THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



never paid geld. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 There are 7 villeins and I bordar with 5 

 ploughs. There (is) wood(land yielding) 40 

 swine. 



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

 it was worth 40 shillings ; when received 30 

 shillings. 



In the same Hundred Ralph holds to farm 

 of the count I hide outside the rape. Azor 

 held it as an alod {sicut alodium), and it has 

 never paid geld. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There are 3 villeins with 2 ploughs. In the 

 time of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) 

 now, (it was worth) 10 shillings. 



In Apedroc [Parrock^] the count himself 

 holds half a hide. It has never paid geld. It 

 is outside the rape. Queen Edith [Edcfid) 

 held it. There is land for 2 ploughs. There 

 are 2 villeins with i plough and a half. 

 Wood(land yielding) 40 swine and 12 shil- 

 lings. There is i virgate where the count 

 has his hall [aulam). In the same way Earl 

 Harold had it, and he took it away from 

 Saint John.^ 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards, as (^/) now, (it was worth) 52 shil- 

 lings. 



In Framelle [Framfield] Hundred ^ 

 There William holds of the count i vir- 

 gate outside the rape. It has never paid geld. 

 Lewin held it as an alod (sicut alodium). 

 There is land for half a plough, and there 

 (the half plough) is, with 3 bordars. Wood- 

 (land yielding) i pig from the pannage. In 

 the time of King Edward (it was worth) 10 

 shillings ; afterwards and now 5 shillings. 



Ralph holds of the count in Gorde [Worth 

 in Little Horsted] i hide and i virgate, and 



fo. aaa 



for so much they are assessed. Helghi iield 

 them of King Edward, and could betake him- 

 self {ire) whither he pleased. There is land 

 for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough 

 and a half, and (there are) 8 villeins and i 

 bordar with 2 ploughs. There (is) I mill 

 yielding {de) 9 shillings, and 2 acres of mea- 

 dow, and wood(land yielding) 6 swine. 



» About the thirteenth century this was always 

 called la Parrock. 



2 See Introd. p. 377. 



3 The parish of Framfield is in Loxfield Hun- 

 dred, and Little Horsted is a detached portion of 

 Rushmonden. Framelle Hundred seems to have 

 been carved out of the archbishop's holding of 

 Meninges (see note 2, p. 388). 



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

 (this was worth) 50 shillings ; when received 

 30 shillings. 



Rannulf holds of the count in Horstede 

 [Little Horsted] 5 hides and 3 virgates, and 

 for so much they are assessed.* Ulfer held 

 them of King Edward, and could betake 

 himself {ire) whither he pleased. There is 

 land for 7-i ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 (ploughs), and (there are) 9 villeins and 6 

 bordars with 4^ ploai;hs, and (there is) i mill 

 yielding {de) 8 shillings. 



Of "this land i hide lies in the rape of 

 Lewes, and Azelin holds another hide in 

 Bechingetone [Bechington ^], and Grento 

 holds I virgate and a half.' They {hi) have 

 I plough and a half on (their) demesne. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 100 shillings, and afterwards 50 

 shillings ; now 60 shillings. 



In Pevensel Hundred [The Lowev of 

 Pevensev] 

 The count himself holds at Lodintone 

 [ '] 4^ hides, and for so much they 



are assessed. Six thegns {teigni) held this 

 land as an alod {sicut alodium). There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 5 villeins with 5 ploughs, and 

 I mill yielding {de) 20 shillings, and pasture 

 yielding {de) 20 shillings, and 5 saltpans yield- 

 ing (i^)^ 41 shillings and 8 shillings («V). In 

 the time of King Edward (this) was worth 

 30 shillings ; now 6 pounds and II shillings 

 and 8 pence. 



William ' holds of the count at Hamele- 

 sha(m) [Hailsham] i hide and a half, and for 

 so much it is assessed. Alnod held it as an 

 alod {iicut alodium). There is land for 4 



< Another virgate which had probably belonged 

 to this manor lay in Eastbourne Hundred (see 

 note 4, p. 409). 



5 A manor in Friston. This is probably the 

 hide held by Azelin in Willingdon Hundred as 

 part of Ulfon's manor of Rat ton (see p. 412). 



■i Grento gave to Lewes Priory land in Burg- 

 ingehurst [Burghurst in Horsted]. 



' Possibly Doddington, or Duddington, on the 

 borders of Hailsham and Folkington. For a 

 similar confusion between / and d compare 

 Belingeham (see note 4, p. 400). There is a 

 small tributary of the Cuckmere in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Duddington on which the mill 

 might have stood. 



8 Possibly William son of Boselin (de Dives), as 

 Hugh de Dives about 1 200 held land in that por- 

 tion of Hailsham parish which is in Pevensey 

 Lowey. 

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