A HISTORY OF SUSSEX abbot's demesne (is worth) 50 pounds, and {vera) (that) of the men 44 shillings. In Staninges [Steyning] Hundred The abbot himself holds Staninges [Steyn- ing]. Harold [Heraldits) held it at the end (of the reign) of King Edward {in fine regis E.)^ and then it was assessed at 81 hides, and (there were) moreover in addition [insuper ad- huc) 18 hides and 7 acres outside (yor/'i) the rape which have never paid geld.^ Now (there are) 67 hides. In the rape of Harundel [Arundel] are 33^ hides, and the others (are) in the rape of William de Braiose, and yet the abbot holds (them) all now. The land of the whole manor (is sufficient for) 41 ploughs. On the demesne are 7 ploughs, and 178 villeins with 63 bordars have 48 ploughs. There (are) 2 churches,' 9 serfs and 4 mills yielding [de) 47 shillings and 68 swine in addition {insuper).*' There (are) 113 acres of meadow. Wood(land yielding) 45 swine from the pannage. In the borough there were 118 burgages {masure) (which) used to return 4 pounds and 2 shillings. Now there are 123 burgages {masure), and they return 100 shillings and 100 pence, and (the burgesses) have i^ ploughs. In the time of King Edward (the burgesses) used to do villein service at the court {ad curiam operabantur sicut villani). In the time of King Edward it was worth 86 pounds, and afterwards 50 pounds. Now (it is worth) 100 pounds, and yet it is at farm for 122 pounds all but {minus) 2 shillings. In Berie [Bury] Hundred The abbot himself holds of the king Berie [Bury].° Countess Goda held it of King Edward, and then it was assessed for 16 hides. Now for 12 hides. There is land for 16 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 48 villeins with 22 cottars have 18 ploughs. There (is) a church, and 30 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 40 swine, and I fishery. 1 The manor of Steyning had been given to the abbey by King Edward, but Harold deprived them of it. ^ This must refer to the 1 8 hides and 3 virgates which formed William de Braiose's manor of Stan- inges (see note 3, p. 445). 3 The second church was probably Warming- hurst.
- The only case of a swine rent for mills in
Sussex. s Given to the abbey by King William in ex- change for tenements in Hastings {Cal. of Doits. France, 38). In the time of King Edward, and after- wards, it was worth 12 pounds, now 24 pounds. VI. THE LAND OF BISHOP OSBERN Bishop Osbern holds of the king the church of BosEHAM [Bosham], and held it of King Edward. To this church used to belong {pertinebant) 112 hides; now 47 (hides) are outside {/oris) (the manor, and of these) Hugh son of Rannulph holds 30 hides,* and Ralph de Quesnay {caisned) 1 7 hides.^ When Osbern received it the church was assessed for 65 hides, and now likewise. There is land .^ On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 21 villeins with 18 bordars have 8 ploughs. There (are) 3 mills yielding {de) 14 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow, and i saltpan yielding {de) 2 shillings, and I haw yielding {de) 8 pence. Mauger {Malgerus) holds of the land of this church 12 hides 3.s{pro) one manor; it is called Tornei [Thorney] and pays geld for 8 hides. There he has 32 villeins with 8 ploughs. Of the same land of the church Ralph holds I hide, a certain clerk I hide, and 4 clerks i hide in common {communiter). These men {ipsi) have 3 ploughs on (their) demesne, fo. 17b and 3 villeins and 10 bordars who have I plough and a half; there (is) a church and a priest, and 2 serfs, and i haw yielding {de) 8 pence. The whole (manor) in the time of King Edward was worth 300 pounds, and after- wards 50 pounds. Now what the bishop holds (is worth) 16 pounds and 10 shillings, and yet he has 20 shillings more from the farm (de firma) {there- of). What Mauger {Malgerus) holds is worth 6 pounds, and yet he has 50 shillings more. What the others hold is worth 4 pounds and 15 shillings. (The) clerks hold the tithe * of the church, and it is worth 40 shillings. In the time of King Edward there used to belong {pertinebat) to this manor i hide in Icenore [Itchenor].*" Now Warin, Earl Roger's man, holds it. « At Plumpton (see note lo, p. 441). ' At Saddlescombe (see note 5, p. 440). 8 A blank. » The only mention, by name, of tithes in Sussex, but sec note 4, p. 421. 10 See note I, p. 427. 392
