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t. Ed. II. and Domesday demonstrates the point 

 still further. Records of the reign of Ed. I. 

 frequently show the enquiry whether or not vills 

 are " geldabiles," such contributing to the Sheriff's 

 aid for Hidage, etc. ; thus 39 Hen. III. (Salop 

 H. R.) a usual rate is 4d. for mot fey and the like 

 for streetward per rateable hide (another point of 

 interest in this record is the occasionally double 

 description in terms of the fee and hide) ; also 

 in Kirkby's Quest (13 Ed. I.) in Staincliffe, Yorks, 

 a common rate is 3|d. per carucate to the Wapen- 

 take fine (similar in amount to 45. yd. per Tenmen- 

 tale of 14 car.), and in Pontebell, (same co.), no fine 

 is due, because held by acres and not by bovates. 

 Some vills have exemption from these local rates 

 (the lords having regalities, or as being held in 

 alms may quit them), and further instances can 

 be seen from the H. R. (7 Ed. I.) in Wilbraham 

 Parva, SwaffTiam, Bolebek, and Coteham co. Camb. 

 of defence against the King and Sheriff ; of local 

 rates (p. 337, Vol. II., Hoggeston), Hidage at 

 6d. per virgate ; (p. 829, Vol. II., Badigton) 

 Hidage and Frankpledge; (p. 407, V. II.) Pontage 

 raised by the Hide for repair of the bridge over 

 the Cam, and at Elyngton and Gidding co. Hunts 

 (V. II., 7 Ed. I.) the so-called Hidage of the 

 Abbot of Ramsey, presumably to furnish the 40 

 days' expenses of 4 knights whilst in the King's 

 Service. 



As to the areal Hide its variations may be 

 particularly studied in the Ramsey Chartulary Hides 

 (Rolls Series) where at Shitlingdon c. 1240 it is 

 computed at 4 virgates of 12 acres each (i.e., 



