A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



II. THE LAND OF THE ARCHBISHOP 

 In Mellinges [Loxfield] Hundred 



Archbishop Lanfranc holds the manor 

 of Mellinges [South Mailing]/ and it is in 

 the rape of Peneuesel [Pevensey] ; and in the 

 time of King Edward it was assessed for 8o 

 hides, but now the archbishop has only 75 

 hides, because the Count of Mortain has 5 

 hides outside {extra) the hundred.^ The land 

 of the whole manor (is sufficient) for 50 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 5 ploughs, and 

 219 villeins with 35 bordars have 73 ploughs 

 and 43 crofts. 



There are 5 mills yielding [de] 4 pounds and 

 10 shillings and 2,000 eels. There (are) 195 

 acres (200 acre 5 minus) of meadow, and wood- 

 (land) (yielding) 300 swine from the pannage. 

 From the pasturage {de herbagio) (come) 38 

 shillings and 6 pence and 355 swine for pas- 

 turage {herbag\t6^. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 40 pounds ; when 

 received, 30 pounds ; now, 70 pounds. God- 

 frey held this manor to farm at {^ro) 90 

 pounds. 



Of this manor Bainiard holds of the arch- 

 bishop 5 hides, and there he has on (his) 

 demesne 2 ploughs, and 14 villeins with 2 

 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (are) 35 acres 

 of meadow, and from the pasturage {herbagio) 

 (come) 3 swine. (This) is worth 8 pounds. 



Of the same manor the son of Boselin ^ 

 holds of the archbishop 2 hides, and there he 

 has on (his) demesne I plough, and 1 1 villeins 

 with 2 bordars have 3 ploughs. There (are) 

 2 mills yielding {de) 10 shillings, and from the 

 pasturage {herbagio) (come) 2 swine, and from 

 the wood(land) 20 swine from the pannage. 

 (This) is worth 60 shillings. 



Of the self-same manor Godfrey holds i 

 hide of the archbishop, and there he has 2 

 ploughs on (his) demesne, and (there are) 2 

 villeins with 3 bordars, and a mill yielding 

 {de) 5 shillings. Wood(land) (yielding) i pig 

 from the pannage. (This) is worth 50 shil- 

 lings. 



Of the same manor Walter holds of the 

 archbishop two-thirds {2 partes) of half abide, 

 and there he has 2 ploughs on (his) demesne, 

 and (there are) I villein and i bordar with i 

 plough, and 3 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 3 swine from the pannage, and 

 I pig (comes) from the pasturage {herbagio). 

 (This) is worth 40 shillings. 



» The manor and hundred extended from Lewes 

 to Wadhurst on the border of Kent. 



^ Possibly in Framclle Hundred (see note 3, 

 p. 415). 



^ Probably William son of Boselin de Dives. 



fo. i6b 



Of the selfsame manor moreover the 

 canons of Saint Michael * hold 4 hides, and 

 there is on (their) demesne I plough, and 4 

 villeins with 16 bordars have 2 ploughs, and 

 (this) is worth 3 pounds. 



William de Cahainges holds I virgate of 

 this manor, and it is at {ad) Alsihorne [Al- 

 chorne ^J. 



In Estreu [Street] Hundred 

 The archbishop himself holds Odintune 

 [Wooton], (which is) appropriated to the 

 clothing of the monks® {de vestitu monachorum). 

 In the time of King Edward it was ^sessed 

 for 6 hides, and now for 4^ hides, because 

 the rest {aliud) is in the rape of the Count of 

 Mortain.'^ There is land for 5 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 10 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have 3 ploughs. There (is) 

 a mill yielding {de) 39 pence, and 22 acres of 

 meadow, and wood(land) yielding {de) 2 swine. 

 In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 

 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 

 pounds. Formerly it returned 6 pounds, but 

 (that) could not be long continued {perdurare). 



In Falemere Hundred* 

 The canons of Mellinges [South Mailing] 

 hold of the archbishop Sta(n)mere [Stanmer]. 

 In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it 

 was assessed for 20 hides. There is land for 

 20 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, 

 and 49 villeins with 10 bordars have 26 

 ploughs. Wood(land) yielding {de) 6 swine. 

 In the time of King Edward, and afterwards, 

 as {et) now, it was worth 15 pounds. To 

 this manor belong {adjacent) 7 haws in Lewes 

 [Lewes] which return 21 pence yearly. 



The archbishop himself has in Lewes 

 [Lewes] 21 haws, returning 8 shillings and 8 

 pence yearly, and they are appurtenant to 

 Mellinges [South Mailing] manor.^ 



In Pageha(m) [Aldwick] Hundred 



The archbishop himself holds Pageham 



[Pagham] in demesne. In the time of King 



Edward it was assessed for 50 hides, and now 



for 34. There is land for 30 ploughs. On 



* The collegiate church of South Mailing. 



6 A manor in Buxted and Rotherfield. 



8 Monks of Christ Church, Canterbury. 



' Accounted for under Bcrchelie in East Grin- 

 stead Hundred (see note l, p. 419). 



•* Stanmer now forms a detached portion of 

 Ringmer Hundred ; the rest of the Domesday 

 Hundred of Falemere is now Youngsmere. 



° Part of Lewes is still in South Mailing. 



