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
Burton 12
Grenzmore (4+2) 6
Arpen (4+8) 12
Chillon (30+11+7) 48
Roreston (9+3) 12
Logetorp (1-1/2+5-1/2) 7 }
Thirnon 7 }
Ascheltorp (4+2) 6 } 36
Torp 3 }
Cherendebi 13 }
Caretorp (5+4+3) 12
Rodestain (8+8+8) 24
Twenc 17-1/4
Suauetorp 9
Fornetorp (4+14) 18
Butruid 12
Langetou (9+6) 15 }
Buitorp 5 }
Bruneton 3 } 42
Galmeton 8 }
Binneton 6 }
Widlaueston 5
The evidence of this last Hundred is so overwhelming that it cannot be
gainsaid.[169]
I claim, therefore, that my theory holds good even in Canon Taylor's
stronghold, but I do so without venturing to dispute the accuracy of
his own. How far they can be reconciled I leave to others to decide.
There are certain difficulties, however, which his brilliant
suggestion must raise. It is the essence of his theory that in a
two-field Manor the ploughland of 160 acres (half fallow) was
assessed at _one_ 'carucata terræ', while in the three-field Manor the
ploughland of 180 acres (a third fallow) was assessed at _two_. This
would be an obvious and gross injustice. Again, remembering that,
according to the Canon, the proportion of 'carucatæ' to ploughlands
should be either 2 to 1 or 1 to 1, what are we to make of such figures
as these, taken at a venture from a page of the Leicestershire Survey
(232_a_, 1):
_Carucatæ_ _Ploughlands_ _Carucata_ _Ploughlands_
1 2 12 8
1 1/2 11-1/8 7
2 1 9 4
5-5/8 4 7 6
2 1 6 5
2-5/8 4 2 4
1 1 10 7
6 4 9 6
8-7/8 6 5/8 1/2
1/2 1/2 6 4 (thrice)
28 22 4-7/8 3
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