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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS The same Ralph holds of William Den- tune [ *]. Auti held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 5 hides ; now for I hide and 3 virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs. Of this land William holds 2 hides and i virgate, Robert i hide and 1 virgate, and another knight i hide and a half. On the demesne is nothing save only (W tanturn) 2 villeins and 3 bordars, and 10 acres of meadow. The whole in the time of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) now, (was worth) 72 shillings. Robert holds of William Lancinges [Lan- cing]. Lewin held it of King Edward. Then it was assessed for 16 hides and i vir- gate. Of these Robert himself has 12 hides and I virgate, and they have paid geld for 5 hides and i virgate and a half. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2i ploughs, and (there are) 13 villeins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) i mill yielding [de) 8 shillings, and 7 saltpans yielding {de) 20 shillings and 3 pence. Of this land 2 knights hold 2 hides and half a virgate, and there they have on (their) demesne 2 ploughs, and 1 1 saltpans yielding ide) 12 shillings and 6 pence. The whole in the time of King Edward was worth 9 pounds, and afterwards 7 pounds ; now 14 pounds and 10 shillings. In the same vill Ralph holds 3^ virgates, and they are (part) of the abovesaid 1 6 hides, and have paid geld for i virgate. There is I villein and 2 bordars. (This) is worth 5 shillings. Of the self-same manor another Ralph holds 3 hides and I virgate, and they are likewise of the above 16 hides. This land of Ralph's has paid geld for 3 virgates, and does [focit) now. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with half a plough. There (are) 5 saltpans yield- ing (if ^) 12 shillings and 6 pence. (This) is and was worth 50 shillings. And moreover Ralph holds I virgate which was part of {Jacuit hi) Lancinges [Lancing] and gave geld. One villein holds and held it. It is and was worth 5 shillings. Ralph son of Tedric holds of William Cooheha(m) ^ [Cokeham]. Brismar held it 1 This name is now lost, but Mr. Round points out that it is evidently identical with Dentunninga, one of the boundary marks in a charter of King Edwig in 956 {Abingdon Chron. [Rolls Series] i. 228). = A clerical error for Cocheha(m). of Azor. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for I hide and a half. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there is) I villein and 3 bordars with half a plough, a saltpan yielding [de) 40 pence, and 2 acres of meadow. Wood- (land yielding) i pig. It is worth 15 shil- lings, and was worth (so much). William son of Bonard holds of William an outlying estate which formed part oi [umim bernvicam que jacuit in) Herst [Hurstpier- point], a manor which William de Warene holds. ^ It is called How [How Court*]. Earl Godwin held it. Then it was assessed for 6 hides ; now for 2 hides all but {minus) I virgate. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 14 villeins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 6 saltpans yielding {de) 7 shillings and 6 pence. Of this land a knight holds I hide, and there he has half a plough. The whole in the time of King Edward and afterwards was worth 4 pounds ; now 6 pounds. In IsEWERiT [East Esewrith] Hundred Robert holds of William Essingetune [Ashington]. Two alodial tenants {alodiarii) held it of Earl Godwin. Then it was assessed for 2^ hides ; now for nothing. It was part of {jacuit in) Wasingetune [Washington]. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- mesne is I (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 bordars with I plough and a half. It is worth and always was worth 30 shillings. Ralph ' holds of William 3 hides belonging to {in) Cilletune [West Chiltington], which is in the rape of Earl Roger. They have not paid geld. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 18 villeins and 6 bordars with 3* ploughs. There (are) 6 acres of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 30 swine. In the time of King Edward and after- wards, as {et) now, (this) was worth 60 shillings. Morin holds of William Taceha(ivi) [Thakeham]. Brixi held it of King Edward. ' See p. 441. that this detached portion of Earl Godwin's manor ' is called How,' while a detached portion of another of his manors became ' the manor which is called Hou ' in Hastings rape. 6 Ralph de Caisned gave land in 'Cylentona' to Lewes Priory. 57 44Q
 * A manor in Lancing. It is rather curious