THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



8 pounds. Now what the bishop holds (is 

 worth) lO pounds ; what the men (hold) 65 

 shillings. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 1 8 pounds, and afterwards 

 10 pounds, now 18 pounds. Formerly it was 

 at farm at 25 pounds {olim fuit ml xxv ' lihrai 

 de firma) but it could not return (so much). 



The bishop himself holds Self.isie [Selscy] 

 in demesne. In the time of King Edward, 

 as [ei) now, it was assessed for 10 hides. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and 16 villeins with 11 bordars 

 have 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and 6 

 haws in Cicestre [Chichester] yielding {de) 

 38 pence. 



Of this manor Geoffrey holds I hide, and 

 William half a hide and half a virgate, and 

 they have li ploughs with i bordar. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 1 2 pounds, and afterwards 

 10 pounds. Now the demesne of the bisliop 

 (is worth) 12 pounds, (that) of his men 40 ^'^r (JVatmonaitcrio) holds Parham [Parham] 



The canons of Cicestre [Chichester] hold 

 in common {communitcr) 16 hides which Jiave 

 never paid geld, as (the jurors) say, and there 

 they have 4 ploughs on (their) demesne. This 

 is worth 8 pounds. 



IV. THE LAND OF SAINT PETER 



OF WESTMINSTER 

 In Isiwirde [West Easwrith] Hundred 

 The abbot of Saint Peter of Westmin- 



shilling 



The bishop himself holds Westringes 

 [West Wittering] in demesne. In the time 

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

 for 14 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and 15 vil- 

 leins with 1 2 bordars have 5 ploughs. There 

 (is) I mill yielding {de) 30 pence, and 13 

 haws yielding [de) 26 pence. (For the) pas- 

 turage {herbag\_io]) one of (every) 7 swine. 



Of this manor Ralph holds I hide, Herbert 

 3 hides, and they have on (their) demesne 2i 

 ploughs, and 2 villeins with 1 2 bordars and half 

 a plough. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward and afterwards was worth 8 pounds. 

 Now what the bishop has is worth the same 

 sum {tantumdem), what his men (have is worth) 

 50 shillings. 



(In Preston Hundred ') 

 The bishop himself holds Prestetone 

 [Preston ^], and then as now it belonged to 

 the minster {semper fuit in monaiterio). In 

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

 assessed for 20 hides. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough) and 

 a half, and 30 villeins with 20 bordars Iiave 

 12 ploughs ; and in Lewes (there are) 3 haws 

 yielding {de) 18 pence. There (is) a church, 

 and 15 acres of meadow, and wood(land) 

 yielding {de) 2 swine from the pannage. 



Of this manor Lovel holds 2 hides, and 

 there he has 2 ploughs and 9 villeins {villanos) 

 with 3 bordars who have {habentibus) 2 ploughs, 

 and there (is) 1 mill. (This) is worth 40 

 shillings. 



1 The Hundredal heading is omitted. 



2 Sometimes called Bishop's Preston to dis- 

 tinguish it from the other Prestons in Sussex. 



and held it of King Edward. Then it was 

 assessed for 7 hides, now for 3. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 (plough), and 8 villeins with 5 cottars have 2 

 ploughs. There (are) g acres of meadow. It 

 is worth and was worth I pound. 



V. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF FECAMP {FISCJNNENSIS) 

 In Ghestelinges [Guestling] Hundred 



The abbot of Fecamp {Fiscanno) holds of 

 the king Rameslie [ *], and held it 



of King Edward, and then it was assessed for 

 20 hides, now for 17^ hides. There is land 

 for 35 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, 

 and 99 villeins {c viUani uno minus) have 43 

 ploughs. There (are) 5 churches returning 

 64 shillings. There (are) 100 saltpans yielding 

 {de) 8 pounds and 15 shillings, and 7 acres of 

 meadow, and wood(land yielding) 2 swine 

 from the pannage. 



In the same manor is a new borough," and 

 there (are) 64 burgesses returning 8 pounds 

 all but {minus) 2 shillings. In Hastinges 

 [Hastings] 4 burgesses and 14 bordars return 

 63 shillings. 



Of this manor Robert of Hastings holds 

 2^ hides of the abbot, and Herolf half a hide. 

 They have 4 villeins and 4 cottars and 2 

 ploughs. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward, was worth 34* pounds. Now the 



3 V interlined. 



* This name has not yet been identified, but I 

 have found mention of Rammeshorn in Fairlight 

 early in the thirteenth century-, which may be 

 connected with it ; it corresponded pretty closely 

 to what was afterwards the m.inor of Brede. 



5 See Introduction, p. 375. 



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