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 DOMESDAY SURVEY the tenant of these manors, and thus prove the correctness of Mr. Eyton's happy con- jecture. Nor is this all that we learn from these documents of Robert, for we need not hesitate to say that he is the same as that Robert ' de Harundello ' w ho gave land at Hardham (' Eringeham ') to the Cluniac Priory of Lewes. Arundel, with which Domesday connects him, would be his official residence as sheriff, not as Mr. Eyton believed, of Sussex, but, we may infer, of ' the honour of Arundel.' Robert, son of Tetbald, is mentioned in the survey under Arundel as having his toll, or dues, from ' hominibus extraneis,' by which is probably meant men outside the honour of Arundel. In a charter ' of Earl Roger to St. Evroult, Robert, son of Tetbald, and Hugh his son sign as witnesses immediately after the earl and his sons, and it was probably through Hugh's adherence to Robert of Bellesme that the honour of Petworth came into the hands of Henry I., and was subse- quently granted to Josceline, the queen's brother. Another group of holdings which descended en bloc and also suffered forfeiture in 1102 was that held by 'William' in Halnaker, Boxgrove, Walberton, Barnham, etc., which subsequently became the honour of Halnaker. In four instances — at Tadeham, Bridham, Boxgrove, and East Hampnett — William had as subtenant a certain ' Nigel.' It is probable that future research amongst monastic charters and other unpublished sources will throw further light on some of the undertenants. It has already been shown by Mr. Round that Oismelin and ' Aseius,' who bestowed tithes on Troarn, were the Domesday undertenants of Merston and Offham." The undertenants of William de Braose are few in number, and the solution of their identity is much assisted by a group of charters granted by William de Braose to the abbey of St. Florent de Saumur."* The first of these charters, conferring the manor of Annington on the monks, is witnessed by '. . . Robertus Silvaticus, Radulphus de Vivo Monas- tero, Willelmus Normanni filius, Willelmus Magni filius, and Radulfus de Boceio.' In the first of these, whose surname is merely a latinized variant of Savage, w^e recognize that ' Robert,' whose manors of Durring- ton. Worthing, Lancing, Ashington, and Buncton are in the thirteenth century found in the hands of the representatives of the Savage family. William, son of Norman, held in Coombes, Applesham, and Offington, and William ' filius Manne ' in Wappingthorne ; while Ralph de Boceio is the Ralph who held in Kingston and Shermanbury, which descended to the family of Bucy, and probably one of the two Ralphs who held lands in Lancing. As the estates of William son of Ranulf at Woodman- cote, Morley and Sakeham are afterwards found in the hands of Simon le Comte he was probably the first of that line, one of whom, as ' Simon Comes,' witnessed a grant by Philip de Braose about 1096 in company with Hugh de Cumbes, possibly the successor of William son of Norman. ' Gislebertus de Cleopeham,' witness to another deed of about the same 1 Ord. Vital. Hiu. Eccl. (ed. Le Prevost) ii. 415. 2 Suis. Arch. Coll. ihi. 82, 3 Cal. of Doc. France, pp. J96-401. 379