THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In Hamesford [Dumpford] Hundred 

 The bishop himself holds Halestf.de [E1- 

 sted], and held it of King Edward, and then 

 it was assessed for 13 hides, now for 5i hides. 

 There is land .' On the de- 



mesne are 2 ploughs, and 7 villeins with 23 

 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, 



holds Si'EssE [Southease]." Then as now it 

 belonged to the minster {semper juit in tnmas- 

 terio). In the time of King Edward it was 

 assessed for 28 hides, and now for 27 hides. 

 There is land for 28 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, and 46 villeins with 4 

 bordars ha\e 21 plouglis. There (is) a 



and I mill yielding^) 4 shillings, and there '^'^"'•ch and 130 acres of meadow. 



(is) a church. Wood(land yielding) 10 swir 

 (For) the pasturage [herhngium) of (every) 7 

 swine I (pig). 



Of this manor Richard holds i hide, Osbern 

 the clerk half a hide, Ralph the priest i hide 

 which is appurtenant to the church. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward and afterwards, as {et) now, was 

 worth 1 5 pounds. 



In Silletone [Singleton] Hundred 

 Durand holds of the bishop Presteton 

 [Preston in Binderton]. In the time of King 

 Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed for 3 

 hides. There is land .^ On the 



demesne is I plough and a half, and 3 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have half a plough. There 

 (are) 6 acres of meadow, and a small wood 

 (sufficient) for the fences {ad clamuram). 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 4 pounds, and afterwards, and now, 3 pounds. 



In Redrebrige [Rotherbridge] Hundred 

 Richard holds of the bishop Levitone 

 [Woolavington]. Godwin the priest held it 

 of King Edward in almoigne, and then, as {et) 

 now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is 

 land ? On the demesne are 2 



ploughs, and 1 1 villeins with 7 bordars have 

 4 ploughs. 



There (is) a church, and in Cicestre [Chi- 

 chester] I haw yielding {de) 3 pence, and I 2 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land j'ielding) 10 

 swine, and (for the pasturage) of (every) 7 

 swine one. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 10 pounds, and afterwards 6 pounds; now 10 

 pounds. 



All these estates {terre) belonged and do 

 belong to the church of Boseha(m) [Bosham] 

 in almoign.* 



VII. THE LAND OF SAINT PETER 

 OF WINCHESTER" {TFINTONU) 

 The ABBOT OF Saint Peter of Winchester 



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3 A blank. ^ See also p. 392. 



5 The abbey of Hyde. 



In Lewes [Lewes] (there are) 10 burgesses 

 yielding ((/c) 52 pence : and from villeins (come) 

 38 thousand and five hundred herrings. For 

 porpoises {nwrstiins) 4 pounds. For tallage 

 {forisfaciura) of the villeins (he received) 9 

 pounds, and 3 seams {sunimas) of peas. 



In all values in the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards it was worth 20 pounds. Now 

 it is appraised at just so much {titntumdem) but 

 yet it returns 28 pounds. 



In Estocbrige [Stockbridge] Hundred 

 The abbot himself holds Cloninctune 

 [Donnington].'' In the time of King Edward 

 the abbey held it, and then, as {et) now, it 

 was assessed for 5 hides. There is land 



.* On the demesne is I plough, and 15 

 villeins with 4 bordars have 6^ ploughs. 

 There (are) 2 serfs, and 25 acres of meadow, 

 and wood (sufficient) for the fences {ad clau- 

 suram). In Cicestre [Chichester] (is) I haw 

 yielding {de) 4 pence. From the pannage I 

 pig and a half. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 4 pounds and 10 shillings and 7 pence;* now 

 6 pounds. 



VIII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 

 OF BATTLE {LA BATAILGE) 



In Wandelmestrei [Alciston] Hundred'" 

 The abbot of Saint Martin of Battle {de la 

 batailge) holds Alsistone [Alciston] of the 

 king. Alnod cild held it of King Edward, 

 and then it was assessed for 50 hides, and 

 now for 44i hides. There is land for 28 

 ploughs. 



Of these hides, 3^ hides belong to {jncent 



« Including Telscombe, which is on the coast. 



' For similar confusion between <■/ and </ com- 

 pare ' Dotone ' = Clapton in Northants, and 

 ' Adem' = Acle in Essex {F.C.H. Essex, i. 395). 



3 A blank. 



" An unusually exact valuation ; in this case the 

 ' value ' must have been the amount actually re- 

 ceived. 



10 Wandelmestrei was subsequently divided into 

 the Hundreds of Alciston and Longbridge. 



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