[4] East Lavant (Loventone) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Singleton as having 26 households: 15 villagers and 11 smallholders; with ploughing land, meadows and a mill, it had a value to the lord of the manor, Ralph, Archbishop of Canterbury, of £18.

In 1628, an ecclesiastical case is preserved that relates to a game of cricket being played at East Lavant on a Sunday.

Two defendants, Edward Taylor and William Greentree, were charged with playing cricket at the time of evening service.

It was believed to be haunted by a lady in white who appears in a front upper floor bedroom.

Thus, a fine picture of the pig and the farmer appeared in the paper, with the landlord, James Pafford and his family standing proudly behind the bar.