight pounds.—In Shebbertwold Ulstan Fitz-ulwin holds one sowling, and has there half a plough, and three villains and nine bondsmen, with one plough. In Edward's reign its value was one hundred shillings, now sixty shillings. His father held it as Prebendary.
In the CITY of CANTERBURY King Edward had fifty-one Burgesses paying Rent, and two hundred and twelve others rendering Suit and Service to his Court, and three Mills of forty shillings. At the present period, the Burgesses yielding Rent are nineteen. Of the thirty-two others, eleven of their habitations were destroyed in the Fosse of the City, the Archbishop has severs, and the Abbot of St. Austin's fourteen, for exchange of the Castle; the two hundred and twelve Burgesses, under the immediate jurisdiction of the King, continue the same number; the three Mills produce one hundred and eight shillings, and the Toll yields sixty-eight shillings. There are eight acres of Meadow, which formerly appertained to the g Lieutenants of the Monarch, they now yield a rental of fifteen shillings; and a thousand acres of unproductive h Wood, which is rented at twenty-four shillings. The total value under the Confessor was fifty-one pounds; it continued at such sum when Haimo Viscount received it; at the present period it is estimated at fifty pounds, yet its Mayor now pays thirty pounds of pure silver, and lawful weight, and twenty-four pounds in tale. Independent of this the Viscount receives one hundred and ten shillings.—A Monk of the Church of Canterbury has seized two houses of two Burgesses, one in the Suburbs, the other in the City. These were situated in the Royal Road.