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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Of the same land Hugh holds i hide, Ralph half a hide.* The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 20 pounds, and afterwards 10 pounds ; now 10 pounds. The same Ralph holds of William Alin- TUNE [Allington -]. Ulward held it of King Edward. Then, as {rt) now, it was assessed for 6 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. There are 8 villeins and 3 bordars with 2i ploughs. In Lewes (is) i haw yielding (de) 6 pence. Of this land Warner holds i hide, Os- mund I hide. The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 4 pounds and 2 shillings, and afterwards 62 shillings ; now 50 shillings. In the same vill Hugh holds of William 2 hides. Edith {Eddeva) held them in the time of King Edward, and could betake herself (r^) whither she pleased. Then, as {et) now, they were assessed for 2 hides. There is land for I plough. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 3 villeins and 2 bordars with I plough. In Lewes (are) 4 haws yielding 4 shillings. It is and was worth 20 shillings. In the same place Nigel holds half a vir- gate, and for so much it pays geld. There a certain villein has half a plough. It is and was worth 10 shillings. In Falemere [Youngsmere] Hundred Gozelin holds of William i hide in Mol- STAN [Moulstone ^]. Azor held it of King Edward as of {ad) the manor of Hoingesdene [Ovingdean]. It has not paid geld. On the demesne is i plough. It is and was worth 20 shillings. In Wingeha(m) [Windham] Hundred Scolland* holds of William Benefelle [Benefield in Twineham]. Turgod held it of Cola, and Cola of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 2 hides ; now for nothing. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 2 ploughs, and 5 villeins with 8 bordars have 2 ploughs. In the time of King Edward it was worth 60 shillings, and afterwards likewise ; now 6 pounds. > These are probably Ralph de Caisned's sons. 2 In the parish of St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes. 8 In Falmer, east of Stanmer Park ; occurs in 760 as Mulestana (Birch, Cart. Sax. i. 380). Ex inform. W. Renshaw, K. C. Alfred * holds of William I hide in Bene- felle [Benefield] and I virgate, and for so much it was assessed in the time of King Edward ; now for nothing. Lewin held it in parage. There is land for i plough, and there (the plough) is on the demesne, and (there are) 4 villeins with half a plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow and wood- (land) yielding {de) 3 swine. In the time of King Edward and after- wards (this) was worth lo shillings ; now 40 shillings. In Soaneberge [Swanborough] Hundred William son of Reinald holds of William Acescome [Ashcombe^]. Cola held it in the time of King Edward. Then, as {ct) now, it was assessed for 2 hides. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 5 villeins with 3 ploughs. The villeins themselves are in the rape of the Count of Mortain, but they have always been outside the rape." In the time of King Edward and after- wards, as {et) now, it was worth 26 shillings. XIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM DE BRAIOSE In Burbece [Burbeach] Hundred William de Braiose holds Beddinges [Beeding]. King Edward held it as part of (the sources of) his ferm {in firmam mam). Then it was assessed for 32 hides. It has not paid geld. Of these hides William deWarene has 10 hides in his rape.' William de Braiose holds the others. There is land for 28 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, and (there are) 62 villeins and 48 bordars with 24 ploughs. There (are) 2 churches,^ and 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 70 swine, and 20 swine from the gafol-rcnt {de gablo), and 2 sestiers of honey. of the hall which Scolland gave and the tithe of Alfred the earl's foster-father ' {nutricius). 6 In the parish of Westout, Lewes. « A very puzzling and obscure phrase. ' Of this, 7 hides 1 virgate were in Aldrington (seep. 439), and in Street Hundred were 3 virgates (seep. 442) ; I am inclined to think that the latter should be 3 hides — which would account for the 10 hides belonging to the manor — especially as the Street estate is said to have 5 ploughlands, which would be a very large allowance for 3 virgates. " One of these was probably the church, or chapel, de Veteri Ponte on the old bridge between Bramber and Beeding ; the other being the church of Beeding.
 * In Twineham Lewes Priory held ' the tithe