_The Gebur's services are various, in some places heavy, in others moderate. On some land he must work at_ week-work _two days at such work as he is required through the year every week, and at harvest three days for_ week-work, _and from Candlemas to Easter three. If he do carrying he has not to work while his horse is out. He shall pay on Michaelmas Day_ x. _gafol-pence, and on Martinmas Day_ xxiii. _sesters of barley and two hens; at Easter a young sheep or two pence; and he shall lie from Martinmas to Easter at his lord's fold as often as he is told. And from the time that they first, plough to Martinmas he shall each week plough one acre, and prepare himself the seed in his lord's barn. Also_ iii. _acres_ bene-work, _and_ ii. _to_ grass-yrth. _If he needs more grass then he ploughs for it as he is allowed. For his_ gafol-yrth _he ploughs_ iii. _acres, and sows it from his own barn. And he pays his_ hearth-penny. _Two and two feed one hound, and each gebur gives_ vi. _loaves to the swineherd when he drives his herd to mast. On that land where this custom holds it pertains to the gebur that he shall have given to him for his outfit_ ii. _oxen and_ i. _cow and_ vi. _sheep, and_ vii. _acres sown on his_ yard-land. _Wherefore after that year he must perform all services which pertain to him. And he must have given to him tools for his work, and utensils for his house. Then when he dies his lord takes back what he leaves._ _This land-law holds on some lands, but here and there, as I have said, it is heavier or lighter, for all land services are not alike. On some land the gebur shall pay_ honey-gafol, _on some_ meat-gafol, _on some_ ale-gafol. _Let him who is over the district take care that he knows what the old land-customs are, and what are the customs of the people._ Then follow the special services of the beekeeper, oxherd, cowherd, shepherd, goatherd, &c, upon which we need not dwell here; and the document concludes with another declaration that the services vary according to the custom of each district. [p134] «Correspondence with the Domesday Survey.» This important document is therefore a general description of the services due from the thane to the king, and from the classes in villenage to their manorial lord. And it might be the very model from which the form of the Domesday Survey was taken. Both, in fact, first speak of the lord of the manor, and then of the villein tenants; the latter being in both cases divided into the two main classes of villani and cottiers; for, as already stated, the Saxon _thane_ answered to the Norman _lord_, the Saxon _gebur_ answered to the _villanus_ of the Survey, and the _cotsetle_ to the cottier or _bordarius_ of the Survey. But these various classes require separate consideration. III. THE THANE AND HIS SERVICES. «The thane's 'three needs.'»