Note 471 — Chapter IX · THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED.
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Eádweard the Confessor granted the hundred of Hornmere in Berkshire to Ordríc, abbat of Abingdon; “so that no sheriff or mootreeve may hold therein any plea or moot, without the Abbat’s own command and permission.” Cod. Dip. No. 840. He also granted the hundred of Godley in Surrey to Wulfwold, Abbat of Chertsey, and forbade the sheriff to meddle in the same. Cod. Dip. No. 840, 849.