A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



2 hides are in the rape of Earl Roger. What 

 Gilbert holds has paid geld for 3 hides. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ploughs, and (there are) 5 villeins and 8 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 8 pounds, and afterwards 4 pounds ; now 6 

 pounds. 



The same Gilbert holds of William land 

 for 3 ploughs. This was part of [jacuit in) 

 Garinges [Goring] which is in the rape of 

 Earl Roger.' It is outside the rape and not 

 assessed in hides (extra numerum hidarum). It 

 has never paid geld. There are 6 villeins and 

 5 bordars with 3 ploughs. 



In the time of King Edward and afterwards, 

 as {et) now, it was worth 30 shillings. 



Richard holds of William Cengeltune 

 [Chancton^]. Essocher held it of Earl God- 

 win. Then it was assessed for 4 hides; now 

 for nothing. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is I plough, with 5 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 

 60 shillings. 



'Tetbert holds i hide in Cengeltune 

 [Chancton] of William. Werun held it of 

 Earl Godwin. [It paid geld for I hide; now 

 for nothing.*] There is nothing there. It 

 is worth 1 1 shillings. 



William son of Norman holds Cumbe 

 [Coombes] of William. Guert held it in the 

 time of King Edward. Then it was assessed 

 for 10 hides; now for 5 hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 (ploughs), and (there are) 27 villeins and 4 

 bordars with 10 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 2 serfs, and from the saltpans 50 shillings 

 and 5 pence. Wood(land) yielding {de) 4 

 swine. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 



12 pounds, and afterwards I O pounds; now 



13 pounds. 



The same William holds of William 

 Aplesham [Applesham^]. Lewin held it of 

 Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 7^ 

 hides, now for nothing. There is land for 5 



• See note 3, p. 430. 



' A manor in Washington. 



3 Tetbert gave to Battle Abbey I hide 'gue vacatur 

 kida Wulurun ' in Heregrave (near Worminghurst) 

 (Burrell MSS.). 



* Marginal note. 



6 A manor in Coombes. 



ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and 

 (there are) 7 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There (is) i serf, and i mill yield- 

 ing (de) 6 shillings ; and 5 acres of meadow, 

 and wood(land) yielding (de) 5 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and afterwards, 

 as (et) now, it was worth 6 pounds. 



Two knights hold of this land i hide and 

 a half, and there is i bordar, and 2 saltpans 

 yielding (de) 5 shillings. (This) is worth 23 

 shillings and 4 pence. 



The same William holds of William in 

 Ofintune [OiEngton] 2 hides. They have 

 not paid geld. Godwin held them. There 

 is I plough on the demesne. Nothing more. 

 It is and was worth 26 shillings. 



In Ha(m)felt [Tipnoak] Hundred 



William son of Rannulf ^ holds of William 

 Odemanscote [Woodmancote]. Countess 

 Guda held it. Then it was assessed for 3^ 

 hides ; now for 2 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i plough, and 

 (there are) 16 villeins and 4 bordars with 8 

 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 5 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land yielding) 13 swine. 



Of this land a certain knight holds i hide, 

 and there he has i plough, with i villein. In 

 the time of King Edward and afterwards, as 

 [et] now, (the whole) was worth 3 pounds 

 and 10 shillings. 



Ralph'' holds of William Wantelei [Want- 

 ley*]. Bricmar held it of Azor, and Azor of 

 Harold. Then it was assessed for 4^ hides ; 

 now for nothing. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

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

 2 villeins and 2 bordars with half a plough. 

 There (are) 2 serfs, and i mill® yielding [de) 

 20 pence, and 10 acres of meadow. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards it w.as worth 40 shillings; now 22 

 shillings. 



Windeha(m) [Windham] Hundred 

 The same Ralph holds of William in Ovelei 

 [? Woolfly"] half a hide. Alwin held it of 



« Reappears to have been the ancestor of the 

 family of le Counte, as all his estates in this rape 

 arc afterwards found in the possession of that 

 family. (See Introd. p. 379.) 



' Probably Ralph de Buci, as Hugh de Buscy 

 afterwards quitclaimed certain lands in Wantele to 

 Lewes Priory. 



8 In Henfield. ^ See note I, p. 390. 



"> A farm in Henfield near Shermanbury. The 

 similarity of the names and the suitability of the 

 position make this identification almost certain. 



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