135 Domesday and Feudal Statistics 



per team ; but referring to the records the popu- 

 lation noted in 1086 is 29 against over 100 (not 

 24^-), of which some are probably named twice 

 over, so that one certainly cannot credit that 

 where the population had doubled (and more) in 

 1222, there had been no increase of ploughs over 

 the number given in Domesday. 



After such glaring examples of our author's 



manipulations, it must be left to the judgment of 



the candid reader whether or not this mode of 



utility of work is an abuse or use of Records, but if instruc- 



sophjc' 10 tive comparisons are to be made, it is important 



treatment. t j lat none o f th e essential particulars be omitted. 



From the following the reader may form his own 



inferences, and by referring to the originals make 



any additions of matter bearing on the point ; not 



wishing, however, to emulate the pea and thimble 



tactics of a certain school, nothing has been 



suppressed in the first instance, with a view to 



prejudice the case. 



Manor of The Manor of Alwalton is illustrated 1086 

 (D. B.), 1125-8 (L. N. P., Camden Soc.) and 

 I2 ?8-9 (Rot. Hund., vol. ii.) ; by turning to the 

 tables above,* it may be seen that in 1086 are 

 recorded 9 teamlands, 9 ploughs (7 in villeinage) 

 and 22 folk (bordars and servi perhaps omitted) ; 

 in 1125-8, 9 ploughs and 36 people, and in 

 1278-9 (H. R. no ploughs given) are 5^ Hides 

 and l^ Virgates of land, the virgate 25 acres, at 

 5 to the Hide ; of which the details account for 



figures are incomplete nevertheless are used here as they 

 serve well enough to illustrate his statistical methods. 

 * See pp. 132, 133. 



