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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 8 pounds. Now what the bishop holds (is worth) lO pounds ; what the men (hold) 65 shillings. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 1 8 pounds, and afterwards 10 pounds, now 18 pounds. Formerly it was at farm at 25 pounds {olim fuit ml xxv ' lihrai de firma) but it could not return (so much). The bishop himself holds Self.isie [Selscy] in demesne. In the time of King Edward, as [ei) now, it was assessed for 10 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 16 villeins with 11 bordars have 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and 6 haws in Cicestre [Chichester] yielding {de) 38 pence. Of this manor Geoffrey holds I hide, and William half a hide and half a virgate, and they have li ploughs with i bordar. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 1 2 pounds, and afterwards 10 pounds. Now the demesne of the bisliop (is worth) 12 pounds, (that) of his men 40 ^'^r (JVatmonaitcrio) holds Parham [Parham] The canons of Cicestre [Chichester] hold in common {communitcr) 16 hides which Jiave never paid geld, as (the jurors) say, and there they have 4 ploughs on (their) demesne. This is worth 8 pounds. IV. THE LAND OF SAINT PETER OF WESTMINSTER In Isiwirde [West Easwrith] Hundred The abbot of Saint Peter of Westmin- shilling The bishop himself holds Westringes [West Wittering] in demesne. In the time of King Edward, as [et) now, it was assessed for 14 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 (ploughs), and 15 vil- leins with 1 2 bordars have 5 ploughs. There (is) I mill yielding {de) 30 pence, and 13 haws yielding [de) 26 pence. (For the) pas- turage {herbag_io]) one of (every) 7 swine. Of this manor Ralph holds I hide, Herbert 3 hides, and they have on (their) demesne 2i ploughs, and 2 villeins with 1 2 bordars and half a plough. The whole manor in the time of King Edward and afterwards was worth 8 pounds. Now what the bishop has is worth the same sum {tantumdem), what his men (have is worth) 50 shillings. (In Preston Hundred ') The bishop himself holds Prestetone [Preston ^], and then as now it belonged to the minster {semper fuit in monaiterio). In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed for 20 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough) and a half, and 30 villeins with 20 bordars Iiave 12 ploughs ; and in Lewes (there are) 3 haws yielding {de) 18 pence. There (is) a church, and 15 acres of meadow, and wood(land) yielding {de) 2 swine from the pannage. Of this manor Lovel holds 2 hides, and there he has 2 ploughs and 9 villeins {villanos) with 3 bordars who have {habentibus) 2 ploughs, and there (is) 1 mill. (This) is worth 40 shillings. 1 The Hundredal heading is omitted. 2 Sometimes called Bishop's Preston to dis- tinguish it from the other Prestons in Sussex. and held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 7 hides, now for 3. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), and 8 villeins with 5 cottars have 2 ploughs. There (are) g acres of meadow. It is worth and was worth I pound. V. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF FECAMP {FISCJNNENSIS) In Ghestelinges [Guestling] Hundred The abbot of Fecamp {Fiscanno) holds of the king Rameslie [ *], and held it of King Edward, and then it was assessed for 20 hides, now for 17^ hides. There is land for 35 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and 99 villeins {c viUani uno minus) have 43 ploughs. There (are) 5 churches returning 64 shillings. There (are) 100 saltpans yielding {de) 8 pounds and 15 shillings, and 7 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 2 swine from the pannage. In the same manor is a new borough," and there (are) 64 burgesses returning 8 pounds all but {minus) 2 shillings. In Hastinges [Hastings] 4 burgesses and 14 bordars return 63 shillings. Of this manor Robert of Hastings holds 2^ hides of the abbot, and Herolf half a hide. They have 4 villeins and 4 cottars and 2 ploughs. The whole manor in the time of King Edward, was worth 34* pounds. Now the 3 V interlined. have found mention of Rammeshorn in Fairlight early in the thirteenth century-, which may be connected with it ; it corresponded pretty closely to what was afterwards the m.inor of Brede. 5 See Introduction, p. 375. « iiii interlined. 391
 * This name has not yet been identified, but I