Feudal Statistics 



where unstated, the 4th the excess of new feoff- 

 ment on the same plan, and the 5th the total, 

 probably short of the real one on the ground of 

 incomplete returns from the larger tenements, 

 where as a rule nothing is assigned to the 

 dominicum. The ist and 2nd column would be 

 practically equal, if deductions were made from 

 the former of excess by tenements in the hands of 

 a custos^ and certain exceptional cases (noted in 

 the sequel) where the render is excessive and 

 corrected in future returns. There are some 

 51 cases of fees from 10-75, where the service 

 seems to be stated ; made up as under, using 

 O = Old, N = New, S.D = Super Dominicum 



124 cases of O + N4 S.D. (i ecclesiastical) Composi- 



i A O J- ^ T) I i l i n f 



14 ,, U + b.U. (I ) known 



8 less than O (3 ) "Service. 1 



3 O. 

 2 + N (i ) 



and 76 cases of fees of Lay Tenants, of service 

 unknown but presumably exceeding 10, as under 



42 cases of O. 4 cases O + N + S.D. Composi- 



l 01 -rr- /-v XT tlOn Of 



15 by Sheriff 4 O + N unknown 



8 ofO + S.D. 3 less than O "Service." 



Total, 76 cases. 



Thus it plainly appears in the known cases that 

 O + N + S.D. is the most frequent service ; whereas 

 in the render of the unknown lay fees, O occurs 

 very commonly ; here the ecclesiastical fees are 

 omitted, their conditions not being applicable to 

 lay ones. For example the Honor of Totnes 

 returns 49 old, 19^ new, and 6^ s. d., which 

 amounts to 75 fees, the probable tho' unstated 



