THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Edward, and could betake himself (/Vf) whither he pleased. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 2h hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), and (there are) 7 bordars with I plough. In the time of King Edward, as {ft) now, (this was worth) 40 shillings. There William holds of the count 3 hides. Edward and Alwin held them of King Ed- ward, and could betake themselves (;V^) whither they pleased. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 3 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, with 7 bordars. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 shil- lings; now 40 shillings. Ralph holds of the count 7^ hides in LovRiNGETONE [Yeverington ']. Cola held them of King Edward as {pro) a manor. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 7 hides.^ There is land for 14 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and 16 villeins with 5 bordars have 4 ploughs. There is I serf, and I mill yielding {de) 8 shillings. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 6 pounds, and afterwards 3 pounds; now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. The count himself holds in demesne WiLENDONE [Willingdon]. Earl Godwin held it. Then it was assessed for 50^ hides. Now for nothing. Of this land there are in the rape of Hastings 14^ hides.' There is land for 36 ploughs. On the demesne are 6 ploughs, and (there are) 75 villeins and 24 bordars with 26 ploughs. There (are) 60 acres of meadow, and 1 1 saltpans yielding {de) 35 shillings. There (is) I serf, and wood(land yielding) 3 swine. Of this land Osbern holds of the count 4 hides, William I hide, Gozelin 2 hides, Gil- bert I hide, Alwin I hide, Ansgot 2 hides, Godfrey the priest i hide and I virgate. On (their) demesne (are) 3^ ploughs, and (there are) 3 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 60 pounds, and after- wards 30 pounds. Now what the count 1 See note i, p. 409. ' See note 3, p. 404. 3 Of these hides i 2 formed ' the manor called Hou [Hooe],' formerly held by Earl Godwin (see note 6, p. 395); attributed to Willingdon are: in Hawksborough l^ virgates (see p. 400), in Shoys- well } virgate (see p. 402) -} hide (ibid.), in Henhurst | hide, and l-i virgates and A hide li virgates attributed to Ralton, Willingdon and Fide (see p. 404). iiolds (is v/ortli) 40 pounds; what the men (hold) 7 poujids. The count himself holds in demesne West- EORTONE [West Burton*]. Alvric and Golvin held it of King Edward, and could betake themselves {ire) whither they pleased. Then it was assessed for 2 hides; now for nothing.* There is land for 2 ploughs. There (are) 3 villeins with I plough and a half. It is worth 24 shillings. Haminc® holds of the count Essete [Ex- ceat]. He himself held it of King Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4i hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne (is) I plough and a half, and 3 vil- leins and 6 bordars liave half a plough, and there (is) I serf. In the time of King Ed- ward it was worth 4 pounds; now 3 pounds. Ralph ' holds of the count Cerletone [Charlston in West Dean]. Ulvric held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 10 hides. Now 2 J hides are in the rape of Hastings.^ There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough); (there are) 6 vil- leins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 3 serfs, and 3 saltpans yielding {de) 10 shillings and 4 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. In the time of King Edward it was worth 9 pounds; now 4 pounds and 10 sliillings. Gozelin holds of the count Radetone [Ration **]. Ulfon held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 6 hides, and now for 4 hides. In the rape of Hastings are 2 hides all but {minus) 1 virgate.'" There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne (is) I plough,
- The situation of West Burton is not known;
there is a West Barton in Friston (S.D.B.) (see also note 3, p. 401). 5 A space left after turn for insertion of et modo; and modo pro nichilo interlined; the scribe was evi- dently uncertain about the present assessment when making the entry. « He was succeeded by his son Richard, who was probably ' Richard de Essete.' ' Ralph de Dene; Charlston passed to his de- scendant Isabel de la Haye. 8 I cannot find any trace of these. » A manor in Willingdon. i" In Shoyswell are 3 virgates attributed to Rat- ton, of which Ulf had held i and Countess Goda the other 2 (see p. 402); whether these latter belonged to this manor of Ratton is uncertain. With these may have gone i virgate in Burgel- staltone (see note I, p. 403), which Ulfi held, and possibly the half hide in Dene held by Countess Goda and otherwise unaccounted for (see P- 403)- 411
