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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS for 15 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 25 villeins and 7 bor- dars with 13 ploughs. There (is) a church and I serf. There (are) 4 acres of meadow and wood(land) yielding {dc) 20 swine. In the time of King Edward and after- wards, as (i-/) now, (it was worth) 20 pounds. In Homestreu [Holmstrow] Hundred Godfrey' holds of William Herbertinges [Herpingden].- Alnod held it in the time of King Edward, and could betake himself [he) whither he pleased. Then it was assessed for loi hides ; now for 6 hides, but half a hide is in the rape of the Count of Mortain.^ There is land for 4 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 14 villeins and 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 1 7 acres of meadow, and wood(land) yielding [de) 30 swine. In Lewes (are) 4 haws * yielding [de) 20 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 50 shillings ; now 60 shillings. Nigel holds of the earl Laneswice [? Or- leswick].^ Earl Godwin held it, and 7 alodial tenants {aloarii) (held it) of him. In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 6^ hides ; now for 5 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, fo. 26b and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and i 7 acres of • The entires in this rape attributed to God- frey are to be ascribed to Godfrey de Pierpoint. At ' Herbertinges ' William de Herbertinges gave land to Lewes Priory by leave of William de Pier- point his lord. 2 A manor in Piddinghoe. 3 There is a hamlet called Harebeating in the parish of Hailsham, and as the latter was a manor of Alnod's (see p. 416) this half hide probably lay there.

  • A sixteenth century rental of Portslade manor

shows that ' Harpetinge alias Harpingedene in Pedinghoo ' then belonged to that manor, as did also certain tenements in Keere Street, Lewes, which are still held of the manor of Portslade ; as no haws are recorded in Domesday as attached to the latter manor, it is probable that the houses in Keere Street are on the site of the haws be- longing to Herbertinges. 5 Nigel gave to Lewes Priory land in Orlaues- wica, which is shown by the Lewes Chartulary to have been near Herbertinges, and must be identical with this Laneswice — n and a being often confused (compare note 8, p. 413). Orleswick is found in an eighteenth century rental of Swanborough manor, but the name is now lost. meadow. In Lewes (arc) 2 haws yielding (cA) 10 shillings. In the time of King Edward it was wortli 30 shillings, and afterwards 40 shillings; now 60 shillings. In Welesmere Hundred* Hugh' holds of William Rotingedene [Rottingdean]. Haminc held it of Earl God- win. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 2 hides, and it was part of [jacu'it in) Ferle [Frog Firle] which the Count of Mortain holds in his rape.* There is land for 2 ploughs. There (the ploughs) are on the demesne, with 10 bordars. In the time of King Etiward it was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 20 shillings ; now 60 shillings. Godfrey^ holds of William Hovingedene [Ovingdean]. Alnod held it of King Edward and could betake himself [ire) whitlier he pleased. Then it was assessed for 5 hides.'" In the same vill [villa) Edith [Eddeva) held 3 hides of the king in parage. When Godfrey received it, then he found it (all) as [in) 1 manor. But of these 8 hides the Count of Mortain has a hide and a half in his rape. What Godfrey (has) pays geld for 6 hides now. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 5 villeins and 5 bordars with i plough. There (is) a chapel [ecclesiola), and 4 serfs. In Lewes are 10 haws yielding [de) 5 shillings. With these hides Godfrey holds 2 hides of a certain manor of William, his lord, which have never paid geld, and there he has nothing. The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 6 pounds, and afterwards 4 pounds ; now 7 pounds. In the same vill Bricmaer holds of William 2 hides. He himself held them of Azor in 8 Of the places named under this heading Brighton is in Whalesbone Hundred, and the others are all in Youngsmere, which latter is also called in Domesday, Falemere Hundred. It is possible that part of Welesmere was formed into the Hundred of Whalesbone and the remainder united with Falemere to form Youngsmere. In the Pladta Corone for 1248 ' Whallesbon' appears and Youngsmere is called both ' Iwonesmcre ' and ' Hywelesmerc.' ' Hugh fitz-Golde gave the tithe of his land in Rottingdean to Lewes Priory. 8 See note ;, p. 413. « Godfrey de Pierpoint gave l hide in Oving- dean to Lewes Priory. "> This includes 2 hides of Alnod's manor of Alciston (see note 2, p. 394). 437