814 THE CONDITION OF 



Kingston's estates were generally grazing and sheep farms, 

 though in Saundby there is still an open field 1 . But one cannot 

 help thinking that some of the rents are at what in modern 

 times is called an accommodation price, or resemble what is 

 called in Ireland a town-park. Thus in Saundby, pasture is 

 let at i6s. $d. t i$s. 6d. and 14^. an acre; and another parcel, 

 described as meadow, at a little over i8s. an acre. 



In three cases the tenant is said to have paid a fine. In 

 one of these cases, if we take the farm-house and cottages as 

 thrown in, the tenant pays 6s. an acre ; in the second, a little 

 over 6s. 8d. ; in the third, less than $s. All three are in lease, 

 though the duration of the term is not given. The fine is 

 probably a year's rent in advance, if the practice of this es- 

 tate followed the custom of the Colleges. The largest farm 

 is of 607 acres, most of which is of meadow and pasture, and 

 is let at a little over ys. lod. an acre. In one case the 

 account states that a farm of 374 acres, almost entirely grass, 

 and let at rather more than gs. 6d. an acre, will bear an 

 additional rent of 20. It would seem that the tenants are 

 numerous, and that small parcels of land are held with the 

 cottages. 



In Tandridge, where 2,391 acres are assessed, there appear 

 to have been in 1600 fifty-five different occupiers or owners, 

 the largest holding being of 350 acres, the second of 270., the 

 third of 260, the fourth of 256, the fifth of 190, the sixth of 120. 

 The fourth of these is a magistrate, and assists at the assess- 

 ment. Deducting these, who hold together 1,446 acres, the 

 average tenure of the remaining forty-nine is a little over 

 nineteen and a quarter acres each. In this Surrey village 

 then, land was a good deal distributed ; and it appears evident 

 that every one of the inhabitants held or owned land. It is 

 improbable indeed that the village would have contained more 

 than 220 inhabitants, i.e. four to each household. 



In my fourth volume, when dealing with the subject which 



1 In Lowe's Survey of Notts, 1 794, Walkeringnam, Saundby, Wheatley, and 

 Leverton are said to be ' open.' 



