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which was built in the early 7th century within the Godley hundred]] hundreds]] Godley was a Hundred in what is now Surrey , England . Egham , Thorpe , Chertsey and Chobham are all mentioned in the Chertsey Abbey charter of 673AD due to a donation by Frithuwold . Chobham manor needed to be large to have a reasonable economic importance as it covered very poor quality Heathland . Most of the population of the Hundred would have settled on the more fertile Alluvial soil bordering the Thames . Godley appears in , Egham , Thorpe , Chertsey , Pyrford and Byfleet . It is worth noting that Pyrford is within the Godley hundred but lies within the Woking parish. British history The hundred was probably bounded to the west by the River Blackwater and to the west by the River Thames . To the north was the Land of Sunningas; to the south Woking (hundred) and then the Land of Godhelmingas, to the west the Land of Basingas. Map of area and analysis Chobham information In the Godley hundred, in Saxon times, the Heriot , death duties, usually consisted of the tenants' best beast. Feudal glossary SEE ALSO : Medieval Surrey : Surrey Hundreds REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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