THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Edward, and could betake himself (/Vf) whither 

 he pleased. Then, as {et) now, they were 

 assessed for 2h hides. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), and 

 (there are) 7 bordars with I plough. In the 

 time of King Edward, as {ft) now, (this was 

 worth) 40 shillings. 



There William holds of the count 3 hides. 

 Edward and Alwin held them of King Ed- 

 ward, and could betake themselves (;V^) whither 

 they pleased. Then, as {et) now, they were 

 assessed for 3 hides. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, with 

 7 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward (this) was 

 worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 shil- 

 lings ; now 40 shillings. 



Ralph holds of the count 7^ hides in 

 LovRiNGETONE [Yeverington ']. Cola held 

 them of King Edward as {pro) a manor. 

 Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 7 

 hides.^ There is land for 14 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I plough, and 16 villeins with 

 5 bordars have 4 ploughs. There is I serf, 

 and I mill yielding {de) 8 shillings. 



In the time of King Edward (this) was 

 worth 6 pounds, and afterwards 3 pounds ; 

 now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. 



The count himself holds in demesne 

 WiLENDONE [Willingdon]. Earl Godwin 

 held it. Then it was assessed for 50^ hides. 

 Now for nothing. Of this land there are in 

 the rape of Hastings 14^ hides.' There is 

 land for 36 ploughs. On the demesne are 6 

 ploughs, and (there are) 75 villeins and 24 

 bordars with 26 ploughs. There (are) 60 

 acres of meadow, and 1 1 saltpans yielding 

 {de) 35 shillings. There (is) I serf, and 

 wood(land yielding) 3 swine. 



Of this land Osbern holds of the count 4 

 hides, William I hide, Gozelin 2 hides, Gil- 

 bert I hide, Alwin I hide, Ansgot 2 hides, 

 Godfrey the priest i hide and I virgate. On 

 (their) demesne (are) 3^ ploughs, and (there 

 are) 3 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 60 pounds, and after- 

 wards 30 pounds. Now what the count 



1 See note i, p. 409. 



' See note 3, p. 404. 



3 Of these hides i 2 formed ' the manor called 

 Hou [Hooe],' formerly held by Earl Godwin (see 

 note 6, p. 395) ; attributed to Willingdon are : 

 in Hawksborough l^ virgates (see p. 400), in Shoys- 

 well } virgate (see p. 402) -} hide (ibid.), in 

 Henhurst | hide, and l-i virgates and A hide li 

 virgates attributed to Ralton, Willingdon and 

 Fide (see p. 404). 



iiolds (is v/ortli) 40 pounds ; what the men 

 (hold) 7 poujids. 



The count himself holds in demesne West- 

 EORTONE [West Burton*]. Alvric and Golvin 

 held it of King Edward, and could betake 

 themselves {ire) whither they pleased. Then 

 it was assessed for 2 hides ; now 

 for nothing.* There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There (are) 3 villeins with I plough and a 

 half. It is worth 24 shillings. 



Haminc® holds of the count Essete [Ex- 

 ceat]. He himself held it of King Edward. 

 Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4i 

 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the 

 demesne (is) I plough and a half, and 3 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars liave half a plough, and 

 there (is) I serf. In the time of King Ed- 

 ward it was worth 4 pounds ; now 3 pounds. 



Ralph ' holds of the count Cerletone 

 [Charlston in West Dean]. Ulvric held it 

 of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 

 10 hides. Now 2 J hides are in the rape of 

 Hastings.^ There is land for 8 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I (plough) ; (tliere are) 6 vil- 

 leins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 (are) 3 serfs, and 3 saltpans yielding {de) 10 

 shillings and 4 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 9 pounds ; now 4 pounds and 10 sliillings. 



Gozelin holds of the count Radetone 

 [Ration **]. Ulfon held it of Earl Godwin. 

 Then it was assessed for 6 hides, and now for 

 4 hides. In the rape of Hastings are 2 hides 

 all but {minus) 1 virgate.'" There is land for 

 7 ploughs. On the demesne (is) I plough, 



* The situation of West Burton is not known ; 

 there is a West Barton in Friston (S.D.B.) (see 

 also note 3, p. 401). 



5 A space left after turn for insertion of et modo ; 

 and modo pro nichilo interlined ; the scribe was evi- 

 dently uncertain about the present assessment when 

 making the entry. 



« He was succeeded by his son Richard, who 

 was probably ' Richard de Essete.' 



' Ralph de Dene ; Charlston passed to his de- 

 scendant Isabel de la Haye. 



8 I cannot find any trace of these. 



» A manor in Willingdon. 



i" In Shoyswell are 3 virgates attributed to Rat- 

 ton, of which Ulf had held i and Countess Goda 

 the other 2 (see p. 402); whether these latter 

 belonged to this manor of Ratton is uncertain. 

 With these may have gone i virgate in Burgel- 

 staltone (see note I, p. 403), which Ulfi held, 

 and possibly the half hide in Dene held by 

 Countess Goda and otherwise unaccounted for (see 

 P- 403)- 



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