SUSSEX
List 1
List of landholders in Sussex
- King William
- The Archbishop of Canterbury
- The Bishop of Chichester
- The Abbot of Westminster
- The Abbot of Fécamp
- Bishop Osbern of Exeter
- Winchester Abbey
- Battle Abbey
8a St Edward's Abbey
9 The Count of Eu
10 The Count of Mortain
11 Earl Roger
12 William of Warenne
13 William of Braose
14 Odo of Winchester
15 Aldred brother of Odo
The Land of the King
In BOSHAM Hundred
King William holds BOSHAM in lordship. Earl Godwin held it. There were then 56
1/2 hides; it paid tax for 38 hides; now the same. Land for *** ploughs. In
lordship 6 ploughs. 39 villagers with 50 smallholders have 19 ploughs. A church;
17 slaves; 8 mills at £4 less 30d; 2 fisheries at 8s 10d; woodland at 6 pigs. 11
sites in Chichester belong to this manor; they paid 7s 4d before 1066. Now the
Bishop of Chichester has 10 of them from the King, and 1 is now in the manor.
Value of the whole manor before 1066 and later £40; now the same, £40. However,
it pays £50 assayed and weighed, valued at £65. Engelhere has 2 hides of this
manor from the King. He has 1 plough and 1 smallholder.
In ROTHERFIELD Hundred
King William holds ROTHERFIELD in lordship, from the Holding of the Bishop of
Bayeux. Earl Godwin held it. Then and now it answered for 3 hides. Land for 26
ploughs. In lordship 4 ploughs. 14 villagers with 6 smallholders have 14
ploughs, 4 slaves; woodland at 80 pigs from pasturage; a park. Value before 1066
£16; later £14; now £12; however, it pays £30.
The Land of the Archbishop of Canterbury
In MALLING Hundred
Archbishop Lanfranc holds the manor of South MALLING. It is in the Rape of
Pevensey. Before 1066 it answered for 80 hides, but now the Archbishop has only
75 hides, because the Count of Mortain has 5 hides outside the Hundred. In the
whole manor, land for 50 ploughs. In lordship 5 ploughs. 219 villagers with 35
smallholders have 73 ploughs and 43 crofts. 5 mills at £4 10s and 2000 eels;
meadow, 200 acres less 5; woodland, 300 pigs from pasturage; from grazing, 38s
6d; grazing, 355 pigs. Value before 1066 £40; when acquired £30; now £70.
Godfrey of Malling held this manor at revenue for £90.
Ralph Baynard holds 5 hides of this manor South MALLING from the Archbishop. He
has 2 ploughs in lordship. 14 villagers with 2 smallholders have 2 ploughs.
Meadow, 35 acres; from grazing, 3 pigs. Value £8.
William son of Boselin holds 2 hides of this manor South MALLING from the
Archbishop. He has 1 plough in lordship. 11 villagers with 2 smallholders have 3
ploughs. 2 mills at 10s; from grazing, 2 pigs; from the woodland, 20 pigs from
pasturage. Value 60s.
Godfrey holds 1 hide of this manor South MALLING from the Archbishop. He has 2
ploughs in lordship. 2 villagers with 3 smallholders. 1 mill at 5s; woodland, 1
pig from pasturage. Value 50s.
Walter of Ricarville holds 2 parts of 1/2 hide of this manor South MALLING from
the Archbishop. He has 2 ploughs in lordship. 1 villager and 1 smallholder with
1 plough. Meadow, 3 acres; woodland, 3 pigs from pasturage; 1 pig from grazing.
Value 40s.
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