Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth CenturiesRound, John Horace
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Round, John Horace
Domesday book; Feudalism -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154; Normans -- Great Britain
All the above, it will be seen, are multiples of the six-carucate
unit. That the aggregate of recorded 'carucatæ terræ' appears to
differ, though slightly, from the totals here given only shows how
vain is the argument that, because the recorded aggregates of Hundreds
may often be uneven figures, there could therefore have been no
system at work such as I contend there was. Clerical error and special
alterations have both to be allowed for.
It has never, so far as I know, been pointed out that these Lindsey
Trithings were so arranged as to contain an approximately equal number
of 'Hundreds'. So far as it is possible now to reckon them, the South
Trithing contained 51-1/2, the North Trithing 51-1/2, and the West
Trithing 49-1/2. Fifty 'Hundreds' would represent 600 _carucatæ_; and
it is, to say the least, a singular coincidence that, in the archaic
territorial list that has hitherto baffled investigation, the North
Gyrwa, South Gyrwa, and Spalda are reckoned each at 600 hides.[145]
I shall now give some instances of Lindsey townships assessed on the
basis of the six-carucate unit:
_Car._ _Bov._
Willoughton 3 5-1/2
" 2 2-1/2
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6 0
Faldingworth 2 4
" 1 0
" 2 4
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6 0
Reepham 0 4
" 0 6
" 4 6
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6 0
Thoresway 0 2
" 5 6
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6 0
Benniworth 2 4
" 3 4
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6 0
Thorganby 1 7
" 0 5
" 1 6
" 0 6
" 1 0
-------------
6 0
Beelsby 4 4
" 1 0
" 0 4
-------------
6 0
Riby 1 4
" 4 4
-------------
6 0
Rigsby 3 6
" 2 2
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6 0
South Kelsey 4 4
Thornton le Moor 1 4
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6 0
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