A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



the time of King Edward, and then as {et) assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 2 

 now, they were assessed for 2 hides. There ploughs. On the demesne is I with I villein 

 he has i plough with 2 bordars. (This) is and 2 bordars and 2 serfs. There is a chapel 

 and was worth, then as now {semper), 20 {ecclciwla) and wood(land) 3'ielding {de) 4 



swine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 



20 shillings, and afterwards, and now, 30 



shillings. 



shillings. 



(In Whalesbone Hundred) 

 Ralph' holds of William Bristelmestune 

 [Brighton]. Brictric held it by grant {de dono) 

 of Earl Godwin. In the time of King 

 Edward, as {ct) now, it was assessed for 5^ 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 

 18 villeins and 9 bordars with 3 ploughs and 

 1 serf. From gafol-rents {de gahld) 4,000 

 herrings. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 8 pounds and 12 shillings, and afterwards 100 

 shillings ; now 12 pounds. 



Eustace* holds of William i hide in 

 Falemere Hundred [Youngsmere]. One 

 villein of Falemere [Falmer] held it. It is 

 assessed for i hide. It is worth 6 shillings. 



Walter holds of William Bevedene [Bev- 

 endean]. Azor held it of King (Edward). 

 Then, as(rf) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. 

 There is i virgate in addition {insuper) which 

 does not pay geld, because it is outside {/oris) 

 the rape.^ There is land for 3 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 2 

 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. In 

 Lewes (are) 2 haws yielding {de) 18 pence. 

 In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 100 siiillings, and afterwards 4 pounds; now 

 6 pounds. Villeins of Chemele [? Keymer] ' 

 held this land.'' 



In the same vill Widard holds of William 



6 hides and i virgate, and for so much they 



are assessed. Three alodial tenants {aloarii) 



held them of King Edward, and could betake 



themselves {ire) whither they would. One of 



them had a hall {au/am), and villeins held the 



shares of the other two. There is land for 5 



ploughs, and it is (all) in one manor. On 



the demesne (is) i plough and a half, and 



(there are) 14 villeins and 21 bordars with 3^ 



ploughs. There (are) 7 acres of meadow, 



and wood(land yielding) 3 swine. In Lewes 



(are) 4 haws. 



In the time of King Edward (this) was 



worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; P'^^S"^' ^"'^ there (the half plough) is on the 



now 12 pounds. demesne, with 6 bordars, and i acre and 



a half of meadow. In Lewes * (are) 3 haws 

 and the third part of i haw yielding ((Ye) 18 

 pence. In the time of King Edward and 

 afterwards it was worth 10 shillings ; now 20 

 shillines. 



In Suaneberge [Swanborough] Hundred 



Eldeid holds of William Wintreburne 

 [Winterbourne] ;^ there is I hide, and for so 

 much it is assessed. Edith {Eddeva) held it of 

 King Edward. There is land for half a 



In the same place William de Watevile 

 holds Bristelmetune [Brighton] of William. 

 Ulward held it of King Edward. Then, as 

 {et) now, it was assessed for 5^ hides. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough, and (there are) 13 villeins and 11 

 bordars with i plough. There (is) a cliurch. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; now 12 

 pounds. 



(In Youngsmere Hundred) 



Goze^ holds of William Burgemere [Bal- 



mer]. Villeins who belonged lo {jacuerunt in) 



Falemere [Falmer] held it in the time of 



King Edward.^ Tiien, as {et) now, it was 



^ Ralph de Caisncd (Cheyney), who gave the 

 church of Brighton to Lewes Priory. 



2 William de Warcnne II. contirmcd to Lewes 

 Priory ' 2 hides at IJorgemere which Goze my 

 foster-father (nutricius) held.' 



3 See Introd. p. 368. 



< William de Warrenne gave to Lewes Priory I 

 hide in Burgemere which Eustace held. 



"5 This may refer to the i \ virgates of this 

 manor at Standen in East Grinstead (see p. 419), 

 though from the wording the virgate would appear 

 to be still part of the manor. 



" Keymer is called Chemere and was one of 

 Azor's manors, and although it is some distance 

 from Bevendean, there lies between the two a 

 farm called Standean, which was also the name of 

 the detached portion of the manor of Bevendean 

 (see last note). 



' See Introd. p. 368. 



8 Close to Lewes. It had probably been separ- 

 ated oft" from the queen's manor of Iford. 



» Winterbourne appears to have been absorbed 

 into the manor of Houndean, of which manor is 

 held certain land on School Hill, in the parish of 

 All Saints, Lewes. 



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