A HISTORY OF SUSSEX II. THE LAND OF THE ARCHBISHOP In Mellinges [Loxfield] Hundred Archbishop Lanfranc holds the manor of Mellinges [South Mailing]/ and it is in the rape of Peneuesel [Pevensey] ; and in the time of King Edward it was assessed for 8o hides, but now the archbishop has only 75 hides, because the Count of Mortain has 5 hides outside {extra) the hundred.^ The land of the whole manor (is sufficient) for 50 ploughs. On the demesne are 5 ploughs, and 219 villeins with 35 bordars have 73 ploughs and 43 crofts. There are 5 mills yielding [de] 4 pounds and 10 shillings and 2,000 eels. There (are) 195 acres (200 acre 5 minus) of meadow, and wood- (land) (yielding) 300 swine from the pannage. From the pasturage {de herbagio) (come) 38 shillings and 6 pence and 355 swine for pas- turage {herbagt6^. In the time of King Edward it was worth 40 pounds ; when received, 30 pounds ; now, 70 pounds. God- frey held this manor to farm at {^ro) 90 pounds. Of this manor Bainiard holds of the arch- bishop 5 hides, and there he has on (his) demesne 2 ploughs, and 14 villeins with 2 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (are) 35 acres of meadow, and from the pasturage {herbagio) (come) 3 swine. (This) is worth 8 pounds. Of the same manor the son of Boselin ^ holds of the archbishop 2 hides, and there he has on (his) demesne I plough, and 1 1 villeins with 2 bordars have 3 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills yielding {de) 10 shillings, and from the pasturage {herbagio) (come) 2 swine, and from the wood(land) 20 swine from the pannage. (This) is worth 60 shillings. Of the self-same manor Godfrey holds i hide of the archbishop, and there he has 2 ploughs on (his) demesne, and (there are) 2 villeins with 3 bordars, and a mill yielding {de) 5 shillings. Wood(land) (yielding) i pig from the pannage. (This) is worth 50 shil- lings. Of the same manor Walter holds of the archbishop two-thirds {2 partes) of half abide, and there he has 2 ploughs on (his) demesne, and (there are) I villein and i bordar with i plough, and 3 acres of meadow, and wood- (land yielding) 3 swine from the pannage, and I pig (comes) from the pasturage {herbagio). (This) is worth 40 shillings. » The manor and hundred extended from Lewes to Wadhurst on the border of Kent. ^ Possibly in Framclle Hundred (see note 3, p. 415). ^ Probably William son of Boselin de Dives. fo. i6b Of the selfsame manor moreover the canons of Saint Michael * hold 4 hides, and there is on (their) demesne I plough, and 4 villeins with 16 bordars have 2 ploughs, and (this) is worth 3 pounds. William de Cahainges holds I virgate of this manor, and it is at {ad) Alsihorne [Al- chorne ^J. In Estreu [Street] Hundred The archbishop himself holds Odintune [Wooton], (which is) appropriated to the clothing of the monks® {de vestitu monachorum). In the time of King Edward it was ^sessed for 6 hides, and now for 4^ hides, because the rest {aliud) is in the rape of the Count of Mortain.'^ There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 10 villeins with 4 bordars have 3 ploughs. There (is) a mill yielding {de) 39 pence, and 22 acres of meadow, and wood(land) yielding {de) 2 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. Formerly it returned 6 pounds, but (that) could not be long continued {perdurare). In Falemere Hundred* The canons of Mellinges [South Mailing] hold of the archbishop Sta(n)mere [Stanmer]. In the time of King Edward, as {et) now, it was assessed for 20 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs, and 49 villeins with 10 bordars have 26 ploughs. Wood(land) yielding {de) 6 swine. In the time of King Edward, and afterwards, as {et) now, it was worth 15 pounds. To this manor belong {adjacent) 7 haws in Lewes [Lewes] which return 21 pence yearly. The archbishop himself has in Lewes [Lewes] 21 haws, returning 8 shillings and 8 pence yearly, and they are appurtenant to Mellinges [South Mailing] manor.^ In Pageha(m) [Aldwick] Hundred The archbishop himself holds Pageham [Pagham] in demesne. In the time of King Edward it was assessed for 50 hides, and now for 34. There is land for 30 ploughs. On
- The collegiate church of South Mailing.
6 A manor in Buxted and Rotherfield. 8 Monks of Christ Church, Canterbury. ' Accounted for under Bcrchelie in East Grin- stead Hundred (see note l, p. 419). •* Stanmer now forms a detached portion of Ringmer Hundred ; the rest of the Domesday Hundred of Falemere is now Youngsmere. ° Part of Lewes is still in South Mailing.
