THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Of the same land Hugh holds i hide, 

 Ralph half a hide.* 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 20 pounds, and afterwards 10 

 pounds ; now 10 pounds. 



The same Ralph holds of William Alin- 

 TUNE [Allington -]. Ulward held it of King 

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

 for 6 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 There are 8 villeins and 3 bordars with 2i 

 ploughs. In Lewes (is) i haw yielding (de) 

 6 pence. 



Of this land Warner holds i hide, Os- 

 mund I hide. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 4 pounds and 2 shillings, and 

 afterwards 62 shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



In the same vill Hugh holds of William 2 

 hides. Edith {Eddeva) held them in the time 

 of King Edward, and could betake herself (;r^) 

 whither she pleased. Then, as {et) now, they 

 were assessed for 2 hides. There is land for 

 I plough. On the demesne is half a plough, 

 and (there are) 3 villeins and 2 bordars with 

 I plough. In Lewes (are) 4 haws yielding 4 

 shillings. It is and was worth 20 shillings. 



In the same place Nigel holds half a vir- 

 gate, and for so much it pays geld. There a 

 certain villein has half a plough. It is and 

 was worth 10 shillings. 



In Falemere [Youngsmere] Hundred 



Gozelin holds of William i hide in Mol- 

 STAN [Moulstone ^]. Azor held it of King 

 Edward as of {ad) the manor of Hoingesdene 

 [Ovingdean]. It has not paid geld. On the 

 demesne is i plough. It is and was worth 

 20 shillings. 



In Wingeha(m) [Windham] Hundred 



Scolland* holds of William Benefelle 

 [Benefield in Twineham]. Turgod held it 

 of Cola, and Cola of King Edward. Then 

 it was assessed for 2 hides ; now for nothing. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ploughs, and 5 villeins with 8 

 bordars have 2 ploughs. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 60 shillings, and afterwards likewise ; now 6 

 pounds. 



> These are probably Ralph de Caisned's sons. 



2 In the parish of St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes. 



8 In Falmer, east of Stanmer Park ; occurs in 

 760 as Mulestana (Birch, Cart. Sax. i. 380). Ex 

 inform. W. Renshaw, K. C. 



* In Twineham Lewes Priory held ' the tithe 



Alfred * holds of William I hide in Bene- 

 felle [Benefield] and I virgate, and for so 

 much it was assessed in the time of King 

 Edward ; now for nothing. Lewin held it 

 in parage. There is land for i plough, and 

 there (the plough) is on the demesne, and 

 (there are) 4 villeins with half a plough. 

 There (are) 4 acres of meadow and wood- 

 (land) yielding {de) 3 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards (this) was worth lo shillings ; now 40 

 shillings. 



In Soaneberge [Swanborough] Hundred 

 William son of Reinald holds of William 

 Acescome [Ashcombe^]. Cola held it in the 

 time of King Edward. Then, as {ct) now, it 

 was assessed for 2 hides. On the demesne is 

 I plough, and (there are) 5 villeins with 3 

 ploughs. The villeins themselves are in the 

 rape of the Count of Mortain, but they have 

 always been outside the rape." 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards, as {et) now, it was worth 26 shillings. 



XIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



DE BRAIOSE 



In Burbece [Burbeach] Hundred 



William de Braiose holds Beddinges 

 [Beeding]. King Edward held it as part of 

 (the sources of) his ferm {in firmam mam). 

 Then it was assessed for 32 hides. It has not 

 paid geld. Of these hides William deWarene 

 has 10 hides in his rape.' William de Braiose 

 holds the others. There is land for 28 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, and 

 (there are) 62 villeins and 48 bordars with 

 24 ploughs. There (are) 2 churches,^ and 6 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 70 

 swine, and 20 swine from the gafol-rcnt {de 

 gablo), and 2 sestiers of honey. 



of the hall which Scolland gave and the tithe of 

 Alfred the earl's foster-father ' {nutricius). 



6 In the parish of Westout, Lewes. 



« A very puzzling and obscure phrase. 



' Of this, 7 hides 1 virgate were in Aldrington 

 (seep. 439), and in Street Hundred were 3 virgates 

 (seep. 442) ; I am inclined to think that the latter 

 should be 3 hides — which would account for the 

 10 hides belonging to the manor — especially as the 

 Street estate is said to have 5 ploughlands, which 

 would be a very large allowance for 3 virgates. 



" One of these was probably the church, or 

 chapel, de Veteri Ponte on the old bridge between 

 Bramber and Beeding ; the other being the church 

 of Beeding. 



