A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



In Clavesham [Claverham] ' Osward a 

 free man held 2 virgates. It has never paid 

 geld. There Reinbert has I villein and i 

 cottar with i plough. Then (it was worth) 

 2 shillings ; now 4 shillings. 



In Ailesaltede [Netherfield] Hundred 

 In Calvintone [Chalvington] Godo, a free 

 man, held 2 virgates. They have never paid 

 geld. There Reinbert has I villein and I 

 cottar with I plough. Then (this was worth) 

 2 shillings ; now 4 shillings. 



In Hectone [Heighton]- Godwin, a free 

 man, held 2 virgates. They have never paid 

 geld. There Osbern has 2 villeins with I 

 plough. Then, as {et) now, (this was worth) 



4 shillings. 



In Hectone [Heighten] Godwin, a free 

 man, held I virgate. It has never paid geld. 

 There Hugh has I cottar. Then (it was 

 worth) 2 shillings ; now 12 shillings. 



In Hectone [Heighton] Godwin held i 

 virgate. It has never paid geld. There 

 Hugh has l villein with 5 oxen. It is and 

 was worth 2 shillings. 



In the same Hundred Saswalo holds of the 

 count I virgate. One free man held this. It 

 has never paid geld. Then (it was worth) 

 15 pence ; now 12 pence. 



In Staple [Staple] Hundred 



The count himself holds in demesne 



Werste [Ewhurst]. ^Ifer held it of King 



Edward. Then it was assessed for 6 hides. 



Now for 4 hides and 3 virgates, and there are 



5 virgates' withdrawn (from paying geld; 

 and the assessment is further reduced) because 

 I hide is in the rape of the Count of Mor- 

 tain.* There is land for 20 ploughs. On 



1 This probably lay at Claverham in Battle 

 parish. 



^ This and the next two entries may possibly 

 constitute the half hide referred to under ' Ferles' 

 in Flexborough Hundred (see note 6, p. 413). 



3 V(trge) interlined. 



< Modo pro an hidis et tit virgis el quhique virge 

 sunt retro quia una hida est in rapo comitis dc Morito- 

 nie. This is a puzzling sentence and hard to 

 translate ; I consider that quinque vlrge sunt retro is 

 a parenthesis, quia referring back to pro iiii hidis et 

 Hi t'irgis ; the meaning is, th.it of the original 6 

 hides 1 is in the other rape, and the remainder 

 pay geld for 4 hides and 3 virgates, 5 virgates being 

 excused. (See Introd., and Eng. Hist. Rev. xix. 

 95.) The hide in the Count of Mortain's rape is 

 probably that held by Alfcc in Pevcnsey Hundred 



the demesne are 4 plouglis, and 12 villeins 

 and 10 bordars with 6 ploughs. There (are) 

 4 serfs, and 12 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 10 swine. 



Of the land of this manor Osbern^ holds 

 I hide and 3 virgates in Bodeham [Bodiam] ; 

 then, as now, it belonged to [semper jacuit in) 

 Werste [Ewhurst], and there was a hall 

 [halla) there. Roger (holds) half a hide, 

 Ralph 2 virgates. On (their) demesne is I 

 plough and a half, and 7 villeins and 10 

 bordars with 3^ ploughs. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 

 6 pounds ; now 9 pounds. 



The count himself holds Hiham [Higham]. 

 Earl Godwin held it. In the time of King 

 Edward there were 2\ hides, but it was 

 assessed for 2 hides, as (the jurors) say ; and 

 now (it is assessed) for 2 hides. There is 

 land for 16 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 (plough), and 30 villeins and 10 bordars with 

 1 9 ploughs. There (are) 6 acres of meadow, 

 and wood(land yielding) 2 swine. In the 

 time of King Edward it was worth 100 

 shillings ; now 6 pounds. It was waste 

 [vastatum) (when received). 



Walter son of Lambert holds of the count 

 Salescome [Sedlescombe]. Lefsi held it of 

 Countess Goda. It was assessed for I hide, 

 and 3 virgates outside (firis) the rape,® and 

 now for I hide.'' There is land for 4 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), 

 and 6 villeins with 2 bordars have 5 ploughs. 

 There (are) 7 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 6 swine. There (is) a chapel 

 (eccksio/a). In the time of King Edward (it 

 was worth) 60 shillings, and afterwards 20 

 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



Wibert holds of the count Lordistret 

 [Lording Court].* Wenestan held it of 

 Osward, and could not betake himself {ire) 

 whither he would. Then, as {et) now, it was 



(see note 7, p. 416) ; it is the only case of a 

 manor in Hastings having a detached portion in 

 Pevensey rape. 



5 The Osbern who held Bodiam is said in the 

 Battle Abbey Chronicle to have been son of Hugh 

 de Ovv, and is therefore not identical with Osbern 

 son of Geoffrey mentioned above, but may be the 

 Osbern de Ow who occurs in Domesday in 

 Surrey. 



« Foris rapum must refer only to the 3 virgates 

 and se defcr.d{cbat) only to the l hide, as land ' out- 

 side the rape ' was not ' assessed.' 



7 Et modo pro I kida interlined. 



s In Ewhurst. 



406 



