A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



and I cottar with 4 ploughs, and 3 saltpans 

 yielding [de) 30 pence. It is worth 4 pounds. 



The same Robert holds of tlie earl Gar- 

 INGES [Goring]. It was an outlying estate 

 {herewica) of King Edward.* There (are) 6 

 hides. They have never paid geld. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 ploughs, and (there are) 20 villeins and 12 

 cottars with 5 ploughs. It was worth, then 

 as now [semper), 4 pounds. 



Robert holds of the earl Garinges [Gor- 

 ing]. Godwin, a free man, held it in the 

 time of King Edward. Then it was assessed 

 for 1 1 hides ; now William de Braiose has 2 

 hides ^ in his rape. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 13 villeins and 8 cottars with 



25a 



2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards, as [et) now, it was worth 100 

 shillings. 



The same Robert holds of the earl Gar- 

 inges [Goring]. Gondrede held it of King 

 Edward. Then it was assessed for 4 hides ; 

 now for 2^, because i hide and a half is in 

 the rape of William de Braiose. There is 

 land for I plough, and there (the plough) is 

 on the demesne, with 2 villeins, and there (are) 



3 acres of meadow. In the time of King 

 Edward and afterwards, as {et) now, it was 

 worth 20 shillings. 



The same Robert holds of the earl Gar- 

 inges [Goring]. Three free men held it in 

 the time of King Edward. Then it was 

 assessed for 8 hides ; now for 5^ hides ; the 

 remainder [quod restat) is in the rape of 

 William de Braiose.^ There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 3 cottars with i 

 plough, and 2 acres of meadov/. It is and 

 was worth, then as now [semper), 40 shillings. 



Picot holds of the earl Wepeha(m) [Wep- 

 ham]. Two free men held it in the time of 

 King Edward. Then, as [et) now, it was 

 assessed for 8 hides. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), 

 and a mill yielding [ele) 30 pence, and lo 

 acres of meadow, wood(land) yielding [de) 3 



' Part of King Edw.ird's manor of Steyning 

 (see note 4, p. 445). 



2 The 3I hides mentioned in this and the next 

 entry as being in William de Braiose's rape were in 

 Sompting manor (see p. 448). 



3 This was no doubt the ' land for 3 ploughs ' 

 in Steyning Hundred (see p. 446). 



swine, and 2 fisheries yielding [de) 3 shillings, 



and 18 villeins and 9 cottars with 4 ploughs. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 



8 pounds, and afterwards 9 pounds ; now 10 

 pounds. 



(In Avisford Hundred) 

 The abbey of Almanesches hold Clepinges 

 [Climping] of the earl in almoigne.* Earl 

 Godwin held it. Then, as now, it was 

 assessed for 1 1 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs, and (there are) 26 villeins and 24 

 cottars with 7 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 12 acres of meadow. Wood(land yield- 

 ing) 20 sv/ine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 20 pounds, and afterwards, as [et) now, 15 

 pounds. 



Of [In) the same manor St. Martin of 

 Sccz [sais) holds of the earl in almoigne 1 1 

 hides, and for so much they were assessed in 

 the time of King Edward, and (are) now. 

 Earl Godwin held them. There is land for 



9 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 26 villeins and 24 cottars with 

 7 ploughs. There (is) a church,'' and 12 

 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 20 

 swine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 20 pounds, and afterwards, as [et) now, 15 

 pounds. 



In Hantone [Littlehampton] William 

 holds of the earl i hide. Countess Goda 

 held it, and it is assessed for I hide. There 

 is land for i plough, and there (the plough) is 

 on the demesne, with 2 cottars, and i acre of 

 meadow. It is and was worth, then as now 

 [semper), 10 shillings. 



In Berie [Bury] Hundred 



Robert holds of the earl Bigeneure [Big- 

 nor], and Ralph (holds it) of him. Three 

 free men held it in the time of King Edward. 

 Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) g villeins and 5 

 cottars with 2 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 2 mills yielding [de) 28 shillings and a 



* The exact equality of this and the next entry 

 would seem to imply a recent division of the 

 manor, and as a matter of fact the gift of half the 

 manor of Climping to Seez was made by Earl 

 Roger after the death of his countess in 1082, the 

 gift to Almanesches being made presumably at the 

 same time (CW. Doc. France, 234). 



6 At Atherington, where the abbey of Seez 

 established a cell or grange. 



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