A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



shillings, Girold 2 yielding 6 shillings, Ansgot 

 3 yielding I2 pence, Bernard 2 yielding 7 

 pence, Ralph 2 yielding 12 pence, Alan 6 

 yielding 4 shillings, Ralph 3 yielding 53 

 pence, Azelin 3 yielding 4 shillings. This 

 last [ipse) holds I house yielding 32 pence 

 and a plot of land [parum terre) yielding 3 

 shillings. Walter (has) 2 burgesses yielding 

 16 pence, Roger 2 yielding 12 pence, Hugh 

 I yielding 8 pence. 



The count has l mill yielding {de) 20 

 shillings. Alvred* has from the pasturage 

 [herbagio) 15 shillings and 4 pence. 



In Borne [Eastbourne] Hundred 



The Count of Mortain holds in demesne 

 Borne [Eastbourne]. King Edward held it. 

 There were and are 46 hides. There is land 

 for 28 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 68 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 28 ploughs. There (is) i mill yielding [de] 5 

 shillings, and 16 saltpans yielding [de) 4 

 pounds and 40 shillings, and 25 acres of 

 meadow. From the pasturage [pastura) 

 (come) 6 pounds. 



Of the land of this manor 2 hides and i 

 virgate are in the rape of Hasting(s).'' 



Of the same land William holds I hide, 

 Alvred i hide, the warders of the castle (of 

 Pevensey) [custodes castelli) 2 hides,^ Roger the 

 clerk 3 virgates. 



On the demesne is I plough and a half, 

 and (there are) 2 villeins and 6 bordars with 

 half a plough. In the time of King Edward 

 it rendered one night's ferm. When the count 

 received it (it rendered) 30 pounds. Now his 

 demesne (renders) 40 pounds, that of his men 

 67 shillings. 



In Totenore [Totnore] Hundred 



The count himself holds in demesne Bed- 



dingha(m) [Beddingham]. King Edward held 



it. Then it was assessed for 52^ hides. Now 



for 50 hides. One hide and a half and half 



1 Alvred ' the butler ' who held largely in 

 several counties and appears to have been the 

 ancestor of the family of Montague. 



2 Of this I hide and a half was in Henhurst 

 Hundred (see p. 403) ; with this possibly went half 

 a hide of Berwick (see note 7, p. 403) and i vir- 

 gate of the half hide belonging to Berwick and 

 Claverham (see p. 404). 



3 This is the ' terra vigUlum de Pevenesel de Monte 

 Acuta'' of the Pipe Rolls of Henry II. (compare note 

 10, p. 410) ; probably it is Montague in Pevensey 

 Level. In the thirteenth century the family of 

 Brade held lands in Eastbourne and Southeye by 

 service of guarding the outer gate of Pevensey 

 Castle, which was most likely the same land. 



a virgate are in the rape of Hasting(s)*. There 

 is land for 33 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 4 ploughs, and (there are) 68 villeins and 6 

 bordars with 34 ploughs. There (are) 5 serfs, 

 and 4 saltpans yielding [de) 40 pence, and 50 

 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 30 

 swine from the pannage. From the pastur- 

 age [herbagio) (come) 35 shillings. 



Of the land of this manor Godfrey holds 

 4 hides, Gilbert I hide and a half. On (their) 

 demesne they have 3^ ploughs, and 1 5 bor- 

 dars with half a plough, and a mill yielding 

 [de) 8 shillings. 



In the time of King Edward it rendered 

 one night's ferm [firmam unius metis). When 

 the count received it (it rendered) 20 pounds. 

 Now what the count has (renders) 30 pounds, 

 what the men (have) 6 pounds. 



(In Eastbourne Hundred) * 



Walter holds of the count Eshalle [East- 

 hall ']. Two free men held it and could 

 betake themselves [ire) whither they would. 

 Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 3 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, with i villein and 8 bor- 

 dars who have i plough. There (are) 2 acres 

 of meadow. In the time of King Edward 

 it was worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 

 (shillings) ; now 40 shillings. 



The same Walter holds Bevringetone 

 [Bcierington^]. Two men held it of King 

 Edward and could betake themselves [ire) 

 whither they pleased. It was assessed for 3 

 hides then, as [ei) now. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), 

 and 2 bordars have half a plough. In the time 

 of King Edward it was worth 50 shillings, and 

 afterwards 30 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



In Totenore [Totnore] Hundred 



Haiminc holds of the count Clotintone 

 [ 8j g^d he himself held it of King 



< One hide and a half ' in Belingeham ' in 

 Hawkshorough Hundred (see note 4, p. 400). 



6 The two Hundreds of Eastbourne and Tot- 

 nore are mixed together. 



" This was one of the ' boroughs ' of Eastbourne 

 in the thirteenth century, and was near the present 

 town-hall. (See article by Rev. W. Hudson, F.S.A. 

 on, 'The Hundred of Eastbourne and its 

 Boroughs,' in Sussex Arch. Coll. vol. 42.) 



' Another of the Eastbourne ' boroughs,' on the 

 borders of Eastbourne and Willingdon. 



8 If this had not immediately followed the 

 fresh heading of Totnore I should have identified 

 it with Cholington, a third of the Eastbourne 



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