133 Domesday and Feudal Statistics 



* DOMESDAY, 1086, CONTRASTED WITH L.N.P. 



Collation 



of some 



Peterboro' 



Manors, 



1125-8, 



with 



Domesdav. 



Eccentric 

 views of 

 philo- 

 sophers. 



DETAILS OF POPULATION. 



1 ancilla, 2 mills 



2 herds, i freeman, 

 i miller 



2 mills 



4 turds, 2 millers 



1 mill 



2 freemen, 6 herds 



26 sokemen, i mill 

 44 sokemen, 2 herds, 

 i mill 



i mill 



i mill, 5 freemen 



12 sokemen 

 i homo, 2 mills, n 

 sokemen 



i mill 



i mill, 8 sokemen, 

 i elk, i freeman 



2 mills 

 i renter 



37 sokemen, 2 mills 

 50 sokemen 



-- i priest 



by the ploughs in Domesday may at first sight 

 appear plausible, but if one finds the recorded 

 population in 1086 Y and in 1222 2Y, or 2Y 

 plus, one can be of no other opinion than that 

 their ingenious author has not mastered the above 

 plain idea as to increase of population, etc. Such 

 an illustration is set forth in a table on p. 288, 

 English Historical Review, 1897 (composed by 



