A HISTORY OF SUSSEX In the time of King Edward it was worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 20 shillings; now 30 shillings. Azo holds of the earl Meredone [Marden]. Alwin held it of King Edward as an alod {in a/odium). Then, as (et) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. There (are) 3 serfs. In Chichester (are) 3 haws yielding (de) 21 pence. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, (it was worth) 60 shillings, when received 30 shillings. William holds of the earl Harditone [Lordington ']. Ulstan held it of King Ed- ward as an alod {in alodium). Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 8 villeins and 7 bor- dars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and a mill yielding {de) 30 pence, and wood(land yielding) 3 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings; now 70 shillings. Geoffrey holds of the earl Contone [Comp- ton].^ Sbern held it of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 10 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I plough, and (there are) 18 villeins and 5 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 4 serfs. In Chichester (are) 2 haws yielding {de) 2 shillings. The priest holds half a hide. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was worth 8 pounds; when received 100 shillings. The earl himself holds in demesne Estone [Stoughton^]. Earl Godwin held it. There are 36 hides, but then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 15 hides. Of these (36 hides) 16 hides were temporarily attached {misse) to the manor of Burne [Westbourne], now they are again part of {sunt in) Estone [Stoughton]. There is land for 26 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 54 vil- leins and 35 bordars with 23 ploughs. There are 5 serfs, and 1 1 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 100 swine. In Chichester ' In the thirteenth century it was called both Lerdington and Erdington. 2 With this manor went I hide in Surrey (see P- +5')- 3 This seems the only possible identification ; Estone may be an error for Estoctone — Stoctona being an early form of Stoughton. (are) 15 haws* yielding {de) 7 shillings and 8 pence. In this manor is a church to which belongs {pertinet) I hide and a half, and there the priest has half a plough. This is worth 4 pounds. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 40 pounds, and afterwards 30 pounds ; now (it is worth) 40 pounds, and yet it returns 50 pounds. Of this manor there is in the rape of William de Braiose I hide, and wood(land yielding) one thousand five hundred swine.^ Alwin holds of the earl Meredone [Mar- den]. Godwin held it as an alod {in alodium). Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 2 hides. On the demesne is I (plough) with 6 bordars. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was worth 40 shillings ; when received 20 shillings. Near Meredone [Marden] a certain Fal- coner {Accipitrarius) holds half a hide of the earl. He himself held it as a manor, as an alod {in alodium). In Estocbrige [Stockbridge] Hundred The church of St. Martin of Si5ez {Sais) holds of the earl Fiseborne [Fishbourne]. Earl Tosti held it. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and (there are) 6 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) i serf, and 2 mills yielding {de) 40 shillings, and 27 acres of meadow. In Chichester (are) 2 haws yield- ing {de) 21 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 6 pounds, and after- wards 50 shillings ; now 7 pounds. Hugh holds of the earl Wiche [Rum- boldswyke], and Warin (holds it) of him. Five free men held it for 5 manors. Then it was assessed for 9 hides ; now for 6 hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I plough, and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) I serf. Then, as {et) now, (it was worth) 100 shillings ; when received 40 shillings. Alcher holds of the earl Mundreha(m) [Mundham]. Countess Gida held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 9 hides ;
- Some houses in the North Street of Chichester
were till recently held of the manor of Stoughton. s These figures must be wrong ; I am inclined to think that the scribe misread ' siha M{mem) quinq{ue) porcorum^ as ' silva M{jUc) quing{cntonm) porcorum.' 426
