[Footnote 13: _English Historical Review_, as above.] [Footnote 14: I have, therefore, been obliged to refer in some detail to these statements, while for those I have already disposed of I have given the references to the _Q.R._ and _E.H.R._] [Footnote 15: _Methods of Historical Study_, p. 141.] [Footnote 16: _English Historical Review_, July 1891-January 1892.] [Footnote 17: _The Names, Surnames, and Nicknames of the Anglo-Saxons._ Read at Winchester, September 11, 1845.] CONTENTS FOREWORD _page_ 7 PREFACE 9 PART I. TERRITORIAL STUDIES DOMESDAY BOOK 17 Nature of the _Inquisitio Com. Cant._, 19--Criticism of the Domesday text, 26--'Soca' and 'Theinland', 35--The Domesday 'caruca', 40--The Domesday hide, 41--The five-hide unit, 47--The six-carucate unit, 66--The Leicestershire 'hida', 76--The Lancashire 'hida', 79--The Yorkshire unit, 79--General conclusions, 82--The East Anglian 'Leet', 88--The words _Solinum_ and _Solanda_, 91--The 'Firma unius noctis', 96--'Wara', 100--The Domesday 'juratores', 102--The _Inquisitio Eliensis_, 106--The Ely Return, 114--First mention of Domesday Book, 120 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GELD-ROLL 124 THE KNIGHTS OF PETERBOROUGH 131 THE WORCESTERSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I) 140 THE LINDSEY SURVEY (1115-18) 149 THE LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY (1124-29) 160 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I-Hen. II) 175 THE INTRODUCTION OF KNIGHT SERVICE INTO ENGLAND 182 The _cartae_ of 1166, 189--The 'servitium debitum', 197--Scutage, aid, and 'donum', 209--The total number of knights due, 228--The normal knight's fee, 231--The early evidence, 232--The Worcester Relief, 241 PART II. HISTORICAL STUDIES NORMANS UNDER EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 247 MR FREEMAN AND THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 258 The name of 'Senlac', 259--The palisade, 264--Mr Freeman's authorities for it, 265--My argument against it, 269--The shield-wall, 273--The disposition of the English, 277--The Norman advance, 284--The fosse disaster, 288--The great feigned flight, 292--The relief of Arques, 294--Summary, 297--Conclusion, 302 MASTER WACE 306 Wace's meaning, 306--Wace's authority, 309--Wace and his sources, 313 NOTE ON THE PSEUDO-INGULF 321 REGENBALD, PRIEST AND CHANCELLOR 323 THE CONQUEROR AT EXETER 330 THE ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF LEICESTER (1068) 347