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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX and (there are) 8 villeins and 5 bordars with 2^ ploughs. There (is) l mill yielding {de) 4 shillings, and 6 acres of meadow. Of the land of this manor Azelin holds i hide in almoigne of the count, Rannulf half a hide, Ansfrid half a hide. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 6 pounds ; now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. Ralph holds of the count in the same hun- dred I manor, which Ulmar held of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 4^ hides. Now half a hide is in the rape of Hastings.* There is land for 6 ploughs. There is i vil- lein, and 2 bordars, and 2 serfs. In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards, as {ei) now, 30 shillings. Osbern holds of the count Dene [(? East) Dean]. Edwin held it of King (Edward) as {pro) a manor. Then, as [et] now, it was as- sessed for 2 hides. There is land for i plough and a half. There (are) 5 villeins and 3 bor- dars with 2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was worth 30 shillings, and after- wards, as {et) now, 20 shillings. In Dene [(West) Dean] Ralph ^ holds of the count 8 hides. Azor held them of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 8 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 3 bordars with 3 ploughs. There (are) 3 serfs, and 4 salt- pans yielding {de) 8 shillings. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 7 pounds, afterwards 60 shillings ; now 100 shillings. In Wiledene [Willingdon] Hundred Ralph holds of the count Radetone [Rat- ton]. Osward held it of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then it was assessed for 5 hides. Now i (hide) is in the rape of Hastings.' There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and (there are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with half a plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. Pasture yielding {de) 28 shillings. In the 1 This must be the half hide in Bortone which Ulmar held (see note 3, p. 401), in which case the tenant is Ralph de Dene, as his descendants held Burton. 3 Ralph took the name of de Dene from this manor. 3 Probably the hide in Hawksborough held by Countess Goda and attributed to Dene (sec p. 403), which is otherwise unaccounted for (compare note 10, p. 411). 4 time of King Edward it was worth 100 shillings ; now 4 pounds. In Radetone [Ratton] Morin holds of the count 3 hides.* Cana held them of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then they were assessed for 3 hides. Now half a hide is in the rape of Hastings.^ There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. There (are) 2 acres of meadow, and the fourth part of a saltpan yielding {de) 10 pence. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 60 shillings, and afterwards 20 shillings ; now 40 shillings. In Radetone [Ratton] Hugh holds of the count 3 hides. Frano held them of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then they were assessed for 3 hides. Now half a hide is in the rape of Hastings. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 5 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 acres of meadow, and the fourth part of a saltpan yielding {de) 10 pence. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 60 shillings ; now 40 shillings. William holds of the count Walnoch [Wannock]. Norman held it of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 3 villeins with i plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. In the time of King Edward it was worth no shillings, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. In Auronehelle® [Longbridge] Hundred fo. 2ib The abbot of Grestain holds of the count Wineltone [Wilmington ']. Alnod held it of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 8 hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. One of these hides lies in the rape of Hastings.' There the same abbot holds 4 hides which Ulnod held of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 4 hides. There the same abbot holds 2 hides of the count which Ulstan held of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 2 hides. < Hi hidas interlined. 6 In Hawksborough Hundred (see p. 401). " Alrehelle Hundred occurs on Pipe Roll 31 Hen. I. ' The Count of Mortain founded a priory at Wilmington as a cell to the Norman abbey of Grestain. 8 In Netherfield Hundred and partly within the liberty of Battle (see note I, p. 399).