Exceat in the Domesday Book

A village in Willingdon hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hemming of Branston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (4 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (3 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Doda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Ricarville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)