A HISTORY OF SUSSEX the time of King Edward, and then as {et) assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 2 now, they were assessed for 2 hides. There ploughs. On the demesne is I with I villein he has i plough with 2 bordars. (This) is and 2 bordars and 2 serfs. There is a chapel and was worth, then as now {semper), 20 {ecclciwla) and wood(land) 3'ielding {de) 4 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 20 shillings, and afterwards, and now, 30 shillings. shillings. (In Whalesbone Hundred) Ralph' holds of William Bristelmestune [Brighton]. Brictric held it by grant {de dono) of Earl Godwin. In the time of King Edward, as {ct) now, it was assessed for 5^ hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 18 villeins and 9 bordars with 3 ploughs and 1 serf. From gafol-rents {de gahld) 4,000 herrings. In the time of King Edward it was worth 8 pounds and 12 shillings, and afterwards 100 shillings ; now 12 pounds. Eustace* holds of William i hide in Falemere Hundred [Youngsmere]. One villein of Falemere [Falmer] held it. It is assessed for i hide. It is worth 6 shillings. Walter holds of William Bevedene [Bev- endean]. Azor held it of King (Edward). Then, as(rf) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is i virgate in addition {insuper) which does not pay geld, because it is outside {/oris) the rape.^ There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 2 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. In Lewes (are) 2 haws yielding {de) 18 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 100 siiillings, and afterwards 4 pounds; now 6 pounds. Villeins of Chemele [? Keymer] ' held this land. In the same vill Widard holds of William 6 hides and i virgate, and for so much they are assessed. Three alodial tenants {aloarii) held them of King Edward, and could betake themselves {ire) whither they would. One of them had a hall {au/am), and villeins held the shares of the other two. There is land for 5 ploughs, and it is (all) in one manor. On the demesne (is) i plough and a half, and (there are) 14 villeins and 21 bordars with 3^ ploughs. There (are) 7 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 3 swine. In Lewes (are) 4 haws. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; P'^^S"^' ^"'^ there (the half plough) is on the now 12 pounds. demesne, with 6 bordars, and i acre and a half of meadow. In Lewes * (are) 3 haws and the third part of i haw yielding ((Ye) 18 pence. In the time of King Edward and afterwards it was worth 10 shillings ; now 20 shillines. In Suaneberge [Swanborough] Hundred Eldeid holds of William Wintreburne [Winterbourne] ;^ there is I hide, and for so much it is assessed. Edith {Eddeva) held it of King Edward. There is land for half a In the same place William de Watevile holds Bristelmetune [Brighton] of William. Ulward held it of King Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 5^ hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 13 villeins and 11 bordars with i plough. There (is) a cliurch. In the time of King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; now 12 pounds. (In Youngsmere Hundred) Goze^ holds of William Burgemere [Bal- mer]. Villeins who belonged lo {jacuerunt in) Falemere [Falmer] held it in the time of King Edward.^ Tiien, as {et) now, it was ^ Ralph de Caisncd (Cheyney), who gave the church of Brighton to Lewes Priory. 2 William de Warcnne II. contirmcd to Lewes Priory ' 2 hides at IJorgemere which Goze my foster-father (nutricius) held.' 3 See Introd. p. 368. < William de Warrenne gave to Lewes Priory I hide in Burgemere which Eustace held. "5 This may refer to the i virgates of this manor at Standen in East Grinstead (see p. 419), though from the wording the virgate would appear to be still part of the manor. " Keymer is called Chemere and was one of Azor's manors, and although it is some distance from Bevendean, there lies between the two a farm called Standean, which was also the name of the detached portion of the manor of Bevendean (see last note). ' See Introd. p. 368. 8 Close to Lewes. It had probably been separ- ated oft" from the queen's manor of Iford. » Winterbourne appears to have been absorbed into the manor of Houndean, of which manor is held certain land on School Hill, in the parish of All Saints, Lewes. 438
