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hold Hides and Virgates, with the rate of the 

 tenure omitted. The return that the jurors are 

 ignorant of the service is by no means a novelty 

 to those acquainted with records of the kind, and 

 should these unknown fees be made to contribute 

 to a feudal aid, their Hides, Virgates, etc., will 

 necessarily be brought into some proportion. 

 Examples have already been given [20 Ed. III. and 

 4 Hen. IV. (see pp. 45, 69) aid to Knight and 

 marry, Knaresbro', and W. R. Yorks] of odd caru- 

 cates and bovates ; in the latter, the number of caru- 

 cates per fee is stated, but in the former not, never- 

 theless as (see p. 45, Knaresbro') 3^ fees + 2 bovates 

 are given against 6 55. lod. in a 405. aid, it must 

 be plain that the couple of bovates equal ^th of a 

 fee, equal to whence 12 etc., just as in the latter 

 record where there are 4 car. 7 bov. over, whence 

 10 etc., they are f$ of a fee, as is proved by the 

 amount received. And further anyone inspecting 

 the inquests of knights' fees (apart from those of 

 serjeanty and socage) in the T. de N. will find it 

 quite exceptional for Hides or Carucates to be 

 named alone ; i.e.> without giving their varying 

 value as fractions of fees ; and naturally if the 

 jurors did not know the amount of tenure they 

 would limit their statement to the convenient 

 hides etc. ; for under the same tenant in capite 

 (see I. P. M. Rog. de Moubray 29 Ed. I., 1300) 

 there might be extremely various scales of sub- 

 infeudation, just as in the same Manor the Hide 

 might (even at the same time) contain a different 

 number of acres. 



