A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



In Hendene [ '] the count has half 



a hide, and for so much it is assessed. Almar 

 held it as an alod {in a/odium). There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. There (is) i villein with I 

 plough and 2 bordars. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 9 shillings, and after- 

 wards 4 shillings ; now 5 shillings. 



In Wandelmestrei [Longbridge] 

 Hundred 



William* holds of the count Selmestone 

 [Selmeston] and Sidenore [ ^]. Alfer 



held them as an alod {in alodium). Then, as 

 (('/) now, they were assessed for 4^ hides. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 4 villeins 

 and 3 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (is) a 

 church, and a priest, and 5 serfs. 



In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, 

 (this) was worth 70 shillings ; when received 

 40 shillings. 



Ralph holds of the count i hide in Side- 

 nore [ ] and for so much it is assessed. 

 Ulmar cild held it as an alod {in alodium). 

 There is land for i plough, and there (the 

 plough) is, with I villein. In the time of 

 King Edward it was worth 8 shillings, and 

 afterwards 6 shillings ; now 10 shillings. 



There Walter holds of the count half a 

 hide, and for so much it is assessed. Godwin 

 held it. There is land for half a plough, and 

 there (the half plough) is, with i villein. It 

 is and was worth 4 shillings. 



Ceroid holds of the count in Sesingeha(m) 

 [Sessingham] I hide. Half of it is in the 

 rape of Hastinges.* Alwin held it as an alod 

 {sicut alodium). There is land for 6 ploughs, 

 and there they are with 16 villeins ; and 

 (there is) i mill yielding {de) 10 shillings and 

 500 eels. In the time of King Edward, as 

 {et) now, it was worth 60 shillings ; when 

 received 20 shillings. 



Gilbert holds to farm {ad fir mam) of the 

 count in Alvricestone [Alfriston] i hide. 

 Alvric held it as an alod {sicut alodium). 



• The family name of de Hcndcn is found fre- 

 quently in connection with Hcllingly and Waldron 

 in the thirteenth and following centuries, but the 

 locality is unknown. 



2 William de Cahaignes ; a fine of 4 Edw. I. 

 shows that Richard de Keynes held the manor of 

 Selmeston, and Lewes Chartulary mentions his gift 

 of 2^ hides in Sidenoure. 



3 Sidenore is to be met with at least as late as 

 1350, but is now lost. 



■> One virgate and a quarter is accounted for in 

 Hawksborough Hundred (see p. 401). 



There is land for i plough. There (is) now 



1 bordar. In the time of King Edward and 

 afterwards, as {et) now, (it was worth) 8 shil- 

 lings. 



In the self same Alvricestone [Alfriston] 

 there hold of the count Rannulf I hide, 

 Ralph = half a hide, William ' half a hide, 

 Ralph ^ I hide, Walter 2 hides. Altogether 

 {inter totum) 5 hides, and for so much they 

 are assessed. Lewin,^ Alwold, Alnod and 

 Godwin held this land as alods {sicut alodia). 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne now (are) 3^ ploughs, and 2 villeins 

 and 6 bordars do half the ploughing {arant ad 

 medietatem)? In the time of King Edward 

 the whole was worth 20 shillings ; now 54 

 shillings. 



In Hertevel ^ [Hartfield] Hundred 



The count himself holds in demesne Wil- 

 DENE [ '"]. Earl Harold held it. Then, 



as {et) now, it was assessed for 2 hides. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 



2 (ploughs), and 7 villeins and 3 bordars have 

 5 ploughs. In the time of King Edward and 

 afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; now 

 70 shillings. 



In Hertevel [Hartfield] Walter holds of 

 the count I hide and for so much it is assessed. 

 Carle held it as an alod {sicut alodium). There 

 is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough and a half, and (there are) 6 villeins 

 and 2 serfs with i plough and a half. There 

 (is) I mill yielding {de) 4 shillings and 350 

 eels, and 3 acres of meadow, and wood(land 

 yielding) 5 {iiiii) swine from the pannage. 

 In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, (it 

 was worth) 40 shillings ; when received 20 

 shillings. 



In the same Hundred the count has i 

 hide and a half outside the rape, and it is 

 appurtenant to the manor of Ramelle [Rod- 

 mell]." Earl Godwin held it, and it has 



5 One of these two Ralphs is Ralph de Dene, 

 whose descendants held land here ; the other may 

 be Ralph nephew of Grento, the tithe of whose 

 lands in Alfriston was held by Lewes Priory. 



6 William son of Boselin (de Dives) gave half a 

 hide in Alfriston to Lewes Priory. 



' Lewes Priory held the tithe of Lefsi brother 

 of Lcwine at Alfrichestune. 



s I am inclined to read arant al{iam) medieta- 

 tem, in which case the number of ploughs on the 

 demesne ought to be 2^. 



^ Hertenel corrected to Hertevel. 

 10 Not identified. 

 " Sec note 2, p. 436. 



