A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 50 shillings, and afterwards 20 shillings; now 

 30 shillings. 



Azo holds of the earl Meredone [Marden]. 

 Alwin held it of King Edward as an alod {in 

 a/odium). Then, as (et) now, it was assessed 

 for 4 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. 

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

 are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. 

 There (are) 3 serfs. In Chichester (are) 3 

 haws yielding (de) 21 pence. In the time of 

 King Edward, as {et) now, (it was worth) 60 

 shillings, when received 30 shillings. 



William holds of the earl Harditone 

 [Lordington ']. Ulstan held it of King Ed- 

 ward as an alod {in alodium). Then, as {et) 

 now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough, and (there are) 8 villeins and 7 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and 

 a mill yielding {de) 30 pence, and wood(land 

 yielding) 3 swine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings; now 

 70 shillings. 



Geoffrey holds of the earl Contone [Comp- 

 ton].^ Sbern held it of Earl Godwin. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for 10 hides. 

 There is land for 10 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, and (there are) 18 villeins 

 and 5 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (is) a 

 church, and 4 serfs. In Chichester (are) 2 

 haws yielding {de) 2 shillings. The priest 

 holds half a hide. 



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

 it was worth 8 pounds; when received 100 

 shillings. 



The earl himself holds in demesne Estone 

 [Stoughton^]. Earl Godwin held it. There 

 are 36 hides, but then, as {et) now, it was 

 assessed for 15 hides. Of these (36 hides) 

 16 hides were temporarily attached {misse) to 

 the manor of Burne [Westbourne], now they 

 are again part of {sunt in) Estone [Stoughton]. 

 There is land for 26 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 54 vil- 

 leins and 35 bordars with 23 ploughs. There 

 are 5 serfs, and 1 1 acres of meadow, and 

 wood(land yielding) 100 swine. In Chichester 



' In the thirteenth century it was called both 

 Lerdington and Erdington. 



2 With this manor went I hide in Surrey (see 



P- +5')- 



3 This seems the only possible identification ; 

 Estone may be an error for Estoctone — Stoctona 

 being an early form of Stoughton. 



(are) 15 haws* yielding {de) 7 shillings and 8 

 pence. In this manor is a church to which 

 belongs {pertinet) I hide and a half, and there 

 the priest has half a plough. This is worth 

 4 pounds. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 40 pounds, and afterwards 

 30 pounds ; now (it is worth) 40 pounds, and 

 yet it returns 50 pounds. 



Of this manor there is in the rape of 

 William de Braiose I hide, and wood(land 

 yielding) one thousand five hundred swine.^ 



Alwin holds of the earl Meredone [Mar- 

 den]. Godwin held it as an alod {in alodium). 

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

 On the demesne is I (plough) with 6 bordars. 



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

 it was worth 40 shillings ; when received 20 

 shillings. 



Near Meredone [Marden] a certain Fal- 

 coner {Accipitrarius) holds half a hide of the 

 earl. He himself held it as a manor, as an 

 alod {in alodium). 



In Estocbrige [Stockbridge] Hundred 



The church of St. Martin of Si5ez {Sais) 

 holds of the earl Fiseborne [Fishbourne]. 

 Earl Tosti held it. Then, as {et) now, it was 

 assessed for 6 hides. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 

 2 ploughs. There (is) i serf, and 2 mills 

 yielding {de) 40 shillings, and 27 acres of 

 meadow. In Chichester (are) 2 haws yield- 

 ing {de) 21 pence. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 6 pounds, and after- 

 wards 50 shillings ; now 7 pounds. 



Hugh holds of the earl Wiche [Rum- 

 boldswyke], and Warin (holds it) of him. 

 Five free men held it for 5 manors. Then 

 it was assessed for 9 hides ; now for 6 hides. 

 There is land for 9 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, and (there are) 6 villeins 

 and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) 

 I serf. Then, as {et) now, (it was worth) 

 100 shillings ; when received 40 shillings. 



Alcher holds of the earl Mundreha(m) 

 [Mundham]. Countess Gida held it of Earl 

 Godwin. Then it was assessed for 9 hides ; 



* Some houses in the North Street of Chichester 

 were till recently held of the manor of Stoughton. 



s These figures must be wrong ; I am inclined 

 to think that the scribe misread ' siha M{mem) 

 quinq{ue) porcorum^ as ' silva M{jUc) quing{cntonm) 

 porcorum.' 



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