THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



There Alwin held' I virgate and one' 

 quarter of the manor of Sasingha(m) [Sess- 

 ingham] and could betake himself {ire) whither 

 he would, and it has never paid geld. There 

 the count has 2 villeins with 2 ploughs. It 

 is, and was, worth lO shillings. 



Wibert holds of the count half a hide in 

 Radintone [Ration]. A certain freeman. 

 Cane [Cana), held it, and it has ne\er paid 

 geld. There 3 villeins have 2 ploughs. It 

 is, and was, worth 8 shillings. 



In Dene [(? West) Dean] Countess Goda 

 held I hide, and it has never paid geld. There 

 Wibert has 2 villeins with 2 ploughs. It is, 

 and was, worth 14 shillings. 



In Lestone [Laughton] Countess Goda 

 held I hide, and it has never paid geld. There 

 Wibert has 4 villeins with 3 ploughs. It is, 

 and was, worth 13 shillings. 



In BoRTONE [Burton ^] a certain free man, 

 Ulmer, held half a hide, and' it has never paid 

 geld. There Wibert has I villein and i 

 cottar with i plough. Then, as {ft) now, (it 

 was worth) 8 shillings. 



Osbern son of Geoffrey holds of the Count 

 5 hides in Lestone [Laughton]. Countess 

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

 There is land for 10 ploughs. There 15 

 villeins have 15 ploughs. In the time of 

 King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and 

 afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



In Stochingham [ *] Levenot held 



half a hide, and it has never paid geld. There 

 Osbern has i cottar returning 12 pence. 

 Then (it was worth) 3 shillings, now 2 shil- 

 lings. 



In Achingeworde [ *] Brictuin 



a free man held half a hide, and it has never 

 paid geld. There Osbern has on his demesne 



1 plough, and i villein with i plough, and 



2 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards, 

 as {et) now, it was worth 10 shillings. 



I Tenuit interlined. 



^ Unum interlined; I J virgates is probably- 

 intended. 



3 In the neighbourhood of Willingdon, possibly 

 Burghton near Jevington (see note I, p. 412). 



* See note 4, p. 418. 



6 Etchingworth otherwise Hagingworth is a 

 name found in the thirteenth century in connec- 

 tion withWaldron ; possibly it is Etchingwood in 

 Buxted ; this seems to be the half hide belonging 

 to Bristul's manor of Haingurge (see note 9, p. 413). 



In Echentone [Eckingtoii] Agcmund held 

 I hide of King Edward, and it has never paid 

 geld. There is land for 2 ploughs. There 

 Osbern has 3 villeins with 3 ploughs. Then 

 and afterwards, as {et) now, (it was worth) 14 

 shillings. 



In Feri-E [West Firle] the abbey of 



Wilton held i virgate of King Edward, and 



it has never paid geld. There Osbern has I 



villein with I plough. Then, as {et) now, it 

 was worth 30 pence. 



In Prestitone [Preston in Beddingham] 

 Botiz a free man held half a hide, and it has 

 never paid geld. There Osbern has 5 villeins 

 with 3 ploughs. Then, as {et) now, (it was 

 worth) 5 shillings. 



In Waldere [Waldron] JEheva. a free 

 woman held half a virgate, and it has never 

 paid geld. There Osbern has I villein with 

 5 oxen. It is worth 2 shillings. 



In Ripe [Ripe] Earl Harold held i virgate. 

 It has never paid geld. There Alwin a man 

 of the Count of Eu has I plough on the 

 demesne and i villein and i cottar with I 

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

 wood(land yielding) 3 swine. Then and 

 afterwards 4 shillings ; now 10 shillings. 



In Esseswelle [Shoyswell] Hundred 



This Hundred has never Paid Geld 



Walter son of Lambert holds of the count 

 Haslesse [Hazelhurst in Ticehurst °], Bishop 

 Alric held it in fee of King Edward. 

 Then, as {et) now, (there were) 4^ hides. 

 There is land for 9 ploughs. There (are) on 

 the demesne 2 ploughs, and 6 villeins and i 

 cottar with 7 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and wood(land yielding) 10 swine. Of this 

 land Walo holds I hide, and there he has 4 

 villeins with 2 ploughs and I cottar. The 

 whole manor in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 114 shillings ; now 7 pounds. It 

 was laid waste {vaitaturn). 



In Caveltone [Chalvington] 2 free men, 

 Lewin and Edward, held I virgate. There 

 the count has 2 villeins with i plough. 

 Then, and afterwards, as {et) now, (it was 

 worth) 40 pence. 



» The manor of ' Haslesse ' passed to the Scot- 

 neys, descendants of Walter ; but the church of 

 Chichester appears to have recovered some part of 

 it, as in the thirteenth century the dean and 

 chapter held lands in Ticehurst. 



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