The Rural Classes of England. 225- 



The Coterii, Coierelli, Cotlandarii and Cotagii, all agree in 

 holding Coitagium or " messuagium cum curtilagio," that is, a 

 cottage with a small lot of ground, for vsrhich they pay in ser- 

 vices, similar to those before described, but less in amount. 

 They are the lowest class of laborer.-?, and have no farms — - 

 nothing but cottage lots. 



The Lundhiarii, Monday men, are less easy to classify. 

 Their place in the list is after the FerendelU, and before the 

 Coterii ; but they occur 'oftener than either of these classes. 

 Their estates vary in different manors, but do not appear to- 

 have any relation to the virgate. The " luyidinanus," or estate 

 of this class, is defined as " messuagium cum curtilagio '' — thus- 

 associating them with the cottagers — and, in addition, so many 

 acres of land, generally two, four or six : that is, small farms 

 besides their cottage lots. The distinguishing characteristic of 

 their tenure, implied in their name, is that of laboring one day 

 in the week throughout the year : but this does not exclude 

 other services. It would seem likely therefore that they were 

 a specially privileged class of cottagers; and I feel inclined^, 

 although with some hesitation, to place them with this third 

 category of the Extenta Manerii It is true we meet the ex- 

 pression '^ lunditiaria consuetudinaria,^' ^ and the introduction to 

 the Cartulary '^ quotes an expression, " duo o'ofta, cum duahus 

 lundinariis terrae, vocata Mundais land de custumariis terris 

 manerii-^'' still, in the strict sense of the word, all below the 

 free tenants hold by customary services, that is, defined 

 amounts of agricultural labor ; and in one case, in fact, we find 

 all of them grouped as Consuetudinarii m,ajores and minores f 

 several times as Consuetudinarii simply. I am inclined, there- 

 fore, in spite of this expression, to consider these as cottagers- 

 who had received additional allotments of land, on the tenure 

 of certain customary services, rather than as customary tenants- 



J Extenta de Culne Rogerl, p. 207. 



*p. cvi. 



* Extenta de Calne Sancti Aly wini, p. 303. 



