A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Edward. Then, as now, it was assessed for 

 2^ hides. ' On the demesne is i 



plough, and (there are) 3 villeins and 5 bor- 

 dars with i plough. It is and was worth 40 

 shillings. 



Robert holds of William Derentune 

 [Durrington]. Ulward held it of Earl Harold. 

 Then it was assessed for 4 hides, now for i 

 hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. There 

 are 2 villeins and 5 bordars with half a plough, 

 and 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land yield- 

 ing) 4 swine. Of this land i Frenchman 

 {francigena) holds I hide and a half, and there 

 (are) 2 bordars. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 60 

 shillings. 



The same Robert holds in the same place 

 of William Derentune [Durrington]. Ed- 

 ward held it of King Edward. Then it was 

 assessed for 8 hides ; now for 2 hides and i 

 virgate. There is land for 6 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 9 

 villeins and 9 bordars with 7 ploughs. There 

 (is) a church, and 4 serfs, and 8 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land yielding) 10 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards, as {et) now, it was worth 100 shillings. 



The same Robert holds of William Or- 

 DiNGEs [Worthing]. Seven alodial tenants 

 (akdarti) held it of Earl Godwin. Then it 

 was assessed for 1 1 hides. Now Robert has 

 9 hides and they have paid geld for 2 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 6 villeins and 9 

 bordars with i plough. There (is) i serf, and 

 7 acres of meadow. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards, as [et) now, it was worth 100 shillings. 



Robert holds of William Mordinges 

 [Worthing]. There is I hide and a half. 

 Lewin held it of King (Edward), and it has 

 paid geld for half a hide. * There (is) 



I villein and 5 bordars, and half an acre of 

 meadow. It is and was worth 12 shillings. 



In the same vill Ralph holds half a hide. 

 It was part of (jacuit in) Stultinges [Somp- 

 ting]. Tosti held it of Lewin, and it was 

 assessed for half a hide^ then, as {et) now. 

 There are 4 oxen, and i bordar, and i acre 

 of meadow. It is worth 5 shillings, and was 

 worth (so much). 



' A space left for the plough-lands. 



2 A space left for the plough-lands. 



' Tanto altered to tiimiiiia hida. 



Ralph holds of William Sultinges [Sompt- 

 ing]. Lewin held it of King Edward. 

 Then it was assessed for 17 hides. Of these 

 2 hides are in the rape of Earl Roger, attached 

 to {in) Garinges [Goring] ; and in other 

 manors {alibi) are 3^ hides which other men 

 hold. Ralph has in his own hand \\\ hides. 



Now they pay geld for 2 hides and 3 virgates. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 19 vil- 

 leins and 16 bordars with 9 ploughs. There 

 (is) a church, and 5 serfs, and I mill yielding 

 {de) 3 shillings, and 8 saltpans yielding {de) 

 13 shillings, and 30 acres of meadow. 



Of this land a knight holds i hide and 

 a half, and has on (his) demesne I plough, 

 and 2 villeins and 4 bordars, and i saltpan 

 yielding {de) 2 shillings, and 2 acres of mea- 

 dow. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards was worth 8 pounds ; now 7 

 pounds and 8 shillings. 



Of the same manor another Ralph holds of 

 William 2 hides, but they are additional to 

 the hides assessed above {super nianerurn 

 hidarum superiorum). Lewin held them of 

 King Edward, and then they were assessed 

 for 2 hides ; now for \\. There are 4 

 villeins and i bordar with half a plough, and 

 2 acres of meadow. There is land for i 

 plough. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards (this) was worth 50 shillings ; now 70 

 shillings. 



Of the selfsame manor Robert holds of 

 William I hide additional to the hides assessed 

 above {super numerum hidarum superiorum).* 

 Lewin held it, and then it was assessed for 1 

 hide ; now for half ° a virgate. There is i 

 villein and i bordar, and 4 acres of meadow. 

 It is worth 8 shillings and was worth (so 

 much). 



Ralph holds of William Cocheha(m) 

 [Cokeham^]. Grene held it of Earl Harold. 

 Then it was assessed for 2 hides and i vir- 

 gate ; now for nothing. On the demesne is 

 I plough with 5 bordars, and 8 acres of 

 meadow. It is worth 55 shillings and always 

 (was worth so much). 



* This is probably the manor of Sompting- 

 Weald, a detached portion of Sompting manor 

 lying in Itchingfield, where the family of le 

 Sauvage held land. 



6 Una altered to dimidia. 



« A manor in Sompting. 



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