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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS much it is assessed. Alfec held it. There are 2 bordars. In the time of King Edward it was worth i6 shillings and 8 pence ; now 10 shillings. William holds of the count at Henecha(m) [Hankham in Westham] 2 hides, which were part of [jacut'runt in) the manor of Borne [Eastbourne]. There is land for 3 ploughs. There are 4 bordars. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 15 shillings; now 8 shillings. In Henecha(m) [Hankham] the count has I hide and half a virgate. King Edward held (this). There is land for i plough. Of this holding no return has been made {Inde nullum responsum). There Ansgot holds of the count half a hide which was part of {jacuit in) Burne [Eastbourne]. It is worth 9 shillings.' In Bogelie [Bowley in Hailsham] William holds of the count half a hide. Earl Harold held it. There is land for 2 ploughs, and there they are with 2 villeins and i bordar, and 8 acres of meadow, and 4 saltpans yield- ing {de) 22 shillings and 4 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 15 shillings ; now 30 shillings. There Ansgot holds of the count half a hide, which belonged to [jacuit in) Borne [Eastbourne]. It is worth 9 shillings.^ To (In) Lodiutone [ ^] should be added {mini) 13 shillings (arising) from pas- ture which the count has put into that manor [dedit ei). In Edivestone* [Shiplake] Hundred The count himself holds Ripe [Ripe]. Earl Harold held it. Then, as (et) now, it was assessed for 22 hides. Of these (hides) 8 lie in the rape of Hastings." There is land ' As this is repeated word for word in the margin opposite the next entry it is probably mis- placed and should have been deleted. 2 Written in the margin (see last note). 3 See note 7, p. 415.

  • The Record Com. edition reads Edlvestone,

but Ediveherst hundred occurs on Pipe Roll of 3 1 Hen. I. 5 The assessment remaining unchanged in spite of this loss can only be explained by the manor having increased its territory within the rape of Pevensey. Of the land attributed to Ripe, ^ hide i virgate (see p. 400) and I virgate (see p. 401) lay in Hawksborough, I virgate, and I I 4 for lo ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 16 villeins and 8 bordars with 8 ploughs. There (are) 12 acres of meadow, and 8 saltpans yielding [de) 20 shillings. In the time of King Edward it was worth 12 pounds ; now 8 pounds. The count himself holds Claveha(m) [Claverham"]. Osward held it of King Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and there arc 2 villeins and 2 bordars and 2 serfs with half a plough. Of these 4 hides half a hide is in the rape of Hastinges,' and Alvred holds i hide and has there I villein. The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 40 shillings ; now 36 shillings. In Claveha(m) [Claverham] Morin ® holds of the count i hide and i virgate, Hugh 3 hides all but {minus) I virgate. Cane and Frane held (this) as {pro) 2 manors of King Edward. Then, as {et) now, (this) was assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 3^ ploughs. On the demesne is i plough and a half, and (there is) I villein and 5 bordars. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 45 shillings ; now 40 shillings. William holds Achintone [Eckington ^] of the count. Agemund held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 5 hides ; now for 3, because 2 lie in the rape of Hast- ings.'" There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 7 bordars with i plough. There is wood(land) yielding {de) 10 swine. Of this land a certain man of his {unus homo ejus) holds half a hide, and there he has i plough on (his) demesne. In the time of King Edward it was worth 100 shillings ; now 60 shillings. In AcHiLTONE [Eckington] and Calvin- tone [Chalvington] the count himself holds hide (see p. 402) in Shoyswell ; the remainder I cannot trace. 8 In Arlington. ' Two virgates in Baldslow (see p. 406), and the remainder in Henhurst (see note 2, p. 404). 8 Monti interlined. « An important manor in Ripe. >» In Hawksborough, at Hechestone I virgate (see note 7, p. 400), and in Echentone I hide (see p. 401) ; in Shoyswell, in Eschintone i hide I virgate (see p. 402) ; in Henhurst, in Alchitone I virgate (see note 5, p. 404). 7 53