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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX in) the rape of Hastinges/ and 2 hides to the rape of Lewes,^ as do {et) J burgesses. On the demesne the abbot has 4 ploughs, and 65 villeins with 7 bordars have 21^ ploughs. There (are) 12 serfs, and 50 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 4 swine from the pannage, and 6 swine from the pas- turage [herbaglo). Of the above-mentioned 5 hides' Robert holds I hide and 3 virgates of the abbot, Reinbert 5 virgates, Geoffrey half a hide, Alvred 3 virgates. They {ipsi) have on (their) demesne 4 ploughs and 5 villeins and I bor- dar with i ploughs. The whole manor in the time of King Edward was worth 48 pounds, and afterwards 30 pounds. Now what the abbot holds (is worth) 36 pounds ; what his men (have) 4 pounds and 5 shillings. In Totenore [Totnore] Hundred The abbot himself holds of the king 4 hides. Alnod cild held them of King Edward and then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 4 hides. There the abbot has 6 villeins with 3 ploughs. (This) is appraised in another manor. (In the Liberty of Battle*) The abbot himself has in his own rape " 6i hides.^ This land was assessed for 6 hides, and (the other) half (hide) was geld-free [quieta) because (it was) outside {/oris) the rape.' Of {in) these hides the same abbot holds in demesne Bocheha(m) [Buckhurst in West- field]. Olbolt held it of Earl Godwin. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for half a hide ; now I virgate is in the rape of the Count of Eu {Otv).^ On the demesne the abbot has i 1 A charter of Henry I. (Harl. Ch. 43 C. 1 2) mentions 7 hides as separated from the 50 hides which belonged to Alciston, and says that they lay at Ovingedene (see note lo, p. 437), Codingele (Coding in Hooe), Betelesford (Batsford in War- bleton), Wivenham (? Witherenden near Burwash, see note l, p. 402), Danigawurde, Scoweswelle (Shoyswell, see note 3, p. 403), Baresselle (Borzell, see note 2, p. 402), Wertesce, Brebreseboc and Seuredesvvelle (? Sores Wood in Etchingham, see note 7, p. 404). ^ These 2 hides, and the 7 burgages, were at Ovingdene (see last note and note 10, p. 437). 3 This must be a misreading for 50. 6 See Introduction, p. 375. " According to the Battle Abbey Chronicle, 6 hides and half a virgate. See Introduction, p. 359. ' Foris rapum (see Introduction, p. 361). 8 The Abbey Chronicle states that i virgate of plough, and (there are) 4 bordars with i plough. There (are) 3 acres of meadow, and wood (land yielding) 2 swine. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was worth 20 shillings. In Bece [Beech in Whatlington] which Osbern (holds) of the Count of Eu the abbot has 3 virgates of land, and there are 3 vil- leins with I plough. (This) is worth 6 shillings. In Wasingate [ ^] which Rein- bert holds the abbot has I virgate of land with I villein and half a plough. There (is) wood(land yielding) 2 swine. (This) is worth 4 shillings. In Wilminte [Wilmington] " which the Count of Mortain holds the abbot has 6 vir- gates of land, and there are 6 villeins with 4 ploughs ; and wood(land yielding) 2 swine. (This) is worth 15 shillings. In NiREFELD [Netherfield] which the Count of Eu holds the abbot has 6 virgates of land, and there are 5 villeins and I bordar with 3 ploughs. (This) is worth 10 shil- lings. In Penehest [Penhurst]" which Osbern holds of the Count of Eu the abbot has half a hide, and there are 2 villeins with 2 ploughs, and I acre of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 2 swine. (This) is worth 15 shillings. In the manor of Hou [Hooe] which the Count of Eu holds the abbot has half a hide, and there are 2 villeins with 1 plough. (This) is worth 5 shillings. this land is now outside the ' Leuga,' and belongs to Crovvhurst, having been exchanged with Walter Fitz-Lambcrt for a wood — possibly the wood men- tioned at the end of the survey of the ' Leuga * as being outside the rape. " Identified by the Abbey Chronicle with Bodherstgate, or Bathurst in Battle ; the Chronicle also asserts that the abbey has only half a virgate there. 10 Here again the Chronicle asserts that the amount held by the abbey is 5 virgates and not 6. This land was part of the nameless manor in Hallesaltede Hundred held by Hugh (see note I, p. 399), and had formerly belonged to the manor of VVilmington. >i This manor is not mentioned In the Count of Eu's rape ; it may possibly have gone with Bex- hill, where Osbern held 10 hides (see note i, p. 397; but see note 2, p. 399). 394
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