Growth of the Manor 



wheat valued at 2os. for the monks and guests, 2,000 loaves for 

 the servants, 50 measures of barley for ale valued at 32^., 25 

 measures of malt valued at 24^., 24 measures of fodder, 10 Ib. of 

 cheese, 10 Ib. of lard, 2 tray-loads of beans, 2 tray-loads of butter, 

 bacon, honey, 10 fressings, 14 lambs, 125 hens, 14 geese, 2,200 

 eggs, 1,000 herrings. In addition 5 cartloads of hay were sent 

 from certain manors, and .4 in money from every manor.' 



The use of money was extending very slowly, and it was many 

 centuries before the payment of rent in money became common. 

 The cultivators of land who were not free had to perform every 

 kind of labour service for their lord except the purely household 



A Modern Harrow. 



and personal services, and they had to furnish him with a portion 

 of all they produced which he wished to have. There was a 

 bailiff appointed by the lord on every manor, and it was his 

 business to supervise and check all the work done by the unfree 

 cultivators. The majority of the cultivators, therefore, were 

 part-time agricultural labourers and part-time small holders, and 

 they were unable to leave the manor. The development of the 

 system had exalted some men to a great height, and weighed down 

 others to an inferior and overburdened position. No progress 

 could be made in agriculture. But the pressure of war had made 

 this system inevitable, and for some time this pressure was to be 

 felt to a terrible extent. 



With William the Conqueror there were no half measures. 



