The names of the persons are mentioned, together with the quantity of land, for which a fixed annual sum was due. For instance, several persons owed for a _bovata_ of land the sum of _eight sols_ annually. This was the usual amount; but we find that in some cases the charge was _six sols_, _seven sols_, _nine sols_, _ten sols_, and in a few cases as low as _three sols_. The _bovata terrae_ is the same as an oxgauge or an oxgate of land, or as much as an ox can till; but being a compound word, it may contain meadow, pasture, and wood necessary for such tillage. "Raulin le Francois owed for forty-two acres of land--twelve in Trinity parish, and thirty in that of St. Laurens--an annual dinner to the king at Michaelmas, which was, however, partaken by the bailli, the vicomte, and the clerk of the king. This dinner could be commuted for the payment of _twelve deniers_, which does not raise any extravagant notions of the style of living in those days. The abbot of St. Saviour's, however, for the priory of Bonnenuit, owed to the king annually an apparently better dinner, for it was estimated at _eleven sols_. There were also due to the Crown, as there are still to this day, by various persons, a quantity of geese, fowls, eggs, and chickens. The tenants of the Crown had various personal services to perform, such as carting the wine, hay, and wood belonging to the king, and keeping the royal mills in repair. The right of wardship, usually considered as incidental to feudal tenures, does not appear to have obtained in Jersey, except in the case of St. Ouen's manor. The right of marriage, or maritagium, which was accompanied in some cases with considerable hardships, does not appear to have prevailed or to have been exercised in this island. This claim, when admitted, was often the source of large fines paid by individuals to the Crown, and of much vexation and tyranny."--_Le Quesne_, page 82. "In a grant of Sir Richard Harliston, dated 15th September, 1479, there is mention of both corn and money rents--the former to the amount of 8 qrs., 7 cabots, 2 sexrs., and the latter to _12 groats, 13 sous, 6 deniers_. The grant was for services rendered during the siege for the recovery of Mount Orgueil Castle."--_Le Quesne_, page 125. "On the 26th of January, 1534, the value of the current coinage was regulated, and the same thing took place about this time as regards coins in Guernsey."--_Le Quesne_, page 191. "On the 20th February, 1561, the price of cider in Jersey was fixed at _one Esterlin_ the _Pot_; and the brewers were ordered to make beer (servoise) for the use of the sick, the price of which was to be fixed by the constables and principal parishioners."--_Le Quesne_, page 192. In the reign of King James I., under date the 20th July, 1607, a commission was appointed, under presidency of Sir Robert Gardiner, knight, for the determination of differences in Jersey; _it also had scope as regards Guernsey_.