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 SUDSEXE HERE ARE ENTERED THE HOLDERS OF LANDS IN SUDSEXE I King William II The Archbishop of Can- terbury III The Bishop of Chichester IV The abbey of Westmin- ster V The abbey of Fecamp [Fiscannefuis) VI Osbern Bishop of Exeter VII The abbey of Winchester xv VIII The abbey of Battle [la batailgc) IX The Count of Eu (Oiv) X The Count of Mortain XI Earl Roger XII William de Warenne XIII William de Braiose XIV Ode of Winchester [Win- cestre) Eldred THE LAND OF THE KING King William holds in demesne Boseham [Bosham]. Earl Godwin held it, and then there were 56^ (hides), and it paid geld for' 38 hides, and (does) now likewise. There is land ? On the demesne are 6 ploughs, and 39 villeins with 50 bordars have 39 ploughs. There (is) a church,^ and 17 serfs, and 8 mills yielding [de) 4 pounds all but (minus) 30 pence. There are 2 fisheries yielding (^f) 8 shillings and 10 pence. Wood- (land) yielding {de) 6 swine. To this manor were appurtenant 1 1 haws * in Cicestre [Chichester], which in the time of King Edward returned 7 shillings and 4 pence. Now the Bishop (of Chichester) has ten of them by the king's gift {a rz-^c), and (so) there is now one belonging to [in) the manor. The whole manor in the time of King Edward, 8 A blank. ^ Not the church of Bosham, which Bishop Osbern held ; possibly the church of West Stoke is meant. the crossgate in the West Street ' (see Hay's History of Chichester, p. 200). and afterwards, was worth 40 pounds. Now likewise (it is worth) 40 pounds ; yet it returns 50 pounds by weight of assayed money [ad anuram et pensum), which are worth 65 pounds (by tale). Of this manor Engeler* has 2 hides of the king, and there he has I plough ."did i bordar. In Reredfelle [Rotherfield] Hundred King William holds in demesne Reredfelle [Rotherfield] of the fee of the Bishop of Bayeux [Baioc[ens!s]).^ Earl Godwin held it, and then, as [et) now, it was assessed for 3 hides. There is land for 26 ploughs.'' On the demesne are 4 ploughs, and 14 villeins with 6 bordars have 14 ploughs. There are 4. serfs, and wood(land) yielding [de) 80 swine from the pannage. There is a park. In the time of King Edward it was worth 1 6 pounds, and afterwards 14 pounds. Now (it is worth) 12 pounds, and yet it returns 30 pounds. Domesd.iy as having been forfeited, though he had been disgraced four years. ' Note the disproportion of ploughlands to ' hides. 387
 * Pro interlined.
 * These haws lay ' between the towergate and
 * Engeler de Bohun.
 * Few of Ode's possessions are mentioned in