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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Then it was assessed for 20 hides and 3 vir- gates ; now for 5 hides. There is land for 14 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 30 villeins and 12 bordars with 8 ploughs. There (is) a church and i mill yielding {Je) 3 shillings, and 16 acres or meadow. Wood(land yielding) 60 swine. Of this land a knight holds i hide. There he has 5 oxen with i bordar. The whole in the time of King Edward, as {et) now, was worth 14 pounds ; when received 10 pounds. The same Morin holds of William Moha(m) [Muntham']. Osward held it of King Ed- ward. Then it was assessed for 3 hides ; now for nothing. There is land for 2 ploughs. There are 5 villeins and 6 bordars with 2 ploughs. Wood(land yielding) 5 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 50 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; now 70 shillings. The same Morin holds of William i hide which was part of {jacuit in) Wasingetune [Washington]. Edwin held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for i hide ; now for nothing. There is i villein, and i mill yielding ((^t') 15 pence. It is worth 10 shil- lings and always (was worth so much). Alviet holds of William land for i plough ; (it is part) of William's demesne and is not assessed in hides {sine numero hide). There is I plough, and l mill yielding {de) 3 shillings. It was part of [jacuit in) Storgetune [Storring- ton] as [in) pasture.^ Now it has been lately brought under cultivation (noviter est hoipitata)? It is worth 10 shillings. In Grenestede [West Grinstead] Hundred William son of Bonard holds of William Etune [Eatons*]. Turgod held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 3 J hides ; now for I hide. It was part of (jacuit in) Garneca(m)po [Warningcamp] which is in the rape of Earl Roger. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i (plough), and 1 There are two manors of this name, one in Findon, Sullington and Washington, and the other, which is held of Thakeham manor, in Itchingfield; it is probable that at the time of the Domesday Survey the two were united. 2 See note 2, p. 427. 3 ' Farmed ' in the modern agricultural sense of the word would be the best rendering of hospitata, as it implies occupation as well as cultiva- tion.

  • A farm in Ashurst.

(there are) 5 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough, and 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) yielding [de) 5 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 20 shillings and after- wards 15 shillings ; now 40 shillings. In Tifeld [Burbeach] Hundred William son of Rannulf holds of William Ifelt [Ifield]. Alwi held it of King Edward. Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for hide. On the demesne is nothing, and (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough, and 6 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 6 swine. It is worth 20 shillings and was worth (so much). The same William holds half a hide which was part of [jacuit in) Soreha(m) [Shoreham] which William de Braiose holds. This hide [sic) is exempt [quieta) from geld. There is I villein with half a plough. It is worth 6 shillings. In Staninges [Steyning] Hundred Robert holds of William Bongetune [Bunc- ton °]. Lewin held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 4J hides ; now for nothing. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I plough, and (there are) 19 villeins and 7 bordars with 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 acres of meadow, wood(land yielding) 10 swine, and l mill yielding [de) 2 shillings. In the time of King Edward and afterwards (it was worth) 30 shillings ; now 40 shillings. The same Robert has a small pasture with 2 bordars who return 5 shillings. This be- longs to [est in) Langemare [? Angmering] which Earl Roger holds in his rape. XIIII. THE LAND OF ODO AND ELDRED«  In Esborne [Easebourne] Hundred Odo holds of the king Welbedlinge [Woolbeding]. Fulcui held it of King Edward (as) an alod [alodiuin). Then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 14 villeins and 5 bor- dars with 6 ploughs. There (are) 5 serfs, and I mill yielding [de) 10 shillings, and 23 acres of meadow. Wood(land) yielding [de) 30 swine. There (is) a church. In the time of King Edward, as [et) now, it was worth 6 pounds ; when received 4 pounds. ^ A manor in Ashington. " Eldred was brother to Ode of Winchester. 450