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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Edward. Then, as now, it was assessed for 2^ hides. ' On the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 3 villeins and 5 bor- dars with i plough. It is and was worth 40 shillings. Robert holds of William Derentune [Durrington]. Ulward held it of Earl Harold. Then it was assessed for 4 hides, now for i hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. There are 2 villeins and 5 bordars with half a plough, and 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land yield- ing) 4 swine. Of this land i Frenchman {francigena) holds I hide and a half, and there (are) 2 bordars. In the time of King Edward and after- wards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 60 shillings. The same Robert holds in the same place of William Derentune [Durrington]. Ed- ward held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 8 hides ; now for 2 hides and i virgate. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is i plough, and (there are) 9 villeins and 9 bordars with 7 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 4 serfs, and 8 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 10 swine. In the time of King Edward and after- wards, as {et) now, it was worth 100 shillings. The same Robert holds of William Or- DiNGEs [Worthing]. Seven alodial tenants (akdarti) held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 1 1 hides. Now Robert has 9 hides and they have paid geld for 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 6 villeins and 9 bordars with i plough. There (is) i serf, and 7 acres of meadow. In the time of King Edward and after- wards, as [et) now, it was worth 100 shillings. Robert holds of William Mordinges [Worthing]. There is I hide and a half. Lewin held it of King (Edward), and it has paid geld for half a hide. * There (is) I villein and 5 bordars, and half an acre of meadow. It is and was worth 12 shillings. In the same vill Ralph holds half a hide. It was part of (jacuit in) Stultinges [Somp- ting]. Tosti held it of Lewin, and it was assessed for half a hide^ then, as {et) now. There are 4 oxen, and i bordar, and i acre of meadow. It is worth 5 shillings, and was worth (so much). ' A space left for the plough-lands. 2 A space left for the plough-lands. ' Tanto altered to tiimiiiia hida. Ralph holds of William Sultinges [Sompt- ing]. Lewin held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 17 hides. Of these 2 hides are in the rape of Earl Roger, attached to {in) Garinges [Goring] ; and in other manors {alibi) are 3^ hides which other men hold. Ralph has in his own hand hides. Now they pay geld for 2 hides and 3 virgates. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 19 vil- leins and 16 bordars with 9 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 5 serfs, and I mill yielding {de) 3 shillings, and 8 saltpans yielding {de) 13 shillings, and 30 acres of meadow. Of this land a knight holds i hide and a half, and has on (his) demesne I plough, and 2 villeins and 4 bordars, and i saltpan yielding {de) 2 shillings, and 2 acres of mea- dow. The whole in the time of King Edward and afterwards was worth 8 pounds ; now 7 pounds and 8 shillings. Of the same manor another Ralph holds of William 2 hides, but they are additional to the hides assessed above {super nianerurn hidarum superiorum). Lewin held them of King Edward, and then they were assessed for 2 hides ; now for . There are 4 villeins and i bordar with half a plough, and 2 acres of meadow. There is land for i plough. In the time of King Edward and after- wards (this) was worth 50 shillings ; now 70 shillings. Of the selfsame manor Robert holds of William I hide additional to the hides assessed above {super numerum hidarum superiorum).* Lewin held it, and then it was assessed for 1 hide ; now for half ° a virgate. There is i villein and i bordar, and 4 acres of meadow. It is worth 8 shillings and was worth (so much). Ralph holds of William Cocheha(m) [Cokeham^]. Grene held it of Earl Harold. Then it was assessed for 2 hides and i vir- gate ; now for nothing. On the demesne is I plough with 5 bordars, and 8 acres of meadow. It is worth 55 shillings and always (was worth so much).

  • This is probably the manor of Sompting-

Weald, a detached portion of Sompting manor lying in Itchingfield, where the family of le Sauvage held land. 6 Una altered to dimidia. « A manor in Sompting. 448