A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



abbot's demesne (is worth) 50 pounds, and 

 {vera) (that) of the men 44 shillings. 



In Staninges [Steyning] Hundred 



The abbot himself holds Staninges [Steyn- 

 ing]. Harold [Heraldits) held it at the end 

 (of the reign) of King Edward {in fine regis E.)^ 

 and then it was assessed at 81 hides, and 

 (there were) moreover in addition [insuper ad- 

 huc) 18 hides and 7 acres outside (yor/'i) the 

 rape which have never paid geld.^ Now 

 (there are) 67 hides. In the rape of Harundel 

 [Arundel] are 33^ hides, and the others (are) 

 in the rape of William de Braiose, and yet 

 the abbot holds (them) all now. 



The land of the whole manor (is sufficient 

 for) 41 ploughs. On the demesne are 7 

 ploughs, and 178 villeins with 63 bordars 

 have 48 ploughs. There (are) 2 churches,' 9 

 serfs and 4 mills yielding [de) 47 shillings and 

 68 swine in addition {insuper).*' There (are) 

 113 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 

 45 swine from the pannage. 



In the borough there were 118 burgages 

 {masure) (which) used to return 4 pounds and 

 2 shillings. Now there are 123 burgages 

 {masure), and they return 100 shillings and 

 100 pence, and (the burgesses) have i^ 

 ploughs. In the time of King Edward (the 

 burgesses) used to do villein service at the 

 court {ad curiam operabantur sicut villani). 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 86 pounds, and afterwards 50 pounds. Now 

 (it is worth) 100 pounds, and yet it is at farm 

 for 122 pounds all but {minus) 2 shillings. 



In Berie [Bury] Hundred 

 The abbot himself holds of the king Berie 

 [Bury].° Countess Goda held it of King 

 Edward, and then it was assessed for 16 hides. 

 Now for 12 hides. There is land for 16 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and 48 villeins with 22 cottars have 18 

 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 30 acres 

 of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 40 swine, 

 and I fishery. 



1 The manor of Steyning had been given to the 

 abbey by King Edward, but Harold deprived them 

 of it. 



^ This must refer to the 1 8 hides and 3 virgates 

 which formed William de Braiose's manor of Stan- 

 inges (see note 3, p. 445). 



3 The second church was probably Warming- 

 hurst. 



* The only case of a swine rent for mills in 

 Sussex. 



s Given to the abbey by King William in ex- 

 change for tenements in Hastings {Cal. of Doits. 

 France, 38). 



In the time of King Edward, and after- 

 wards, it was worth 12 pounds, now 24 

 pounds. 



VI. THE LAND OF BISHOP OSBERN 



Bishop Osbern holds of the king the church 

 of BosEHAM [Bosham], and held it of King 

 Edward. To this church used to belong 

 {pertinebant) 112 hides; now 47 (hides) are 

 outside {/oris) (the manor, and of these) Hugh 

 son of Rannulph holds 30 hides,* and Ralph 

 de Quesnay {caisned) 1 7 hides.^ 



When Osbern received it the church was 

 assessed for 65 hides, and now likewise. 

 There is land .^ On the 



demesne are 2 ploughs, and 21 villeins with 

 18 bordars have 8 ploughs. There (are) 

 3 mills yielding {de) 14 shillings, and 12 

 acres of meadow, and i saltpan yielding 

 {de) 2 shillings, and I haw yielding {de) 8 

 pence. 



Mauger {Malgerus) holds of the land of this 

 church 12 hides 3.s{pro) one manor; it is 

 called Tornei [Thorney] and pays geld for 8 

 hides. There he has 32 villeins with 8 

 ploughs. 



Of the same land of the church Ralph 

 holds I hide, a certain clerk I hide, and 4 

 clerks i hide in common {communiter). These 

 men {ipsi) have 3 ploughs on (their) demesne, 



fo. 17b 



and 3 villeins and 10 bordars who have I 

 plough and a half; there (is) a church and a 

 priest, and 2 serfs, and i haw yielding {de) 8 

 pence. 



The whole (manor) in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 300 pounds, and after- 

 wards 50 pounds. 



Now what the bishop holds (is worth) 16 

 pounds and 10 shillings, and yet he has 20 

 shillings more from the farm (de firma) {there- 

 of). What Mauger {Malgerus) holds is worth 

 6 pounds, and yet he has 50 shillings more. 

 What the others hold is worth 4 pounds and 

 15 shillings. 



(The) clerks hold the tithe * of the church, 

 and it is worth 40 shillings. 



In the time of King Edward there used to 

 belong {pertinebat) to this manor i hide in 

 Icenore [Itchenor].*" Now Warin, Earl 

 Roger's man, holds it. 



« At Plumpton (see note lo, p. 441). 

 ' At Saddlescombe (see note 5, p. 440). 

 8 A blank. 



» The only mention, by name, of tithes in Sussex, 

 but sec note 4, p. 421. 

 10 See note I, p. 427. 



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