The Land of the Count of Eu
Hastings Rape
In NINFIELD Hundred
The Count of Eu holds the manor called HOOE in lordship. Earl Godwin held it.
Before 1066 and now it answered for 12 hides. Land for 44 ploughs. In lordship 2
ploughs. 44 villagers with 12 smallholders have 28 ploughs. A small church; 1
mill at 7s; meadow, 71 acres; 30 salt-houses at 33s; woodland, 10 pigs from
pasturage; from grazing, 7 pigs. Reinbert the sheriff holds 1/2 hide of the
villagersland of this manor; Robert 2 1/2 virgates; Osbern 2 virgates; Alfred 2
virgates; Gerald 2 virgates; Ingelrann of Eu 2 virgates; Withbert 4 1/2
virgates; Werelc 2 virgates; another Robert 2 virgates. Between them they have 3
1/2 ploughs in lordship; and 12 villagers and 3 smallholders with 7 ploughs.
Value of the whole manor before 1066 £25; later £6; now the Count's lordship
£14; his men-at-arms£7 7s.
Werenc holds CATSFIELD from the Count. Alfhelm held it from King Edward. He
could go where he would with the land. Then it answered for 1 1/2 hides; now for
1 hide and 1 virgate. Land for 7 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough. 11 villagers
with 2 smallholders have 8 ploughs. A small church; 1 mill which serves the
hall; meadow, 4 acres; woodland, 3 pigs; grazing, 5 pigs. Value before 1066 50s;
later 20s; now 60s.
Wibert holds MEDEHEI from the Count. Osward of Norton held it from King Edward;
he could go where he would with the land. Then and now it answered for 3
virgates. Land for 4 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough. 4 villagers with 4 ploughs.
5 salt-houses at 64d; meadow, 2 1/2 acres; woodland, 3 pigs from pasturage.
Value before 1066 £4; later 20s; now 110s.
Robert the cook holds NINFIELD from the Count. Blaec held it from King Edward;
he could go where he would with the land. Then it answered for 3 hides; now for
2 1/2 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. Robert has 1 plough in lordship; and a church
and 1 smallholder. The Count of Eu holds 5 virgates of the land of this manor
himself, in lordship; Osbern 3 virgates; Werenc 2 virgates; Reinbert the sheriff
7 virgates. They have 2 ploughs in lordship. 8 villagers and 2 smallholders have
6 ploughs. The said Robert the cook holds the head of the manor. He holds only 2
virgates; a villager holds the others. Value of the whole manor before 1066 £6;
later 20s; now 105s.
In FOXEARLE Hundred
Wibert holds HERSTMONCEUX from the Count. Edmer the priest held it before 1066;
he could go where he would with the land. Then and now it answered for 5 hides.
Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3 ploughs. 30 villagers with 12 cottagers have
16 ploughs. A church; meadow, 7 acres; woodland, 2 pigs. Value before 1066 £6;
later 20s; now £10.
William holds WARTLING from the Count. Alnoth the noble held it from King
Edward; he could go where he would with the land. Then and now it answered for 5
hides. Land for 16 ploughs. In lordship 2 ploughs. 30 villagers with 10
cottagers have 18 ploughs. 3 salt-houses at 7s; woodland, 30 pigs; meadow, 30
acres. Gerard holds 1 hide of this manor's land; Ralph 1 hide; Wenenc the priest
2 virgates. 12 villagers with 4 cottagers with 9 ploughs. Meadow, 8 acres. Value
of the whole manor before 1066 and later £10; now, what William holds £10; what
the men-at-arms hold £4.
Robert of Criel holds ASHBURNHAM from the Count. Siward held it from King
Edward. Then and now it answered for 2 1/2 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. In
lordship 1. 21 villagers with 3 cottagers have 14 ploughs. A church; 3
salt-houses at 58d. Value before 1066 £6; later 20s; now £9.
The Count of Eu holds FRANKWELL, and 6 men-at-arms from him. One of them,
Northmann of Mereworth, held it before 1066. Then and now it answered for 1 1/2
hides. Land for 2 ploughs. Northmann also has 1/2 hide of this land; Ralph 2
virgates; Hugh 2 virgates; Osbern 2 virgates; Wenenc 1 virgate; Gerard 1
virgate. In lordship 1 plough. 8 villagers and 1 cottager with 4 ploughs. In the
manor, meadow, 12 acres; woodland, 2 pigs. Value of the whole manor before 1066
40s; later 10s; now 46s.
Ingelrann of Eu holds 1 hide from the Count in the same Hundred. Before 1066 2
free men held it; they could go where they would with the land. Then and now it
answered for 1 hide. Land for 4 ploughs. In lordship 1. 6 villagers with 4
cottagers have 4 ploughs. Value before 1066, 30s; later 20s; now 30s.
Olaf holds 1 virgate from the Count in this Hundred. Hernetoc held it before
1066; he could go wherever he would. Then and now it answered for 1 virgate.
Land for 1 plough. It is there, in lordship, with 1 villager and 2 cottagers.
The value is and was 10s.
In BEXHILL Hundred
Osbern son of Geoffrey holds BEXHILL from the Count. Before 1066 Bishop Alric
held it because it is the Bishopric's; he held it later until King William gave
the castlery of Hastings to the Count. Before 1066 and now it answered for 20
hides. Land for 26 ploughs. The Count holds 3 hides of the land of this manor
himself in lordship. He has 1 plough; 7 villagers with 4 ploughs. Osbern son of
Geoffrey has 10 hides of this land; Wenenc 1 hide; William of Sept-Meules 2 1/2
hides less 1/2 virgate; Robert St Léger 1 hide and 1/2 virgate; Reinbert the
sheriff 1/2 hide; Ansketil of Rieux 1/2 hide; Robert of Criel 1/2 hide; the
clerics Geoffrey and Roger 1 hide in prebend; 2 churches. In lordship 4 ploughs;
46 villagers and 27 cottagers with 29 ploughs. In the whole manor, meadow, 6
acres. Value of the whole manor before 1066 £20; later it was waste; now £18
10s; the Count's part takes 40s thereof.
Osbern son of Geoffrey holds 2 virgates of land from the Count in this Hundred.
It always answered for 2 virgates. He has 5 oxen in a plough. The value was 8s;
now 16s.
Leofnoth held BULLINGTON from King Edward. Then and now it answered for 5 hides.
Land for 5 ploughs. The Count holds 3 virgates of this land in lordship. He has
20 burgesses in Hastings; 5 cottagers with 2 ploughs. Abbey of Le Tréport holds
3 hides less 2 virgates. It answers for as much. In lordship 1 plough. 13
villagers with 13 cottagers have 5 ploughs. Meadow, 20 acres. Value of the whole
manor before 1066 £6; later 50s; now the Count has 43s; the monks £4.
In BALDSLOW Hundred
King Edward held FILSHAM in lordship. There are 15 hides there, which do not and
did not pay tax. Land for 30 ploughs. The Count holds 8 hides and 1 virgate of
this land himself. He has 2 ploughs.
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