THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



assessed for half a hide. There is land for 

 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), 

 and 4 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 There (is) i acre of meadow and wood(land 

 yielding) i pig. In the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards (it was worth) 14 shillings ; 

 now 20 (shillings). 



In Bellest [Bellhurst]= j^ldret held 2 

 virgates in pange [in paragio), and for so much 

 it was assessed then, as {et) now. There 

 William has on the demesne i plough and 

 I villein with I plough. It is and was worth 

 7 shillings. 



In Selescome [Sedlescombe] Walter son of 

 Lambert holds I virgate. It has never paid 

 geld and lias always been outside the rape. 

 There is land for I plough. There (the 

 plough) is on the demesne, and (there are) 3 

 acres of meadow and wood(land yielding) I 

 pig. Then and afterwards (it was worth) 10 

 shillings ; now 20 shillings. 



There Geoffrey the canon holds half a hide. 

 It belonged to {jacuit in) Selescome [Sedles- 

 combe]. It is assessed for half a hide. 

 There are 2 bordars with i plough, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 3 swine. It is worth 10 

 shillings. It was waste {ivaita). 



The count himself holds on his demesne 

 I villein, who belonged to {jacuit in) Selescome 

 [Sedlescombe] ; and he holds I virgate outside 

 [firis) the rape. It is worth 5 shillings. 



In the same Hundred Wenestan held half 

 a hide (at) Fodilant [Footland],^ and could 

 betake himself {ire) whither he would. It is 

 assessed for 2 virgates. There Anschitil has 

 I plough with I villein, and wood(land yield- 

 ing) 4 swine. It is worth 10 shillings. 



In Herste [Herst in Sedlescombe] Ulwin 

 held half a hide. In the time of King 

 Edward it was assessed for 2 virgates, and so 

 it is now {et modo facit). There Ednod has 

 on the demesne i plough, and i acre of 

 meadow. It is and was worth 10 shillings. 



Five men hold Waliland [Welland in 

 Ewhurst] of the count. (There) is I hide. 

 Four brothers held this, and could betake 

 themselves {ire) whither they pleased. There 

 was only I hall {haula). In the time of 

 King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 tor I hide. 



» Una corrected to dimidia. 

 ^ In Beckley parish. 

 s In Sedlescombe, 



Of this hide Alwold holds 2 virgates, An- 

 schitil 3 virgates, Roger 5 virgates, Hugh I 

 virgate, Osbern 2 virgates.* There is land 

 } On the demesne (is) I plough, 

 and 7 villeins and I bordar have 4^ ploughs. 

 There (are) 5 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 20 swine. In the time of 

 King Edward, as {et) now, (it was worth) 66 

 shillings. 



Osbern holds Basingeha(m) [ ]* 



of the count. AKiet held it in parage {in 

 paragio) ; then, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 for 2 virgates. Tiiere is I villein. It is 

 worth 8 shillintrs. 



X. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 

 OF MORTAIN 



In the Borough of Pevenesel [Pevensey] 

 in the time of King Edward there were 24 

 burgesses on the king's demesne, and they 

 returned from the burgage-rents {de gablo) 14 

 shillings and 6 pence ; from the market-dues 

 {de theoloneo) 20 shillings ; from the harbour- 

 dues ((^^ /i3r/;() 35 shillings; from the pastur- 

 age {de pastura) 7 shillings and 3 pence. 



The Bishop of Chichester {Cicestre) had 5 

 burgesses, Edmer the priest 15, Ormer the 

 priest 5, Doda the priest 3. 



When the Count of Mortain received it 

 (there were) only 27 burgesses. 



Now he himself has on (his) demesne 60 

 burgesses, returning 39 shillings from the 

 burgage-rents {de gablo). The market-dues 

 {theoloneum) (yield) 4 pounds ; the mint 

 {moneta) 20 shillings.' 



The monks of Mortain {Moriton) (have) 8 

 burgesses yielding {de) 66 pence, Gilbert the 

 sheriff^ I burgess yielding 20 pence, William 

 de Cahainges 2 burgesses yielding 2 shillings, 

 Boselin* 5 yielding 2 shillings, William 4 

 yielding 2 shillings, Ansfrid"* 4 yielding 2 



* As this makes I hide contain 1 3 virgates there 

 is evidently some error in the figures. 



5 A blank. <= Not identified. 



' Pevensey and Lewes are the only two Sussex 

 mints mentioned in Domesday ; others existed at 

 Winchelsea, Hastings, Steyning and Chichester. 

 As 20/. was the normal payment for each moneyer 

 at this period it would seem that there was only 

 one moneyer here : coins from this mint are very 

 scarce (compare note 2, p. 435). 



s Sheriff of the rape, no doubt (see Introd. 

 p. 352). 



8 Boselin de Dives. 



»» Ansfrid held considerable estates in Pevensey 

 rape, in all of which he was succeeded by the 

 family of de Dene, so that he must have been a 

 relation of Ralph de Dene (see Introd. p. 380). 

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