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wards or tithings, but as containing lagmen *, who, we know, 

 were a certain number of the mod diftinguifhed perfons of a 

 diftrict, named in the aflembly of it, in order to enquire into 

 crimes and mifdemeanors, and who decided caufes on oath, if 

 that mode of trial was preferred to the judgment of the aflembly 

 itfelf. Thofe towns that belonged to manors were no doubt 

 governed indifcriminately with the reft of the territory of the 

 manors. A manor formed a tithing within itfelf ; and the of- 

 ficers of the proprietor, as praepofitus, fenefcallus, major domo, 

 foreftarius, viarius (radman), bedellus, fcfr.f, by whatever name 



y they 



" rex 20 lib. et comes 10 lib. de firtna burgi." The cenfus of a mill of the burgh- 

 lands, of 3 pifcatores, and 3 monetarii, was divided by the fame proportions. " Burgenfes 

 " de Hanton redd, vicecomiti p. ann. 30 lib. et 10 fbl. Burgenics de Grentebrege, 

 " T. R. E. accommodabant vicecomiti carucas fuas, ter in anno j modo novem vicibus 

 " exiguntur ; nee averas nee car. T. R. E. invenieb. quse modo faciunt per confuetud. 

 *' impofitam. Reclamant autem, fuper Picotum vicecomitem, communem pafturam fibi 

 " per eum ablatam." Of Hereford T. R. E. " Si quis burgenfium voluiflet recedere 

 " de civitate, poterat conceflu praepofiti domum fuam vendere, ire. et habebat prse- 

 " pofitus tertiam denarium hujus venditionis ;" and, if _a poor man abandoned his houie, 

 41 Prsepofitus providebat, ne domus vacua remaneret, et ne rex careret fervitio." In 

 the fame city, " unaquaque mafura" yielded 1 1 denar. et obol. ; and, during 3 days in 

 Auguft, " Secabat ad maurdine, et una die erat ad fenum congregandum ubi vicecomes 

 " volebat, 6*c. De hac civitate reddit praepofitus 12 lib. regi, et 6 lib. comiti." 



* " IN hoc burgo (Grentebrige)fuerunt decem cuftodiae, &c. De hareta Lageman- 

 " norum habuit ipfe picot. (vicecomes of Grentebrige) 8 lib. et un. palfred, et unius 

 " militis arma. ALWRIC GODRICSON, quando fuit vicecomes, habuit harietam unius 

 " iftorum 20 folidos." Grentebrege was ranked as an hundred. Vide fupra. Lag- 

 men are mentioned in Warwick having fac. et (be. See alfo LINCOLN, <iyc. 



-f- " IN hoc manerio (Bifelie) una hida. Et in dominio funt 2 caruc. ; et 4 villani, 

 " et 8 bordarii, et prsepofitus et bidellus. Inter omues habent 4 carucatae. Ibi 8, in- 

 41 ter fervos et ancillas, .et vaccar. et daiar. Ibi foreftarius tenet, dimid. virg. terrse." 

 P. 180. 2. " WILLIBLMUS comes mifit, extra luos manerios, 2 foreftiero 1 ;, propter 

 " filvas cuftodiendas, uuum de Hanlie, unum de Bifelie," (2 royal manors). There 

 is often mention made- of the vaflals belonging to manors. Vide Arkenfelde in Here- 

 fordfcire. The government of manors is to be found in all inftitutions of the law of 

 England. The comes had fuperintended, in ancient times, thofe of the king. In the 

 furvey of Herefordfcire, " Comes pofuit foris de hoc manerio unam virgatam, et dedit 

 " cuidam burgenfi de Hereford. Anfchetel tenet 40 acras, inter planam terrain et 

 " pratam quas preepojitus regis EDWAR.OI praeftavit fuo parent!." 



