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A HISTORY OF SUSSEX the time of King Edward, and then as {et) assessed for 4 hides. There is land for 2 now, they were assessed for 2 hides. There ploughs. On the demesne is I with I villein he has i plough with 2 bordars. (This) is and 2 bordars and 2 serfs. There is a chapel and was worth, then as now {semper), 20 {ecclciwla) and wood(land) 3'ielding {de) 4 swine. In the time of King Edward it was worth 20 shillings, and afterwards, and now, 30 shillings. shillings. (In Whalesbone Hundred) Ralph' holds of William Bristelmestune [Brighton]. Brictric held it by grant {de dono) of Earl Godwin. In the time of King Edward, as {ct) now, it was assessed for 5^ hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is half a plough, and (there are) 18 villeins and 9 bordars with 3 ploughs and 1 serf. From gafol-rents {de gahld) 4,000 herrings. In the time of King Edward it was worth 8 pounds and 12 shillings, and afterwards 100 shillings ; now 12 pounds. Eustace* holds of William i hide in Falemere Hundred [Youngsmere]. One villein of Falemere [Falmer] held it. It is assessed for i hide. It is worth 6 shillings. Walter holds of William Bevedene [Bev- endean]. Azor held it of King (Edward). Then, as(rf) now, it was assessed for 4 hides. There is i virgate in addition {insuper) which does not pay geld, because it is outside {/oris) the rape.^ There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 2 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. In Lewes (are) 2 haws yielding {de) 18 pence. In the time of King Edward it was worth 100 siiillings, and afterwards 4 pounds; now 6 pounds. Villeins of Chemele [? Keymer] ' held this land. In the same vill Widard holds of William 6 hides and i virgate, and for so much they are assessed. Three alodial tenants {aloarii) held them of King Edward, and could betake themselves {ire) whither they would. One of them had a hall {au/am), and villeins held the shares of the other two. There is land for 5 ploughs, and it is (all) in one manor. On the demesne (is) i plough and a half, and (there are) 14 villeins and 21 bordars with 3^ ploughs. There (are) 7 acres of meadow, and wood(land yielding) 3 swine. In Lewes (are) 4 haws. In the time of King Edward (this) was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; P'^^S"^' ^"'^ there (the half plough) is on the now 12 pounds. demesne, with 6 bordars, and i acre and a half of meadow. In Lewes * (are) 3 haws and the third part of i haw yielding ((Ye) 18 pence. In the time of King Edward and afterwards it was worth 10 shillings ; now 20 shillines. In Suaneberge [Swanborough] Hundred Eldeid holds of William Wintreburne [Winterbourne] ;^ there is I hide, and for so much it is assessed. Edith {Eddeva) held it of King Edward. There is land for half a In the same place William de Watevile holds Bristelmetune [Brighton] of William. Ulward held it of King Edward. Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 5^ hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 13 villeins and 11 bordars with i plough. There (is) a church. In the time of King Edward it was worth 10 pounds, and afterwards 8 pounds ; now 12 pounds. (In Youngsmere Hundred) Goze^ holds of William Burgemere [Bal- mer]. Villeins who belonged lo {jacuerunt in) Falemere [Falmer] held it in the time of King Edward.^ Tiien, as {et) now, it was ^ Ralph de Caisncd (Cheyney), who gave the church of Brighton to Lewes Priory. 2 William de Warcnne II. contirmcd to Lewes Priory ' 2 hides at IJorgemere which Goze my foster-father (nutricius) held.' 3 See Introd. p. 368. < William de Warrenne gave to Lewes Priory I hide in Burgemere which Eustace held. "5 This may refer to the i virgates of this manor at Standen in East Grinstead (see p. 419), though from the wording the virgate would appear to be still part of the manor. " Keymer is called Chemere and was one of Azor's manors, and although it is some distance from Bevendean, there lies between the two a farm called Standean, which was also the name of the detached portion of the manor of Bevendean (see last note). ' See Introd. p. 368. 8 Close to Lewes. It had probably been separ- ated oft" from the queen's manor of Iford. ยป Winterbourne appears to have been absorbed into the manor of Houndean, of which manor is held certain land on School Hill, in the parish of All Saints, Lewes. 438

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