If 20 acres were identical with two-thirds of a virgate, there must, in a whole virgate, have been 30 acres; and if a virgate, _plus_ 10 acres, was equivalent to half a hide minus 20 acres, we have again a virgate of thirty, and a hide of 120 acres. But the conclusion I uphold will be found to rest on no isolated facts. It is based on a careful analysis of the _Inquisitio_ throughout. Here are some striking examples: fo. 92 (_b_) 1. 'Belesham pro x. hidis se defendit.' _H._ _V._ _A._ Abbot of Ely 9 0 0 Hardwin 80 'Almar' 40 -- -- -- 10 0 0 fo. 99 (_b_) 1: 'tenet hardeuuinus de scal' vi. hidas et i. virgam et vii. acras de rege.' _H._ _V._ _A._ Ely Abbey 2-1/2 0 9 \ 7 Sokemen 1-1/2 0 6 } 3 Sokemen 1/2 0 0 } T.R.E. 'Alsi' 1/2 0 0 } 2 Sokemen 1 7 } 5 Sokemen 3-1/2 0 / ----- ----- ---- 6 1 7 fo. 79 (a) 2: 'Suafham pro x. hidis se defendit.' _H._ _V._ _ A._ Hugh de Bolebec 7-1/2 0 10 Geoffrey 1 3 0 Aubrey de Ver 1/2 0 20 ----- -- -- 10 0 0 fo. 90 (_a_) 'choeie et stoua pro x. hidis se defenderunt.' _H._ _V._ _A._ Odo 1 0 0 Reginald 1/2 0 20[76] Picot (1) 3 3 0 Picot (2) 4-1/2 0 10 ----- -- ----- 10 0 0 fo. 96 (_a_) 2: 'Pampeswrda pro v. hidis et xxii. acris se defendit.' _H._ _V._ _A._ Abbot of Ely 2 3-1/2 0 Two Knights 1 0 22 Ralf 'de scannis' 3 0 Hardwin 10 Picot 5 Hardwin 1/2[77] 0 A priest 1/2 0 ----- ----- ----- 5 0 22 fo. 107 (_a_) 2: 'Barentona pro x. hidis se defendit.' _H._ _V._ _A._