THE HUNDRED OF BIRCHOLT BARONY
LIES the next northward from that last-described,
being stiled in antient records the neutral hundred of
Bircholt Barony, from its having been exempt from
the jurisdiction of any lath whatever; and it had the
addition of barson, as well to distinguish it from the
last-described hundred, within the archbishop's franchise, as from its having been part of the lands which
were held by barony of Dover castle, and made up the
barony called the Constabularie, in the tenure of the
constable of it. The name of it is variously spelt in
Domesday, as Berisolt, Berisout, Belice, Briseode, and
Bilissold.
THIS HUNDRED CONTAINS WITHIN ITS BOUNDS THE
PARISHES OF
1. BIRCHOLT, and part of
2. BRABORNE, and
3. HASTINGLEIGH,
And the churches of those parishes. One constable has jurisdistion over it.