A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 (plough), (and there are) 9 villeins with 3 

 ploughs. There (is) I mill yielding {de) 2 

 shillings, and 3 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



The same William holds of the count out- 

 side the rape i virgate in Bontegrave [Bunch- 

 grove ']. Goda held it of King Edward as 

 an alod {siciit alodium). It was part of {jacuit 

 ad) Bergemere [Balmer]. It has never paid 

 geld. There is land for half a plough. It is 

 and was worth 2 shillings. There is 1 villein. 



The count himself holds Sifelle [Sheffield^]. 

 Godwin held it of King Edward as an alod 

 {in alodium). Then, as {et) now, (it was 

 assessed) for 6 hides. There is land for 1 1 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i plough, and 

 (there are) 9 villeins and 5 bordars with 7 

 ploughs. There (is) i mill yielding {de) 40 

 pence and 500 eels, and 10 acres of meadow. 

 From the wood(land) and pasturage {herhagio) 

 (come) 32 swine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 100 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



Ansfrid holds of the count in Flescinge 

 [Fletching] I hide, and for so much it is 

 assessed. Lewin held it as a manor of King 

 Edward. There is land for 3 ploughs. There 

 are 4 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 From the wood(land) and pasturage (herhagio) 

 (come) 6 swine, and there is i acre of meadow. 

 In the time of King Edward it was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 20 shillings. 



Morin and Hugh hold Flescinges [Fletch- 

 ing] of the count. Cano held it of King 

 Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 for 2 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 

 1 1 villeins and 5 bordars with 4 plougiis. 

 There (are) 6 acres of meadow, and from the 

 wood(land) (come) 30 swine. In the time of 

 King Edward it was worth 4 pounds ; now 

 50 shillings. 



Gilbert holds of the count outside the rape 

 half a hide at Bercheha(m) [Barcombe].^ 

 Carlo held it of King Edward. It has never 

 paid geld. There is land for I plough, and 

 there (the plough) is, with 3 villeins. It was 

 worth 7 shillings ; now 9 shillings. 



« In Horsted. ' In Fletching. 



3 This and the next item were part of Bar- 

 combe manor (see note 6, p. 442) and probably 

 lay at Barkham in Fletching. 



Warner holds of the count in Bercheha(m) 

 [Barcombe] 3 virgates,* and for so much they 

 are assessed. Earl Godwin held them of King 

 Edward as a manor as an alod {sicut alodium). 

 There is landfor 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is I plough, and (there are) 4 villeins and 5 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 6 acres 

 of meadow. From the wood(land) and pas- 

 turage {herhagio) (come) 9 swine. In the 

 time of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) 

 now, (this) was worth 20 shillings. 



Alan holds of the count i virgate in Ode 

 [ ].° It is outside the rape. It be- 



longed to Newminster ® {ad Ncumonasterium 

 jacuit), and has never paid geld. Elmaer held 

 it as a manor of King Edward. There is 

 land for i plough and a half. On the de- 

 mesne is I (plough), and (there are) 2 villeins 

 and 2 bordars with half a plough. In the 

 time of King Edward it was worth 15 shil- 

 lings ; now 10 shillings. 



In Reredfelle [Rotherfield] Hundred 



The count himself holds 2 hides which 

 Alward and Ulward held of King Edward as 

 2 manors. There is land for 6 ploughs. Of 

 this land Ansfrid holds I hide of the count, 

 Humfrey I virgate, William l virgate and i 

 ferdinc, and a certain Englishman i virgate. 

 On the demesne are 45 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 6 villeins and 8 bordars with 6 ploughs. 

 There (is) i serf, and i mill yielding {de) 

 30 pence. In the time of King Edward 

 (this) was worth 30 shillings ; now 73 shil- 

 lings. 



The count himself holds Mesewelle 

 [Maresfield]. Godwin held it. Then, as 

 {et) now, (it was assessed) for 4 hides. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs, and there they are, with 

 4 villeins and 5 bordars. On the demesne is 

 I plough. From the wood(land) (come) 30 

 swine. In the time of King Edward it was 

 worth 4 pounds ; now 40 shillings. 



Of this estate {terra) William de Warene 

 holds 3 virgates of land and i mill. 



* As there were 3,\ hides of Barcombe manor 

 in this rape ' virgates ' should probably read 'hides,' 

 especially as there is land for 3 ploughs. 



6 Not identified. S.D.B. reads Inode, as one 

 word ; but its suggestion of Inwood in Mayfield 

 is untenable. 



6 The abbey of Hyde. In the Hundred Roll 

 of 1278 John Peverel held a ' borough ' in Riston 

 Hundred ' of the fee of Winchester,' which may 

 be this estate ; in which case it is probably the 

 manor of Tarring-Pcverel in Fletching. 



