A HISTORY OF SUSSEX The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 45 ' shillings; now 35 shillings. In Hauochesberie [Hawksborough] Hundred^ Wibert holds of the count Warborgetone [Warbleton]. Countess Goda' held it. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for I hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), and 2 villeins with 6 cottars have I plough. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 20 shillings.. In Belingeha(m) [? Beddingham] the count has i hide in demesne. Queen Edith {Eddid) held it. It has never paid geld. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I (plough), and 3 villeins have 2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was worth 20 shillings, and afterwards 10 shillings; fo. 19a now 20 shillings. The count himself has half a hide in Bel- rNGHA(M) [? Beddingham^]. King Edward held it, and it has never paid geld. There are 2 villeins with 3 ploughs. It was and is worth 10 shillings. Also in Belingha(m) [? Beddingham] the count holds 4 hides all but (minus) half a virgate. Countess Goda held (this), and it has never paid geld. There is land for 10 ploughs. There 18 villeins have 13 ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 70 shillings. The coimt himself holds in demesne li hides and i virgate ° of the manor of Ferla [West Firle]. In the time of King Edward the abbey of Wilton held (this). It has never paid geld. There is land for 6 ploughs. There 9 villeins have 8 ploughs. In the time of King Edward, as (et) now, it was worth 30 shillings. > The V of xlv is interlined. 5 The Hundreds of Hauochesberie, Henhert and Esseswclle each consisted of a very small group of estates whose manorial hall was situated within the bounds of the Hundred, and a much larger group of estates which in King Edward's time had been attached to manors in the rape of Pevensey. See Introd. p. 357. 3 Sister of King Edward. < I think there can be little doubt that this is King Edward's manor of Beddingham. This group of lands held by the count lay round Bur- wash, which was afterwards the chief manor of the Counts of Eu. ' Et I virgam interlined. The same count holds I virgate and a half of Herlintone [Arlington*]. The abbey of Wilton held it in the time of King Edward. It has never paid geld. There is land for i plough. There 5 villeins have 3 ploughs. In the time of King Edward, as (et) now, it was worth 7 shillings. The same count has i virgate and a half of the manor of Lestone [Laughton]. Countess Goda held it. It has never paid geld. There 3 villeins have 2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward, as (et) now, it was worth 8 shillings. The same count holds i virgate of land belonging to (pertinentem ad) Hechestone [Eckington '] Agemund held it in the time of King Edward, and could betake himself (ire) whither he would. And it has not paid geld. There 2 villeins have 2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward, as (et) now, it was worth 4 shillings. The same count holds half a hide and half a virgate of the manor of Ripe [Ripe]. Earl Harold held (this), and it has never paid geld. There 2 villeins have I plough. It is, and was, worth 5 shillings. The same count holds I virgate in the manor of Telitone [Tilton]. Earl Harold held it, and it has never paid geld. There 2 villeins have 5 shillings. plough. It is, and was, worth In the manor of Esdene [East Dean] (the count has) I virgate and a half. Countess Goda held it ; it has never paid geld. There 2 villeins have I plough. It is, and was, worth 3 shillings. In the manor of Willendone [Willing- don] Countess Goda held i virgates, and it has never paid geld. There the count has 2 villeins with 2 ploughs. It is, and was, worth 5 shillings. There Ulmer the priest held i virgate,' and could betake himself (ire) whither he would, and it has never paid geld. There the count has I villein with I plough. It is, and was, worth 3 shillings. " Arlington is not mentioned by name in Pevensey rape but was possibly included in the abbey of Wilton's manor of (West) Firle. 7 The form Hechestone suggests Heighten, but Agemund's manor was Eckington (see note 10, P- +17)- » Probably this is the ' other virgate ' mentioned under Chiddingly, which ^Imar (? a scribal error for Ulmar), held (see note 7, p. 418). 400
