A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Tosard' i hide and a half. On (their) de- mesne they have 2 ploughs, with 4 bordars. Villeins held these lands. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 50 pounds, and afterwards 20 pounds. Now William's demesne (is worth) 35 pounds; (that) of the monks 3 pounds ; (that) of the men 75 shillings. In Homestreu [Holmstrow] Hundred William himself holds in demesne Ramelle [Rodmell]. Earl Harold held it. In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 79 hides. William received 64 hides, because the others (are) in the rape of the count (of Mortain)^ and (in that) of William de Braiose.^ These 64 hides are now assessed for 33 hides. There is land for 36 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 6 ploughs, and (there are) 107 villeins and 25 bordars with 34 ploughs. There (are) 1 1 saltpans yielding {de) 26 shil- lings, and 140 acres of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 23 swine. In the manor is a church. In Lewes (are) 44 haws^ yielding {de) 22 shillings and 4,000 herrings. Of this land Norman^ holds 2 hides of William, and there (is) i plough on (his) demesne, with 2 bordars and i serf. He who held this land could not betake himself elsewhere {reccdere) with it. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 60 pounds, and afterwards 20 pounds, now 37 pounds. In Prestetune [Dean] Hundred William himself holds Piceham [Patcham] in demesne. Earl Harold held it in the time of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 60 hides, and now for 40. There is land for 80 ploughs. On the demesne are 8 ploughs, and (there are) 163 villeins and 45 bordars with 82 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 6 serfs, and 10 shepherds {bcrquarii).^ There are 84 acres of meadow and wood- (land yielding) 100 swine. In Lewes (are) 26 haws yielding {de) 13 shillings. ' See Introd. p. 380. 2 In Hartfield Hundred, li hides ascribed to Rodmell, and probably the I hide in the next entry (sec p. 414). 3 In Burbeach Hundred, 8 hides (see p. 444).
- The suburb of Southover ; it was afterwards
formed into a Hundred, which extends from Lewes to Rodmell. '• Norman the hunter gave the tithe of his land in Horecumbe [Halcombe in Piddinghoe] to Lewes Priory. » The only mention of this class. Of this land Richard {Ricoardus) holds 7 hides and a knight of his I hide and a half. On (their) demesne they have 2 ploughs, with 2 bordars. In the time of King Edward the whole was worth 1 00 pounds, and afterwards 50 pounds ; now 80 pounds. In Soaneerge [Swanborough] Hundred^ William himself holds in demesne Dige- linges^ [Ditchling]. King Edward held it. It has never paid geld. In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 46 hides. When received (there were) only 42 hides ; the others were in the rape of the Count of Mortain,' as were {et) 6 woods, which used to belong {pertinebant) to the seat {caput) of the manor. Now it is assessed for 33 hides. There is land for 60 ploughs. On the demesne are 8 ploughs, and 108 villeins and 40 bordars have 81 ploughs.*" There (is) a church and i mill yielding {de) 30 pence, and 130 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 80 swine. In Lewes (he has) 1 1 burgages {masuras) yielding {de) 12 shillings. Of this land Gilbert holds I hide and a half, Hugh 2 hides, Alward 3 hides, Warin 3 hides, Richard I hide. On (their) demesne they have 7^ ploughs, with 29 bordars, and (there are) 3 villeins and 10 serfs with 3 ploughs. In Lewes (are) 6 burgesses yielding {de) 43 pence. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 80 pounds and 66 pence, and afterwards 25 pounds. Now William's demesne (is worth) 60 pounds, and that of the men 12 pounds and 10 shillings. In Falemere [Youngsmere] Hundred St. Pancras" holds of William Falemere [Falmer]. The abbey of Wilton held it in the time of King Edward, and was seised (thereof) on the day of his (death) {in die ejus). In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 21 hides, now for 18 hides ; the others are in the rape of the Count of Mor- tain'- and do not pay geld. There is land ' Ditchling is really in the Hundred of Street. 8 S.D.B. reads Dicelinges. Two hides were in East Grenested Hundred, I virgate at Ferlega (see p. 419), the rest held by Ansfrid (ibid.). '° A remarkable excess of ploughs over plough- lands. •' The priory of Lewes. '= It is possible that the 1 hides in Felesmere in East Grinstead belonged to this manor (see note 9, p. 418) ; the remainder was probably included in the abbey of Wilton's manor of West Firlc. 436
