THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



self (ire) whither he would, and then, as 

 (ft) now, it was assessed for I virgate. 

 There is land for I plough, and there it is on 

 the demesne, with i villein and 2 cottars. 

 It is and was worth lo shillings. 



In Bexelei [Bexhill] Hundred 

 Osbern holds Bexelei [Bexhill] of the 

 count. In the time of King Edward Bishop 

 Alric held it, because it belongs to {est de) the 

 bishopric,' and afterwards he held it until 

 King William gave the castelry of Hastings 

 [castellariam de Hastinges) to the count. In 

 the time of King Edward, as [et) now, it 

 was assessed for 20 hides. There is land for 

 26 ploughs. 



Of the land of this manor the count him- 

 self holds in demesne 3 hides, and there he 

 has I plough, and (there are) 7 villeins with 

 4 ploughs. 



Of the same land Osbern has 10 hides, 

 Wenenc I hide, William de Sept Mueles 2 j 

 hides all but {>ninus) half a virgate, Robert St. 

 Leger i hide and half a virgate, Reinbert 

 half a hide, Anschitil half a hide, Robert Cruel 

 half a hide, Geoffrey and Roger, clerks, i 

 hide as a benefice {in prebendd). There (are) 

 2 churches. On (their) demesne are 4 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 46 villeins and 27 cottars 

 with 28 ploughs. In the whole manor (are) 

 6 acres of meadow. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 20 pounds, and afterwards 

 it was waste {wasta). Now (it is worth) 18 

 pounds and 10 shillings. Of this {his) the 

 count's portion accounts for {capit) 40 shil- 

 lings. 



Osbern holds of the count 2 virgates of 

 land in the same hundred, and they were 

 assessed for 2 virgates then as now {semper). 

 There he has 5 ploughing oxen {ioves in 

 carluca]). (This) was worth 8 shillings, now 

 16 shillings. 



Levenot held Bolintun [Bollington in 

 Bexhill] of King Edward, and it was assessed 

 for 5 hides both then and now. There is 

 land for 5 ploughs. 



Of this land the count holds in demesne 

 3 virgates ; and there he has 20 burgesses ^ 

 and 5 cottars with 2 ploughs. 



1 Bexhill was recovered by the Bishop of 

 Chichester before 1 166, when it was rated at 10 

 hides {ReJ Book of the Exchequer [Rolls Series] i. 

 200) ; the 10 hides held by Osbern may have 

 formed a separate manor (see note 11, p. 394). 



^ It is difficult to account for the appearance of 

 burgesses here and nowhere else in the Count of 

 Eu's rape ; their borough must have been Hast- 



The abbey of Treport ^ {Ultresport) holds 

 3 hides all but {minus) 2 virgates, and for so 

 much (this holding) is assessed. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, and 13 villeins with 13 

 cottars have 5 ploughs ; (there are) 20 acres 

 of me:idow. 



In the time of King Edward the whole 

 manor was worth 6 pounds, and afterwards 

 50 shillings. Now the count has 43 shillings 

 and the monks 4 pounds. 



In Baldeslei [Baldslow] Hundred 

 King Edward held Wilesham [Filsham] 



in demesne. There arc 15 hides which do 



not pay geld and have not paid geld. There 



is land for 30 ploughs. 



Of this land the count himself holds 8 



hides and I virgate ; and there he has 2 



fo. 18b 



ploughs, and 48 villeins with 7 cottars have 

 34 ploughs. 



Of the land of the same manor Geoffrey 

 holds 2 hides, Robert I hide and i virgate, 

 William half a hide, Hugh the crossbowman 

 5 virgates, Ingelran 2 virgates, Robert the 

 cook* half a hide, Walter 5 virgates, Sasward 

 I virgate, Wenenc the priest I virgate, 

 Osward 2 virgates, Roger Daniel half a hide.° 

 On (their) demesne are 6-h ploughs, and 13 

 villeins and 17 cottars and 3 serfs with 7^ 

 ploughs. In the manor (are) 30 acres of 

 meadow, and wood(land yielding) 8 swine. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 14 pounds. Afterwards 

 it was laid waste {vtisintum)." Now (it is 

 worth) 22 pounds. Of this {his) 14 pounds 

 are assigned to the count's portion {computan- 

 tur in parte comitis). 



Ulward the priest of this manor holds a 

 church with I virgate, but (that virgate) 

 does not belong to the 15 hides. Ulmer 

 held it of King Edward, and it did not then 

 pay geld, nor does it {nee facit) now. (This) 

 is worth 5 shillings. 



ings, and the land itself may have been at Bul- 

 warhithe which was afterwards a member of 

 Hastings. 



3 Robert Count of Eu gave 'Boniton' to the 

 abbey of Treport ; it apparently included Pep- 

 plesham, as that was afterwards in the abbey's 

 possession.' 



« Coc{us) interlined. 



6 The total amount of land here accounted for, 

 including the I virgate attributed to Pileshara in 

 the ' rape ' of Battle, is l virgate short of l 5 hides. 



6 The routes of the armies of William and 

 Harold at the time of the invasion can be partly 

 traced by these notices of devastated manors, but 

 it is remarkable how completely they had recovered, 

 and even increased, their v.ilue. See Introd. p. 363. 



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