A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



and (there are) 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 

 2^ ploughs. There (is) l mill yielding {de) 4 

 shillings, and 6 acres of meadow. 



Of the land of this manor Azelin holds i 

 hide in almoigne of the count, Rannulf half a 

 hide, Ansfrid half a hide. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 6 pounds ; now 4 pounds 

 and 10 shillings. 



Ralph holds of the count in the same hun- 

 dred I manor, which Ulmar held of King 

 Edward. Then it was assessed for 4^ hides. 

 Now half a hide is in the rape of Hastings.* 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. There is i vil- 

 lein, and 2 bordars, and 2 serfs. In the time 

 of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and 

 afterwards, as {ei) now, 30 shillings. 



Osbern holds of the count Dene [(? East) 

 Dean]. Edwin held it of King (Edward) as 

 {pro) a manor. Then, as [et] now, it was as- 

 sessed for 2 hides. There is land for i plough 

 and a half. There (are) 5 villeins and 3 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 30 shillings, and after- 

 wards, as {et) now, 20 shillings. 



In Dene [(West) Dean] Ralph ^ holds of 

 the count 8 hides. Azor held them of King 

 Edward as {pro) a manor. Then, as {et) now, 

 they were assessed for 8 hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 3 ploughs. There (are) 3 serfs, and 4 salt- 

 pans yielding {de) 8 shillings. 



In the time of King Edward (this) was 

 worth 7 pounds, afterwards 60 shillings ; 

 now 100 shillings. 



In Wiledene [Willingdon] Hundred 

 Ralph holds of the count Radetone [Rat- 

 ton]. Osward held it of King Edward as 

 {pro) a manor. Then it was assessed for 5 

 hides. Now i (hide) is in the rape of 

 Hastings.' There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and (there 

 are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with half a 

 plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. 

 Pasture yielding {de) 28 shillings. In the 



1 This must be the half hide in Bortone which 

 Ulmar held (see note 3, p. 401), in which case the 

 tenant is Ralph de Dene, as his descendants held 

 Burton. 



3 Ralph took the name of de Dene from this 

 manor. 



3 Probably the hide in Hawksborough held by 

 Countess Goda and attributed to Dene (sec p. 403), 

 which is otherwise unaccounted for (compare note 

 10, p. 411). 



4 



time of King Edward it was worth 100 

 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



In Radetone [Ratton] Morin holds of the 

 count 3 hides.* Cana held them of King 

 Edward as {pro) a manor. Then they were 

 assessed for 3 hides. Now half a hide is in 

 the rape of Hastings.^ There is land for 7 

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

 (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with i 

 plough. There (are) 2 acres of meadow, 

 and the fourth part of a saltpan yielding {de) 

 10 pence. In the time of King Edward 

 (this) was worth 60 shillings, and afterwards 

 20 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



In Radetone [Ratton] Hugh holds of the 

 count 3 hides. Frano held them of King 

 Edward as {pro) a manor. Then they were 

 assessed for 3 hides. Now half a hide is in 

 the rape of Hastings. There is land for 7 

 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough, 

 and (there are) 5 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 acres of meadow, 

 and the fourth part of a saltpan yielding {de) 

 10 pence. In the time of King Edward (this) 

 was worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



William holds of the count Walnoch 

 [Wannock]. Norman held it of King 

 Edward as {pro) a manor. Then, as {et) 

 now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 

 ploughs, and (there are) 3 villeins with i 

 plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 no shillings, and afterwards 40 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. 

 In Auronehelle® [Longbridge] Hundred 



fo. 2ib 



The abbot of Grestain holds of the count 

 Wineltone [Wilmington ']. Alnod held it 

 of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, it was 

 assessed for 8 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs. One of these hides lies in the 

 rape of Hastings.' 



There the same abbot holds 4 hides which 

 Ulnod held of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) 

 now, they were assessed for 4 hides. 



There the same abbot holds 2 hides of the 

 count which Ulstan held of Earl Godwin. 

 Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 2 

 hides. 



< Hi hidas interlined. 



6 In Hawksborough Hundred (see p. 401). 



" Alrehelle Hundred occurs on Pipe Roll 31 

 Hen. I. 



' The Count of Mortain founded a priory at 

 Wilmington as a cell to the Norman abbey of 

 Grestain. 



8 In Netherfield Hundred and partly within 

 the liberty of Battle (see note I, p. 399). 



