THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ceived (there were) only i8^ hides. In the 

 rape of the Count of Mortain are 3^ hides. 

 In the rape of WiUiam de Braiose are 19 

 hides.' There is land for 25 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 

 35 villeins and 8 bordars with 21^ ploughs. 

 There (is) a church, and 8 serfs, and 3 mills 

 yielding {de) 9 shillings, and 80 acres of mea- 

 dow. Wood(land) yielding {de) 50 swine. 



Of this land William holds 3 hides, Gilbert 

 3! hides. Villeins held (this). 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 36 pounds, and afterwards 9 

 pounds; now 12 pounds amongst the whole. 



The wife of William de Watevile ^ holds 

 of William Claitune [Clayton]. Azor held 

 it of King Edward. Then, as {et) now it 

 was assessed for 7 hides. There is land for 

 12 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and there are 26 villeins and 5 bordars with 



14 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 23 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) yielding {de) 



15 swine. In Lewes (are) '9 haws ^ yielding 

 {de) 4 shillings and 7 pence. In the time of 

 King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, and 

 afterwards and now 8 pounds. 



Alwin holds of the woman herself Wicham 

 [Wickham *]. He himself held it of « Azor. 

 Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 3 hides. 

 On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 

 3 villeins with i plough ; and in Lewes (are) 

 3 quarters {partes) of I haw yielding {de) 15 

 pence. 



William de Watevile holds of William 

 Chemere [Keymer]. Azor held it of King 

 Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 for 14 hides. There is land for 25 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there 

 are) 36 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 1 7 

 ploughs. There (is) a church,^ and 3 serfs, 

 and 40 acres of meadow, and 2 mills yielding 

 {de) 12 shillings. In Lewes (are) 7 haws 



• At How in Lancing were 6 hides (see p. 44.9) ; 

 another 6 hides probably in Burbeach Hundred 

 (see note i, p. 444). 



2 A remarkable instance of a married woman 

 with an estate held independently of her husband. 



3 A sixteenth century rental of the Borough of 

 Lewes shows that a portion of a croft on the north 

 side of the castle was then held of the manor 

 of Clayton. 



* In Clayton. 



5 Ipse de interlined. 



« The church of Keymer was given to Lewes 

 Priory by Ralph de Caisned, who seems to have 

 succeeded William de Watevile in most, if not in 

 all, of his manors. 



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yielding {de) 26 pence. In the time of King 

 Edward and afterwards it was worth 14 

 pounds; now 12 pounds. 



In Estrat [Street] Hundred 



Ralph ^ holds of William Estrat [Street]. 

 Lewin held it of King Edward. Then it 

 was assessed for 9 hides ; now for 8 hides. 

 There is land for 16 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 20 vil- 

 leins and 12 bordars with 8 ploughs. There 

 (are) 6 acres of meadow. From the wood- 

 (land come) 16 swine. In Lewes (are) 3 

 haws yielding {de) 18 pence. 



Of this land a certain Ralph holds I hide, 

 and there he has i plough with i villein. 



There (are) 2 chapels {ecclesiole). In the 

 time of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) 

 now, it was worth 100 shillings. 



Robert* holds of William in* Westmestun 

 [Westmeston] 12 hides. Countess Gueda 

 held them, and villeins held (them) under 

 her. There was no hall there, and it did 

 not pay geld, so (the jurors) say. There is 

 land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough, and (there are) 4 villeins and 12 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 3 acres of 

 meadow, and wood(land) yielding {de) 10 

 swine. 



Of this land i knight holds 3 hides and 

 3 virgates, and there he has on (his) demesne 

 I plough, and (there are) 2 villeins and 5 

 bordars. In Lewes (is) i haw returning 

 nothing. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 7 pounds, and afterwards 5 shillings ; now 6 

 pounds. 



Hugh son of Rannulf holds of William 

 Pluntune [Plumpton]. Godwin the priest 

 held it of Earl Godwin.'" Then it was as- 

 sessed for 32 hides, now for 30. There is 

 land for 24 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 3 ploughs, and (there are) 5 1 villeins and 6 

 bordars with 22 ploughs. There (is) a 

 church, and 8 serfs, and 2 mills yielding {dc) 

 20 shillings. Wood(land) yielding (^c) 20 

 swine. From gafol-rent (de gahlo) \ 7 swine ; 

 meadow .'' In Lewes (are) 9 haws '^ 



yielding {de) 4 shillings and 5 pence. 



' Ralph de Caisned, whose descendant Geoffrey 

 de Say held it. 



8 Probably Robert de Pierpoint. 

 » In interlined. 

 '" See note 6, p. 392. 

 " A blank. 



" Certain tenements in St. Anne's parish are still 

 held of the manor of Plumpton. 



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