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is entirely different from that of the Domesday Survey (f. 64),. 
though not entirely following the divisions of the County 
as in Devon. Sometimes two or more hundreds are grouped 
together, probably because they had common fegadri or hundred 
men. Several are omitted, presumably because they were entirely 
in the King’s hand, and subject to his bailiffs, viz., (2) Vicecomitis. 
Brunetona, (9) Regis Brunetona, (11) Duluertona, (14) Cliua, 
(28) Mertocha, (18) Crica, (17) Nortchori, (48) Suthbrent ; and 
Glaestingeberia which never gelded. 
(33) Sumbretona may, perhaps, have been lost, or the King 
from its peculiar character, may have kept it under the control of 
his servants, and apart from the County. It must be borne in 
mind that mistakes are much more likely in the Geld Roll, which 
was only an ordinary tax levy, than in the Domesday Hundreds. 
Presumably each hundredman was supplied with a copy of his 
Hundred Roll, and after collecting the tax submitted his account 
to the county authority which, judging from the Hen. II. record, 
was the Sheriff and others with him. He would be furnished 
with a list of exemptions in respect of demesne, and would hand 
over defaults or defects on behalf of those who claimed further 
exemption, or failed to pay their quota. A careful examination of 
this so-called inquisition, or Geld Roll, results in the following 
conclusions. It is not the inquisition itself; but only a digest of 
it, bearing to it somewhat the relation of the Exon Domesday 
Book to the original survey. 
The inquisition itself was in the form of Rolls of the Hundreds,. 
with an index in an imperfect state to be found at f. 63. The 
index for Devon is more complete. Doubtless the Clerks of the 
Exon Domesday had this inquisition before them, but instead of 
copying it into their book, as apparently was done in other 
districts, they merely noted the total tax of each hundred ; the 
sums paid by the hundredmen, as to which there was no dispute ; 
exemptions for demesne lands held by tenants in capite, subject 
to fluctuation; and lastly defects and exemption claims, 
