A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



in) the rape of Hastinges/ and 2 hides to the 

 rape of Lewes,^ as do {et) J burgesses. 



On the demesne the abbot has 4 ploughs, 

 and 65 villeins with 7 bordars have 21^ 

 ploughs. There (are) 12 serfs, and 50 acres 

 of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 4 swine 

 from the pannage, and 6 swine from the pas- 

 turage [herbaglo). 



Of the above-mentioned 5 hides' Robert 

 holds I hide and 3 virgates of the abbot, 

 Reinbert 5 virgates, Geoffrey half a hide, 

 Alvred 3 virgates. They {ipsi) have on (their) 

 demesne 4 ploughs and 5 villeins and I bor- 

 dar with i\ ploughs. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 48 pounds, and afterwards 

 30 pounds. Now what the abbot holds (is 

 worth) 36 pounds ; what his men (have) 4 

 pounds and 5 shillings. 



In Totenore [Totnore] Hundred 

 The abbot himself holds of the king 4 

 hides. Alnod cild held them of King Edward 

 and then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 

 4 hides. There the abbot has 6 villeins with 

 3 ploughs. (This) is appraised in another 

 manor. 



(In the Liberty of Battle*) 

 The abbot himself has in his own rape " 6i 

 hides.^ This land was assessed for 6 hides, 

 and (the other) half (hide) was geld-free 

 [quieta) because (it was) outside {/oris) the 

 rape.' 



Of {in) these hides the same abbot holds in 

 demesne Bocheha(m) [Buckhurst in West- 

 field]. Olbolt held it of Earl Godwin. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for half a hide ; 

 now I virgate is in the rape of the Count of 

 Eu {Otv).^ On the demesne the abbot has i 



1 A charter of Henry I. (Harl. Ch. 43 C. 1 2) 

 mentions 7 hides as separated from the 50 hides 

 which belonged to Alciston, and says that they lay 

 at Ovingedene (see note lo, p. 437), Codingele 

 (Coding in Hooe), Betelesford (Batsford in War- 

 bleton), Wivenham (? Witherenden near Burwash, 

 see note l, p. 402), Danigawurde, Scoweswelle 

 (Shoyswell, see note 3, p. 403), Baresselle (Borzell, 

 see note 2, p. 402), Wertesce, Brebreseboc and 

 Seuredesvvelle (? Sores Wood in Etchingham, see 

 note 7, p. 404). 



^ These 2 hides, and the 7 burgages, were at 

 Ovingdene (see last note and note 10, p. 437). 



3 This must be a misreading for 50. 



* No heading, but a line left blank. 



6 See Introduction, p. 375. 



" According to the Battle Abbey Chronicle, 6 

 hides and half a virgate. See Introduction, p. 359. 



' Foris rapum (see Introduction, p. 361). 



8 The Abbey Chronicle states that i virgate of 



plough, and (there are) 4 bordars with i 

 plough. There (are) 3 acres of meadow, and 

 wood (land yielding) 2 swine. In the time of 

 King Edward, as {et) now, it was worth 20 

 shillings. 



In Bece [Beech in Whatlington] which 

 Osbern (holds) of the Count of Eu the abbot 

 has 3 virgates of land, and there are 3 vil- 

 leins with I plough. (This) is worth 6 



shillings. 



In Wasingate [ ^] which Rein- 



bert holds the abbot has I virgate of land 

 with I villein and half a plough. There (is) 

 wood(land yielding) 2 swine. (This) is 

 worth 4 shillings. 



In Wilminte [Wilmington] " which the 

 Count of Mortain holds the abbot has 6 vir- 

 gates of land, and there are 6 villeins with 4 

 ploughs ; and wood(land yielding) 2 swine. 

 (This) is worth 15 shillings. 



In NiREFELD [Netherfield] which the 

 Count of Eu holds the abbot has 6 virgates of 

 land, and there are 5 villeins and I bordar 

 with 3 ploughs. (This) is worth 10 shil- 

 lings. 



In Penehest [Penhurst]" which Osbern 

 holds of the Count of Eu the abbot has 

 half a hide, and there are 2 villeins with 2 

 ploughs, and I acre of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 2 swine. (This) is worth 15 

 shillings. 



In the manor of Hou [Hooe] which the 

 Count of Eu holds the abbot has half a hide, 

 and there are 2 villeins with 1 plough. 

 (This) is worth 5 shillings. 



this land is now outside the ' Leuga,' and belongs 

 to Crovvhurst, having been exchanged with Walter 

 Fitz-Lambcrt for a wood — possibly the wood men- 

 tioned at the end of the survey of the ' Leuga * as 

 being outside the rape. 



" Identified by the Abbey Chronicle with 

 Bodherstgate, or Bathurst in Battle ; the Chronicle 

 also asserts that the abbey has only half a virgate 

 there. 



10 Here again the Chronicle asserts that the 

 amount held by the abbey is 5 virgates and not 6. 

 This land was part of the nameless manor in 

 Hallesaltede Hundred held by Hugh (see note I, 

 p. 399), and had formerly belonged to the manor of 

 VVilmington. 



>i This manor is not mentioned In the Count of 

 Eu's rape ; it may possibly have gone with Bex- 

 hill, where Osbern held 10 hides (see note i, p. 

 397; but see note 2, p. 399). 



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