THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



The same Ralph holds of William Den- 

 tune [ *]. Auti held it of Earl 

 Godwin. Then it was assessed for 5 hides ; 

 now for I hide and 3 virgates. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. Of this land William 

 holds 2 hides and i virgate, Robert i hide and 



1 virgate, and another knight i hide and a 

 half. On the demesne is nothing save only 

 (W tanturn) 2 villeins and 3 bordars, and 10 

 acres of meadow. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards, as {et) now, (was worth) 72 

 shillings. 



Robert holds of William Lancinges [Lan- 

 cing]. Lewin held it of King Edward. 

 Then it was assessed for 16 hides and i vir- 

 gate. Of these Robert himself has 12 hides 

 and I virgate, and they have paid geld for 5 

 hides and i virgate and a half. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2i ploughs, 

 and (there are) 13 villeins and 7 bordars with 



2 ploughs. There (is) i mill yielding [de) 

 8 shillings, and 7 saltpans yielding {de) 20 

 shillings and 3 pence. 



Of this land 2 knights hold 2\ hides and 

 half a virgate, and there they have on (their) 

 demesne 2 ploughs, and 1 1 saltpans yielding 

 ide) 12 shillings and 6 pence. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 was worth 9 pounds, and afterwards 7 pounds ; 

 now 14 pounds and 10 shillings. 



In the same vill Ralph holds 3^ virgates, 

 and they are (part) of the abovesaid 1 6 hides, 

 and have paid geld for i virgate. There is 

 I villein and 2 bordars. (This) is worth 5 

 shillings. 



Of the self-same manor another Ralph 

 holds 3 hides and I virgate, and they are 

 likewise of the above 16 hides. This land of 

 Ralph's has paid geld for 3 virgates, and does 

 [focit) now. On the demesne is I plough, 

 and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with 

 half a plough. There (are) 5 saltpans yield- 

 ing (if ^) 12 shillings and 6 pence. (This) is 

 and was worth 50 shillings. 



And moreover Ralph holds I virgate which 

 was part of {Jacuit hi) Lancinges [Lancing] 

 and gave geld. One villein holds and held it. 

 It is and was worth 5 shillings. 



Ralph son of Tedric holds of William 

 Cooheha(m) ^ [Cokeham]. Brismar held it 



1 This name is now lost, but Mr. Round points 

 out that it is evidently identical with Dentunninga, 

 one of the boundary marks in a charter of King 

 Edwig in 956 {Abingdon Chron. [Rolls Series] i. 

 228). 



= A clerical error for Cocheha(m). 



of Azor. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed 

 for I hide and a half. On the demesne is 

 half a plough, and (there is) I villein and 3 

 bordars with half a plough, a saltpan yielding 

 [de) 40 pence, and 2 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land yielding) i pig. It is worth 15 shil- 

 lings, and was worth (so much). 



William son of Bonard holds of William 

 an outlying estate which formed part oi [umim 

 bernvicam que jacuit in) Herst [Hurstpier- 

 point], a manor which William de Warene 

 holds. ^ It is called How [How Court*]. 

 Earl Godwin held it. Then it was assessed 

 for 6 hides ; now for 2 hides all but {minus) 

 I virgate. There is land for 6 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 14 

 villeins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 (are) 6 saltpans yielding {de) 7 shillings and 6 

 pence. 



Of this land a knight holds I hide, and 

 there he has half a plough. 



The whole in the time of King Edward 

 and afterwards was worth 4 pounds ; now 6 

 pounds. 



In IsEWERiT [East Esewrith] Hundred 



Robert holds of William Essingetune 

 [Ashington]. Two alodial tenants {alodiarii) 

 held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed 

 for 2^ hides ; now for nothing. It was part 

 of {jacuit in) Wasingetune [Washington]. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins 

 and 2 bordars with I plough and a half. It 

 is worth and always was worth 30 shillings. 



Ralph ' holds of William 3 hides belonging 

 to {in) Cilletune [West Chiltington], which 

 is in the rape of Earl Roger. They have 

 not paid geld. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is half a plough, and (there 

 are) 18 villeins and 6 bordars with 3* ploughs. 

 There (are) 6 acres of meadow, and wood- 

 (land yielding) 30 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards, as {et) now, (this) was worth 60 

 shillings. 



Morin holds of William Taceha(ivi) 

 [Thakeham]. Brixi held it of King Edward. 



' See p. 441. 



* A manor in Lancing. It is rather curious 

 that this detached portion of Earl Godwin's manor 

 ' is called How,' while a detached portion of 

 another of his manors became ' the manor which 

 is called Hou ' in Hastings rape. 



6 Ralph de Caisned gave land in 'Cylentona' to 

 Lewes Priory. 



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