A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



In that case the lineal measurements may represent the ' communal ' or 

 ' villar ' assessment of the geld, and the superficial measurement by caru- 

 cates may be ' tenurial,' and may show the incidence of the geld on particular 

 holdings and the share borne by the vills not directly included in the 

 ' leet ' assessment." But both systems are so confused and indeterminate 

 that only a guess on the subject can be hazarded. A few instances, taken 

 from different parts of the county, will illustrate the difficulty of fitting the 

 Suffolk vills into neat groups of 5-hide or 6-carucate units, and of estab- 

 lishing an equation between the carucates and the geld pence, or between 

 the superficial and lineal measurements : — 



HARTISMERE HUNDRED, NORTH 

 (Total arable area, 91 carucates I2f acres) 



VilU 



Wortham . 

 Palgrave 

 Bacton . . 

 Stoke Ash 



Superficial Measurement 



Carucates 



Acres 



74 

 18 



62i 



Lineal Measurement 



In Furlongs 



12 X 10 

 12 X 6 

 12X4. 



10 X 6 



In Carucates 



10 

 6 

 + 

 5 



Geld in 

 Pence 



12 



12 



6 



6 



LOES HUNDRED, CENTRE 

 (Total arable area, 78 carucates 56^ acres) 



vaii 



Woodbridge 

 Martlesham 

 Dallinghoo 

 Birtley . . 



Superficial Measurement 



Carucates 



Acres 



no 

 54i 



112 



Lineal Measurement 



In Furlongs 



10 X s 

 12 X 6 



12 X 3 

 6x4 



In Carucates 



4i 

 6 



3 



2 



Geld in 

 Pence 



II 

 II 



7i 



7i 



SAMFORD HUNDRED AND A HALF, SOUTH 

 (Total arable area, 166 carucates 91 acres) 



** Professor Vinogradoff regards the measurements by carucates as ' remnants of older computations which 

 had lost their value for some purposes,' and suggests that ' the carucate computation was kept up according to 

 townships, while the ostites were rated at so many pence in the pound ; ' Engl. Soc. in tie Eleventh Cent. 1 96-9, 



n. I ; cf. 145. 



" Cf. Table of Danegeld and Leet System for further instances ; cf. V.C.H. Nerf. li, 5-9, 204-1 1. 



