A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



In Hamfelde [Tipnoak] Hundred 

 The bishop himself holds in demesne Ha(m)- 

 FELDE [Henfield]. In the time of King 

 Edward it was assessed for 1 5 hides, and now 

 for 1 1 hides and i virgate. There is land 

 for 20 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 ploughs, and 23 villeins with 15 bordars have 

 10 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 40 

 acres of meadow(land). A mill ^ and a fishery 

 are wanting because they have been made 

 over {pro superfacto) to William de Braiose. 



Of these hides William holds of the bishop 

 3 hides ; and there he has on (his) demesne 

 I hide («V), and I villein with 10 bordars have 

 half a plough. Wood(land) yielding 3 swine. 

 The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 

 7 pounds. Now what the bishop holds (is 

 worth) 10 pounds ; what the knight holds 

 4OJ. ; and yet it was at farm for 1 8 pounds. 



In Lewes are 3 burgesses appurtenant to 

 this manor, returning 2 1 pence. 



In Bocse [Box] Hundred 

 The bishop himself holds in demesne 

 Aldingeborne [Aldingbourne]. In the time 

 of King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 for 36 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 1 6 villeins 

 with 13 bordars have 5 ploughs. There (is) 

 a church, and 3 serfs, and 6 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land yielding) 3 swine from the pan- 

 nage ; and from the pasturage {herhagid) i pig 

 of (every) 6 swine. To this manor are appur- 

 tenant 16 haws which return 7 shillings and 

 6 pence. 



Of this manor the priest holds i hide, 

 Robert 5 hides, Hugh 3 hides, Alward i hide ; 

 these 3 are clerks ; the following [hi) 4 (are) 

 knights ; Herald (who holds) 3 hides, Murdac 

 3 hides, Ansfrid I hide, Lovel I hide. Be- 

 tween (them) all they have 6 ploughs on 

 (their) demesne and 12 villeins and 25 bor- 

 dars. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth I 5 pounds, and afterwards 

 10 pounds. Now what the bishop holds (is 

 worth) 10 pounds ; what the clerks (hold) 4 

 pounds ; what the knights (hold) 4 pounds 

 likewise. 



In Risberg [Poling] Hundred 



The bishop himself holds Feringes [Fer- 



ring] in demesne. In the time of King 



Edward it was assessed for 12 hides, and now 



for 8 hides. There is land ? On the 



1 Possibly the mill mentioned under Wantelei 

 (see p. 446). 

 3 A blank. 



demesne are 2 ploughs, and 15 villeins with 



14 bordars have 5 ploughs. There (is) i serf, 

 and 20 acres of meadow, and wood(land 

 yielding) 4 swine ; and for the pasturage 

 [herbagio) i pig of (every) 7. 



fo. 17a 



Of this manor Ansfrid holds 2 hides, and 

 he has on (his) demesne half a plough with 4 

 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 7 pounds, and afterwards 100 shillings ; now 

 7 pounds. What Ansfrid holds is worth 20 

 shillings. 



In Eswende [West Easwrith] Hundred 

 The bishop himself holds Ambrelie [Am- 

 berley]. In the time of King Edward, as 

 {et) now, it was assessed for 24 hides. There 

 is land .^ On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 



and 10 villeins with 13 bordars have 12 

 ploughs, and (there are) 30 acres of meadow, 

 and wood(Iand yielding) 7 swine from the 

 pannage. 



Of this manor William the clerk holds 2 

 hides, and Aldred the priest 3 hides, Baldwin 

 2i hides, Ralph 2 hides all but {minus) i vir- 

 gate,* Tedric {Teodericus) 3 hides, Huscarle 2 

 hides.^ Between (them) all they have 5 

 ploughs on (their) demesne, and 17 villeins 

 {vi llanos) and 25 bordars, who have {habentes) 

 5 ploughs. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 20 pounds, and afterwards 



15 pounds. Now what the bishop holds is 

 worth 14 pounds; what the others hold of 

 the bishop is worth 7 pounds. 



In Su(m)merleg [Manhood] Hundred 

 The bishop himself holds Filleicha(m) 

 [Sidlesham °] in demesne. In the time of 

 King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed for 

 12 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 16 villeins 

 with 14 bordars have 7 ploughs. There (is) 

 I acre of meadow, and wood (sufficient) for 

 the fences {ad clausuram). 



Of this manor Gilbert holds 3 hides, Roze- 

 lin 1 hide, Ulf i hide, and on (their) demesne 

 they have 3 ploughs with 12 bordars. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 



3 A blank. 



* Una z'ivga minus interlined. 



6 H hidas interlined. 



^ Sidlesham is the only important manor be- 

 longing to the bishopric not otherwise accounted 

 for, and confusion between /and /is not infrequent ; 

 ch usually has the value of k, but compare Childe- 

 tune = Chiltington. 



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