A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 45 ' shillings; now 35 shillings. 



In Hauochesberie [Hawksborough] 



Hundred^ 

 Wibert holds of the count Warborgetone 

 [Warbleton]. Countess Goda' held it. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for I hide. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i 

 (plough), and 2 villeins with 6 cottars have I 

 plough. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 20 

 shillings.. 



In Belingeha(m) [? Beddingham] the 

 count has i hide in demesne. Queen Edith 

 {Eddid) held it. It has never paid geld. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I (plough), and 3 villeins have 2 

 ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was 

 worth 20 shillings, and afterwards 10 shillings; 



fo. 19a 



now 20 shillings. 



The count himself has half a hide in Bel- 

 rNGHA(M) [? Beddingham^]. King Edward 

 held it, and it has never paid geld. There 

 are 2 villeins with 3 ploughs. It was and is 

 worth 10 shillings. 



Also in Belingha(m) [? Beddingham] the 

 count holds 4 hides all but (minus) half a 

 virgate. Countess Goda held (this), and it 

 has never paid geld. There is land for 10 

 ploughs. There 18 villeins have 13 ploughs. 

 In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 

 70 shillings. 



The coimt himself holds in demesne li 

 hides and i virgate ° of the manor of Ferla 

 [West Firle]. In the time of King Edward 

 the abbey of Wilton held (this). It has 

 never paid geld. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 There 9 villeins have 8 ploughs. In the 

 time of King Edward, as (et) now, it was 

 worth 30 shillings. 



> The V of xlv is interlined. 



5 The Hundreds of Hauochesberie, Henhert 

 and Esseswclle each consisted of a very small group 

 of estates whose manorial hall was situated within 

 the bounds of the Hundred, and a much larger 

 group of estates which in King Edward's time had 

 been attached to manors in the rape of Pevensey. 

 See Introd. p. 357. 



3 Sister of King Edward. 



< I think there can be little doubt that this is 

 King Edward's manor of Beddingham. This 

 group of lands held by the count lay round Bur- 

 wash, which was afterwards the chief manor of the 

 Counts of Eu. 



' Et I virgam interlined. 



The same count holds I virgate and a half 

 of Herlintone [Arlington*]. The abbey 

 of Wilton held it in the time of King 

 Edward. It has never paid geld. There is 

 land for i plough. There 5 villeins have 3 

 ploughs. In the time of King Edward, as 

 (et) now, it was worth 7 shillings. 



The same count has i virgate and a half of 

 the manor of Lestone [Laughton]. Countess 

 Goda held it. It has never paid geld. There 

 3 villeins have 2 ploughs. In the time of King 

 Edward, as (et) now, it was worth 8 shillings. 



The same count holds i virgate of land 

 belonging to (pertinentem ad) Hechestone 

 [Eckington '] Agemund held it in the time 

 of King Edward, and could betake himself 

 (ire) whither he would. And it has not paid 

 geld. There 2 villeins have 2 ploughs. In 

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

 worth 4 shillings. 



The same count holds half a hide and half 

 a virgate of the manor of Ripe [Ripe]. Earl 

 Harold held (this), and it has never paid geld. 

 There 2 villeins have I plough. It is, and 

 was, worth 5 shillings. 



The same count holds I virgate in the 

 manor of Telitone [Tilton]. Earl Harold 

 held it, and it has never paid geld. There 2 

 villeins have 

 5 shillings. 



plough. It is, and was, worth 



In the manor of Esdene [East Dean] (the 

 count has) I virgate and a half. Countess 

 Goda held it ; it has never paid geld. There 

 2 villeins have I plough. It is, and was, 

 worth 3 shillings. 



In the manor of Willendone [Willing- 

 don] Countess Goda held i\ virgates, and it 

 has never paid geld. There the count has 2 

 villeins with 2 ploughs. It is, and was, 

 worth 5 shillings. 



There Ulmer the priest held i virgate,' 

 and could betake himself (ire) whither he 

 would, and it has never paid geld. There the 

 count has I villein with I plough. It is, and 

 was, worth 3 shillings. 



" Arlington is not mentioned by name in 

 Pevensey rape but was possibly included in the 

 abbey of Wilton's manor of (West) Firle. 



7 The form Hechestone suggests Heighten, but 

 Agemund's manor was Eckington (see note 10, 



P- +17)- 



» Probably this is the ' other virgate ' mentioned 

 under Chiddingly, which ^Imar (? a scribal error 

 for Ulmar), held (see note 7, p. 418). 



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