THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



XL THE LAND OF EARL ROGER 

 In CiCESTRE [Chichester] city in the time 

 of King Edward there were 97^ haws {c huge 

 it et d'tynid'ta minus), and 3 crofts, and they 

 returned 49 shillings all but (minus) I penny. 

 Now the city itself is in the hand of Earl 

 Roger, and there are on the same burgages 

 {masuris) 60 houses more than there were 

 before, and there (is) I mill yielding {de) 5 

 shillings. It returned 1 5 pounds — to the 

 king 10 pounds, to the earl 100 shillings. 

 Now it is worth 25 pounds, and yet it returns 

 35 pounds. 



Humphrey Fla(m)me has there i haw 

 yielding {de) 10 shillings. 



Castle Harundel [Arundel] in the time 

 of King Edward returned from a certain 

 mill 40 shillings, and in composition for 

 3 entertainments [de Hi conviviis^) 20 shil- 

 lings, and for one day's procurage {de uno 

 pasticio^) 20 shillings. Now, between the 

 borough and the port of the river {aque) and 

 ship-dues {consuetudinem navium) it returns 12 

 pounds, and yet it is worth 13 pounds.' Of 

 this (money) Saint Nicholas has 24 shillings.* 

 There (is) i fishery yielding {de) 5 shillings, 

 and I mill returning 10 bushels {modia) of 

 corn, and 10 bushels of mixed grain {^rosse 

 annone)^ (and) in addition 4 bushels {insuper 

 an modia). This is appraised at 14 pounds. 



Robert son of Tetbald has 2 haws yielding 

 {de) 2 shillings, and he has for his own the 

 market dues {theoloneum) from men who are 

 outside the liberty {de hominibus extraneis). 



Morin has there a customary payment 

 {consuetudinem) of 1 2 pence from 2 burgesses. 

 Ernald (has) i burgess yielding {de) 12 pence. 

 Saint Martin ° I burgess yielding {de) 12 

 pence, Ralph i haw yielding {de) 12 pence, 

 William 5 haws yielding {de) 5 shillings, 

 Nigel 5 haws (whose tenants) do service. 



In Silletone [Singleton] Hundred 

 Earl Roger holds in demesne Silletone 

 [Singleton]. Earl Godwin held it. Then 

 for 97^ hides {c hidis ii"' et 



' Convivium appears to have meant the obliga- 

 tion to supply food and entertainment for the lord 

 of the manor and his suite once a year. 



2 Pasticium seems to be the lay form of ' pro- 

 curage,' which was the obligation of the clergy to 

 provide food and lodging for the bishop or his 

 deputy when he was visiting their churches. 



3 The only case in which the return is said to 

 be less than the value. 



•• That is to say, the tithe. 

 6 Wheat mixed with rys. 

 8 The abbey of Seez. 



dim[idi</] minus). Now for 47 hides. There is 

 land for 40 ploughs. On the demesne are 7 

 ploughs, and (there are) 86 villeins and 52 bor- 

 dars witii 33 ploughs. There (are) 17 serfs, 

 and 2 mills yielding {de) 12 shillings and 7 

 pence, and 60 acres of meadow, and from the 

 wood(land come) 150 swine. There (is) a 

 churcii to which belong {in qua jacent) t^ hides 

 and I virgate of this land. The clerks (of 

 the church) have 2 ploughs and 5 bordars. 



Of the land of this manor Pagen holds of 

 the earl I hide, William I hide, Geoffrey 2 

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

 (there are) 3 villeins, and i bordar, and 3 

 serfs, with half a plough. 



To tliis manor are appurtenant 9 haws in 

 Chichester ; they return 7 shillings and 4 

 pence, and (there is) i mill yielding {de) 40 

 pence, and from the pasturage {herbagio) 

 (come) 15 shillings. 



A monk of Saint Evroul (5. Ebrulfo'') holds 

 I hide of the land of this manor. It is worth 

 ID shillings. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 89 pounds, and afterwards 

 57 pounds. Now what belongs to the earl is 

 appraised at 93 pounds, and i mark of gold ; 

 yet it returns 1 20 pounds, and I mark of gold. 

 What the clerks hold (is worth) 8 pounds, 

 and yet they receive {habent) 10 pounds. 

 What the knights have (is worth) 14 pounds. 



The earl himself holds Bertredtone [Bin- 

 derton]. Countess Gida^ held it. Then it 

 was assessed for 7 hides ; now for 3 hides. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 8 villeins and 



9 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 4 

 acres of meadow. There (is) a church. In 

 the time of King Edward it was worth 100 

 shillings, and afterwards 60 shillings ; now 7 

 pounds. 



Ivo' holds Loventone [Mid-Lavant] of 

 the earl. Godwin held it of Earl Godwin. 

 Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 9 hides. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 (ploughs), and (there are) 10 villeins and 



10 bordars with 3 ploughs. There (is) i 



7 The Lewes Chartulary contains an undated 

 deed by which the abbot of St. Evroul grants to 

 Lewes Priory 5 shillings of rent in the manor of 

 Graffham, for which they are to celebrate the anni- 

 versary of Dom. Robert de Rouelcnt, brother of 

 Dom. Ernald, monk of St. Evroul. Graffham ad- 

 joins Singleton. 



8 Wife of Earl Godwin. 



9 He was succeeded here, as at Racton, by 

 Savaric Fitz-Kane, who gave the church of Mid- 

 Lavant to Lewes Priory {Suss. Arch. Coll. xl. 6 1 ). 



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