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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX mill yielding [de) 7 shillings, and in Chi- chester I haw yielding [de) 5 pence. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, (it was worth) 8 pounds. There Wido holds i hide, and for so much it is assessed. Alwin held it of Earl Godwin as a manor. There is nothing there ; yet it is and was worth 20 shillings. In Hamesford [Dumpford] Hundred The earl himself holds in demesne Her- TINGES [Harting]. Countess Gida held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 80 hides ; now for 48 hides. There is land for 64 ploughs. On the demesne are 10 ploughs, and (there are) 128 villeins and 35 bordars with 51 ploughs. There (are) 20 serfs, and 9 mills yielding [de) 4 pounds and 1 8 pence. From the pasturage {herhagio) 18 shillings, and (there are) 30 acres of meadow. Wood- (land yielding) 100 swine. In Chichester (are) 1 1 haws yielding [de) 1 5 shillings. Of the land of this manor the clerks of Saint Nicholas* hold 6 hides, and there they have 6 villeins and 7 bordars with 3 ploughs, and so it was in the time of King Edward. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 80 pounds, and afterwards 60 pounds ; now 100 pounds. The earl himself holds in demesne Trai- TONE [Trotton]. Countess Gida held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 9 hides ; now for 3. There is land for 36 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and (there are) 4 villeins and 10 bordars with 3 ploughs. Tiiere (is) a church, and i mill yielding {de) 1 2 shillings and 6 pence, and 5 acres of meadow, and from the wood(land) 10 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 60 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 100 shillings; and yet these 2 manors, Her- tinges and Traitone, return 120 pounds and 1 mark of gold. Robert son of Tetbald^ holds of the earl Treverde [Trey ford]. JEzxA held it of Earl Godwin. Then, as now, it was assessed for 1 1 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 8 villeins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 5 serfs, and i mill yielding [de) 30 pence, and 65 acres of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 10 swine. ' The church of Arundel. 2 Sheriff of the rape of Arundel, and tenant of what was afterwards the Honor of Petworth ; most of the entries in Earl Roger's rape referred to Robert may be ascribed to him (see Introd. p. 378). 42 Of the land of this manor 2 hides belong to [sunt in) a prebend of the church^ of Chi- chester. Robert holds them of the bishop. OfFa held them of the bishop in fee as a manor. They were assessed for 2 hides then, as now. They are appraised at 8 shillings, and yet they return 15 shillings. The whole manor in the time of King Edward, as now, was worth 100 shillings ; when received 60 shillings. The abbey of Saint Peter of Winchester claims [calumniatur-) this manor. The hun- dred (court) testifies that in the time of King Edward he who held it [eum) of the abbot, held it only for the term of his life. Morin holds Titeherste [Chithurst] of the earl. Almar held it of Earl Godwin as an alod {in alodium). Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins and 5 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) a chapel [ecclesiola), and 3 serfs, and I mill yielding [de) 8 shillings and 100 eels, and 5 acres of meadow, and from the wood(land) 3 swine. In Chichester (is) I haw yielding [de) 6 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 60 shil- lings. (In Easebourne Hundred)* Robert holds of the earl Stedeha(m) [Sted- ham]. Edith [Eddiva) held it of Earl God- win. Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 14 hides. There is land for 15 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 23 villeins and 16 bordars with 10 ploughs. There (is) a church,'^ and 10 serfs, and 3 mills yielding [de) 30 shillings, and 4 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 40 swine, a quarry yielding [de) 6 shillings and 8 pence, and in Chichester I haw yielding [de) 6 pence. Of this land I Frenchman [francigena) holds I hide and 4 acres. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 15 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; now 1 2 pounds. The same Robert holds of the earl Cochin- GEs [Cocking], Azor held it of King Edward. Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 12 hides. There is land for 11^ ploughs. On the de- mesne are 2 (ploughs), and there are 18 vil- leins and 8 bordars with 9 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 6 serfs, and 5 mills yielding 3 Ecclesic interlined. < Hundredal heading omitted. 6 Eceksia et interlined.