A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Tosard' i hide and a half. On (their) de- 

 mesne they have 2 ploughs, with 4 bordars. 

 Villeins held these lands. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 50 pounds, and afterwards 

 20 pounds. Now William's demesne (is 

 worth) 35 pounds; (that) of the monks 3 

 pounds ; (that) of the men 75 shillings. 



In Homestreu [Holmstrow] Hundred 



William himself holds in demesne Ramelle 

 [Rodmell]. Earl Harold held it. In the 

 time of King Edward it was assessed for 79 

 hides. William received 64 hides, because 

 the others (are) in the rape of the count (of 

 Mortain)^ and (in that) of William de Braiose.^ 

 These 64 hides are now assessed for 33 hides. 

 There is land for 36 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 6 ploughs, and (there are) 107 

 villeins and 25 bordars with 34 ploughs. 

 There (are) 1 1 saltpans yielding {de) 26 shil- 

 lings, and 140 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 23 swine. In the manor is a 

 church. 



In Lewes (are) 44 haws^ yielding {de) 22 

 shillings and 4,000 herrings. 



Of this land Norman^ holds 2 hides of 

 William, and there (is) i plough on (his) 

 demesne, with 2 bordars and i serf. He 

 who held this land could not betake himself 

 elsewhere {reccdere) with it. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 60 pounds, and afterwards 

 20 pounds, now 37 pounds. 



In Prestetune [Dean] Hundred 

 William himself holds Piceham [Patcham] 

 in demesne. Earl Harold held it in the time 

 of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 

 60 hides, and now for 40. There is land 

 for 80 ploughs. On the demesne are 8 

 ploughs, and (there are) 163 villeins and 45 

 bordars with 82 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 6 serfs, and 10 shepherds {bcrquarii).^ 

 There are 84 acres of meadow and wood- 

 (land yielding) 100 swine. 



In Lewes (are) 26 haws yielding {de) 13 

 shillings. 



' See Introd. p. 380. 



2 In Hartfield Hundred, li hides ascribed to 

 Rodmell, and probably the I hide in the next 

 entry (sec p. 414). 



3 In Burbeach Hundred, 8 hides (see p. 444). 



* The suburb of Southover ; it was afterwards 

 formed into a Hundred, which extends from Lewes 

 to Rodmell. 



'• Norman the hunter gave the tithe of his land 

 in Horecumbe [Halcombe in Piddinghoe] to Lewes 

 Priory. 



» The only mention of this class. 



Of this land Richard {Ricoardus) holds 7 

 hides and a knight of his I hide and a half. 

 On (their) demesne they have 2 ploughs, with 

 2 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward the whole 

 was worth 1 00 pounds, and afterwards 50 

 pounds ; now 80 pounds. 



In Soaneerge [Swanborough] Hundred^ 

 William himself holds in demesne Dige- 

 linges^ [Ditchling]. King Edward held it. 

 It has never paid geld. In the time of King 

 Edward it was assessed for 46 hides. When 

 received (there were) only 42 hides ; the others 

 were in the rape of the Count of Mortain,' 

 as were {et) 6 woods, which used to belong 

 {pertinebant) to the seat {caput) of the manor. 

 Now it is assessed for 33 hides. There is 

 land for 60 ploughs. On the demesne are 8 

 ploughs, and 108 villeins and 40 bordars have 

 81 ploughs.*" There (is) a church and i mill 

 yielding {de) 30 pence, and 130 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land yielding) 80 swine. 

 In Lewes (he has) 1 1 burgages {masuras) 

 yielding {de) 12 shillings. 



Of this land Gilbert holds I hide and a 

 half, Hugh 2 hides, Alward 3 hides, Warin 3 

 hides, Richard I hide. On (their) demesne 

 they have 7^ ploughs, with 29 bordars, and 

 (there are) 3 villeins and 10 serfs with 3 

 ploughs. In Lewes (are) 6 burgesses yielding 

 {de) 43 pence. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 80 pounds and 66 pence, 

 and afterwards 25 pounds. Now William's 

 demesne (is worth) 60 pounds, and that of the 

 men 12 pounds and 10 shillings. 



In Falemere [Youngsmere] Hundred 

 St. Pancras" holds of William Falemere 

 [Falmer]. The abbey of Wilton held it in 

 the time of King Edward, and was seised 

 (thereof) on the day of his (death) {in die 

 ejus). In the time of King Edward it was 

 assessed for 21 hides, now for 18 hides ; the 

 others are in the rape of the Count of Mor- 

 tain'- and do not pay geld. There is land 



' Ditchling is really in the Hundred of 

 Street. 



8 S.D.B. reads Dicelinges. 

 Two hides were in East Grenested Hundred, 

 I virgate at Ferlega (see p. 419), the rest held by 

 Ansfrid (ibid.). 



'° A remarkable excess of ploughs over plough- 

 lands. 



•' The priory of Lewes. 



'= It is possible that the 1 \ hides in Felesmere in 

 East Grinstead belonged to this manor (see note 

 9, p. 418) ; the remainder was probably included 

 in the abbey of Wilton's manor of West Firlc. 



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