THE HOLDERS OF LANDS assessed for half a hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), and 4 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) i acre of meadow and wood(land yielding) i pig. In the time of King Edward and afterwards (it was worth) 14 shillings ; now 20 (shillings). In Bellest [Bellhurst]= j^ldret held 2 virgates in pange [in paragio), and for so much it was assessed then, as {et) now. There William has on the demesne i plough and I villein with I plough. It is and was worth 7 shillings. In Selescome [Sedlescombe] Walter son of Lambert holds I virgate. It has never paid geld and lias always been outside the rape. There is land for I plough. There (the plough) is on the demesne, and (there are) 3 acres of meadow and wood(land yielding) I pig. Then and afterwards (it was worth) 10 shillings ; now 20 shillings. There Geoffrey the canon holds half a hide. It belonged to {jacuit in) Selescome [Sedles- combe]. It is assessed for half a hide. There are 2 bordars with i plough, and wood- (land yielding) 3 swine. It is worth 10 shillings. It was waste {ivaita). The count himself holds on his demesne I villein, who belonged to {jacuit in) Selescome [Sedlescombe] ; and he holds I virgate outside [firis) the rape. It is worth 5 shillings. In the same Hundred Wenestan held half a hide (at) Fodilant [Footland],^ and could betake himself {ire) whither he would. It is assessed for 2 virgates. There Anschitil has I plough with I villein, and wood(land yield- ing) 4 swine. It is worth 10 shillings. In Herste [Herst in Sedlescombe] Ulwin held half a hide. In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 2 virgates, and so it is now {et modo facit). There Ednod has on the demesne i plough, and i acre of meadow. It is and was worth 10 shillings. Five men hold Waliland [Welland in Ewhurst] of the count. (There) is I hide. Four brothers held this, and could betake themselves {ire) whither they pleased. There was only I hall {haula). In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed tor I hide. » Una corrected to dimidia. ^ In Beckley parish. s In Sedlescombe, Of this hide Alwold holds 2 virgates, An- schitil 3 virgates, Roger 5 virgates, Hugh I virgate, Osbern 2 virgates.* There is land } On the demesne (is) I plough, and 7 villeins and I bordar have 4^ ploughs. There (are) 5 acres of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 20 swine. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, (it was worth) 66 shillings. Osbern holds Basingeha(m) [ ]* of the count. AKiet held it in parage {in paragio) ; then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 2 virgates. Tiiere is I villein. It is worth 8 shillintrs. X. THE LAND OF THE COUNT OF MORTAIN In the Borough of Pevenesel [Pevensey] in the time of King Edward there were 24 burgesses on the king's demesne, and they returned from the burgage-rents {de gablo) 14 shillings and 6 pence ; from the market-dues {de theoloneo) 20 shillings ; from the harbour- dues ((^^ /i3r/;() 35 shillings; from the pastur- age {de pastura) 7 shillings and 3 pence. The Bishop of Chichester {Cicestre) had 5 burgesses, Edmer the priest 15, Ormer the priest 5, Doda the priest 3. When the Count of Mortain received it (there were) only 27 burgesses. Now he himself has on (his) demesne 60 burgesses, returning 39 shillings from the burgage-rents {de gablo). The market-dues {theoloneum) (yield) 4 pounds ; the mint {moneta) 20 shillings.' The monks of Mortain {Moriton) (have) 8 burgesses yielding {de) 66 pence, Gilbert the sheriff^ I burgess yielding 20 pence, William de Cahainges 2 burgesses yielding 2 shillings, Boselin* 5 yielding 2 shillings, William 4 yielding 2 shillings, Ansfrid"* 4 yielding 2
- As this makes I hide contain 1 3 virgates there
is evidently some error in the figures. 5 A blank. <= Not identified. ' Pevensey and Lewes are the only two Sussex mints mentioned in Domesday ; others existed at Winchelsea, Hastings, Steyning and Chichester. As 20/. was the normal payment for each moneyer at this period it would seem that there was only one moneyer here : coins from this mint are very scarce (compare note 2, p. 435). s Sheriff of the rape, no doubt (see Introd. p. 352). 8 Boselin de Dives. »» Ansfrid held considerable estates in Pevensey rape, in all of which he was succeeded by the family of de Dene, so that he must have been a relation of Ralph de Dene (see Introd. p. 380). 407
