A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Then it was assessed for 20 hides and 3 vir- 

 gates ; now for 5 hides. There is land for 

 14 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 30 villeins and 12 bordars with 

 8 ploughs. There (is) a church and i mill 

 yielding {Je) 3 shillings, and 16 acres or 

 meadow. Wood(land yielding) 60 swine. 



Of this land a knight holds i hide. There 

 he has 5 oxen with i bordar. 



The whole in the time of King Edward, 

 as {et) now, was worth 14 pounds ; when 

 received 10 pounds. 



The same Morin holds of William Moha(m) 

 [Muntham']. Osward held it of King Ed- 

 ward. Then it was assessed for 3 hides ; 

 now for nothing. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There are 5 villeins and 6 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. Wood(land yielding) 5 swine. In 

 the time of King Edward it was worth 50 

 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 

 70 shillings. 



The same Morin holds of William i hide 

 which was part of {jacuit in) Wasingetune 

 [Washington]. Edwin held it of Earl Godwin. 

 Then it was assessed for i hide ; now for 

 nothing. There is i villein, and i mill 

 yielding ((^t') 15 pence. It is worth 10 shil- 

 lings and always (was worth so much). 



Alviet holds of William land for i plough ; 

 (it is part) of William's demesne and is not 

 assessed in hides {sine numero hide). There is 

 I plough, and l mill yielding {de) 3 shillings. 

 It was part of [jacuit in) Storgetune [Storring- 

 ton] as [in) pasture.^ Now it has been lately 

 brought under cultivation (noviter est hoipitata)? 

 It is worth 10 shillings. 



In Grenestede [West Grinstead] 

 Hundred 

 William son of Bonard holds of William 

 Etune [Eatons*]. Turgod held it of Earl 

 Godwin. Then it was assessed for 3 J hides ; 

 now for I hide. It was part of (jacuit in) 

 Garneca(m)po [Warningcamp] which is in 

 the rape of Earl Roger. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), and 



1 There are two manors of this name, one in 

 Findon, Sullington and Washington, and the other, 

 which is held of Thakeham manor, in Itchingfield; 

 it is probable that at the time of the Domesday 

 Survey the two were united. 



2 See note 2, p. 427. 



3 ' Farmed ' in the modern agricultural sense 

 of the word would be the best rendering of 

 hospitata, as it implies occupation as well as cultiva- 

 tion. 



* A farm in Ashurst. 



(there are) 5 villeins and 3 bordars with i 

 plough, and 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 

 yielding [de) 5 pence. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 20 shillings and after- 

 wards 15 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



In Tifeld [Burbeach] Hundred 

 William son of Rannulf holds of William 

 Ifelt [Ifield]. Alwi held it of King Edward. 

 Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for \ hide. 

 On the demesne is nothing, and (there are) 5 

 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough, and 6 

 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 6 

 swine. It is worth 20 shillings and was worth 

 (so much). 



The same William holds half a hide which 

 was part of [jacuit in) Soreha(m) [Shoreham] 

 which William de Braiose holds. This hide 

 [sic) is exempt [quieta) from geld. There is I 

 villein with half a plough. It is worth 6 

 shillings. 



In Staninges [Steyning] Hundred 

 Robert holds of William Bongetune [Bunc- 

 ton °]. Lewin held it of King Edward. Then 

 it was assessed for 4J hides ; now for nothing. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I plough, and (there are) 19 villeins 

 and 7 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (are) 

 2 acres of meadow, wood(land yielding) 10 

 swine, and l mill yielding [de) 2 shillings. In 

 the time of King Edward and afterwards (it 

 was worth) 30 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



The same Robert has a small pasture with 

 2 bordars who return 5 shillings. This be- 

 longs to [est in) Langemare [? Angmering] 

 which Earl Roger holds in his rape. 



XIIII. THE LAND OF ODO AND 

 ELDRED« 



In Esborne [Easebourne] Hundred 



Odo holds of the king Welbedlinge 

 [Woolbeding]. Fulcui held it of King 

 Edward (as) an alod [alodiuin). Then, as 

 [et) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is I 

 plough, and (there are) 14 villeins and 5 bor- 

 dars with 6 ploughs. There (are) 5 serfs, 

 and I mill yielding [de) 10 shillings, and 23 

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

 30 swine. There (is) a church. 



In the time of King Edward, as [et) now, 

 it was worth 6 pounds ; when received 4 

 pounds. 



^ A manor in Ashington. 



" Eldred was brother to Ode of Winchester. 



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