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tenet iii hidas in Broctune. Aluuold tenuit T. R. E. Terra est 
ii carucate, que ibi sunt. Valet xl solidos. 
“RarnBurGis tenet unum Manerium quod Godric tenuit T. R. E. 
et geldabat pro v hidis. Terra est iii carucatee, que ibi sunt, et 
v servi, et vi villani, et i bordarius, et iiii acre prati. Pastura 
Vv quarentinas longa, et ii quarantinas lata. Valuit iii libras, 
modo ¢ solidos.” 
“Humphrey de L’Isle holds of the King Broctone. Three thanes 
held it as coparceners in the reign of Edward the Confessor. It was 
assessed at 12 hides. The arable land is 8 carucates (ploughlands). 
Four hides and a half of it are in demesne (in the Lord’s own occu- 
pation), where are 3 ploughlands, and 2 serfs, and 17 villains, and 4 
bordsmen with 7 ploughlands. There are two mills which pay 9 
shillings, and 12 acres of meadow, and 8 acres of pasture. The 
wood is one mile and a half long,! and 2 furlongs broad. It was 
valued at 13 pounds, now at 10. . 
“Saward holds 3 hides in Broctune. Alwold held them in the 
reign of Edward the Confessor. The arable land is 2 ploughlands. 
It is valued at 40 shillings. 
“Rainburgis holds a manor which Godric held in the reign of Ed- 
ward the Confessor, and which was assessed at 5 hides. The arable 
land is 3 ploughlands, and there are 5 serfs, and 6 villains, and 1 
bordsman, and 4 acres of meadow. The pasture is 5 furlongs long, 
and 2 broad. It was valued at 4 pounds, now at 100 shillings.” 
Let us endeavour to translate the barbarous latinity of the Con- 
queror’s commissioners, not only into English words, but into some 
such intelligible ideas, as the bare facts here before us doubtless 
presented to our ancestors. 
When we open Domesday book, we have feudalism full in view. 
Here are Humphrey de I’Isle holding the manor of Broughton of 
the King in chief, Thanes holding certain other lands within the 
_ Parish by military service also directly under the King, villains, 
bordsmen, serfs. All these belong essentially to feudalism, that 
'T make the leuca to be 12 furlongs (quarantine) or 480 perches. It has been 
put at 1500 Roman paces, or one and a half Roman mile, equal to 440 perches 
(about) or 11 furlongs. 
