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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS In Hamesford [Dumpford] Hundred The bishop himself holds Halestf.de [E1- sted], and held it of King Edward, and then it was assessed for 13 hides, now for 5i hides. There is land .' On the de- mesne are 2 ploughs, and 7 villeins with 23 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, holds Si'EssE [Southease]." Then as now it belonged to the minster {semper juit in tnmas- terio). In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 28 hides, and now for 27 hides. There is land for 28 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I plough, and 46 villeins with 4 bordars hae 21 plouglis. There (is) a and I mill yielding^) 4 shillings, and there '^'^"'•ch and 130 acres of meadow. (is) a church. Wood(land yielding) 10 swir (For) the pasturage [herhngium) of (every) 7 swine I (pig). Of this manor Richard holds i hide, Osbern the clerk half a hide, Ralph the priest i hide which is appurtenant to the church. The whole manor in the time of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) now, was worth 1 5 pounds. In Silletone [Singleton] Hundred Durand holds of the bishop Presteton [Preston in Binderton]. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed for 3 hides. There is land .^ On the demesne is I plough and a half, and 3 villeins with 4 bordars have half a plough. There (are) 6 acres of meadow, and a small wood (sufficient) for the fences {ad clamuram). In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards, and now, 3 pounds. In Redrebrige [Rotherbridge] Hundred Richard holds of the bishop Levitone [Woolavington]. Godwin the priest held it of King Edward in almoigne, and then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is land ? On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 1 1 villeins with 7 bordars have 4 ploughs. There (is) a church, and in Cicestre [Chi- chester] I haw yielding {de) 3 pence, and I 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land j'ielding) 10 swine, and (for the pasturage) of (every) 7 swine one. In the time of King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 6 pounds; now 10 pounds. All these estates {terre) belonged and do belong to the church of Boseha(m) [Bosham] in almoign.* VII. THE LAND OF SAINT PETER OF WINCHESTER" {TFINTONU) The ABBOT OF Saint Peter of Winchester 1 A blank. -' A blank. 3 A blank. ^ See also p. 392. 5 The abbey of Hyde. In Lewes [Lewes] (there are) 10 burgesses yielding ((/c) 52 pence : and from villeins (come) 38 thousand and five hundred herrings. For porpoises {nwrstiins) 4 pounds. For tallage {forisfaciura) of the villeins (he received) 9 pounds, and 3 seams {sunimas) of peas. In all values in the time of King Edward and afterwards it was worth 20 pounds. Now it is appraised at just so much {titntumdem) but yet it returns 28 pounds. In Estocbrige [Stockbridge] Hundred The abbot himself holds Cloninctune [Donnington].'' In the time of King Edward the abbey held it, and then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 5 hides. There is land .* On the demesne is I plough, and 15 villeins with 4 bordars have 6^ ploughs. There (are) 2 serfs, and 25 acres of meadow, and wood (sufficient) for the fences {ad clau- suram). In Cicestre [Chichester] (is) I haw yielding {de) 4 pence. From the pannage I pig and a half. In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds and 10 shillings and 7 pence;* now 6 pounds. VIII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF BATTLE {LA BATAILGE) In Wandelmestrei [Alciston] Hundred'" The abbot of Saint Martin of Battle {de la batailge) holds Alsistone [Alciston] of the king. Alnod cild held it of King Edward, and then it was assessed for 50 hides, and now for 44i hides. There is land for 28 ploughs. Of these hides, 3^ hides belong to {jncent « Including Telscombe, which is on the coast. ' For similar confusion between <■/ and </ com- pare ' Dotone ' = Clapton in Northants, and ' Adem' = Acle in Essex {F.C.H. Essex, i. 395). 3 A blank. " An unusually exact valuation ; in this case the ' value ' must have been the amount actually re- ceived. 10 Wandelmestrei was subsequently divided into the Hundreds of Alciston and Longbridge. 393 50