Staplehow Staplehow Staplehow Cheveley Cheveley Cheveley Staines Staines Staines Radfield Flammenditch Erningford Flammenditch Childeford Triplow Childerford Radfield Radfield Whittlesford ([208]) Flammenditch Triplow Triplow Whittlesford Erningford Erningford Weatherley Weatherley Weatherley Stow Stow Stow Papworth Papworth Papworth Northstow Northstow Northstow Chesterton Chesterton Ely Ely On comparing the first two of these lists it will be found that (except in the case of three contiguous Hundreds, which does not affect the argument) the Hundreds are taken in a certain sequence, which is seen, on reference to the valuable map prefixed to Mr Hamilton's book, to represent a circuit of the southern portion of the county from north-east to north-west, followed by an inquest on the district to its north, the 'two Hundreds' of Ely. The third list, on the other hand, misplaces the Hundreds of Triplow and Erningford altogether, and wholly omits that of Childeford. The transposition and omission are both notable evidence that the B and C texts, as I shall urge, were derived from some common original which contained these defects. The essential point, however, is that a circuit was made of the county whether merely by the sheriff, or, as seems most probable, by the Domesday Commissioners themselves--the 'barones regis' of the record--who must have attended the several Hundred-courts in succession. But when we speak of the Hundred-court it is necessary to explain at once that the body which gave evidence for the Domesday Inquest was of a special and most interesting character. It combined the old _centuriatus_--deputations of the priest, reeve, and six villeins from each township (_villa_)--with the new settlers in the Hundred, the _francigenæ_. A careful investigation of the lists will prove that half the _juratores_ were selected from the former and half from the latter. This fact, which would seem to have been hitherto overlooked, throws a flood of light on the compilation of the Survey, and admirably illustrates the King's policy of combining the old with the new, and fusing his subjects, their rights and institutions, into one harmonious whole. Conquerors and conquered were alike bound by their common sworn verdicts.[209]