141 Domesday and Feudal Statistics 



(1278-9) has increased to 58 : according to the 

 statistics from D. B. (Ploughs to Recorded Pop.) 

 there would be 16 Teams in the Manor at the 

 later date. 



Now these are not isolated instances, as the fol- 



other lowing if worked out would show : Wodestone, co. 



E.\ a arnpTes. Hunts, Abbot of Thorney ; Fletton, co. Hunts, 

 Abbot of Peterboro' ; Newton, co. Hunts, Abbot 

 of Thorney ; Drayton, St. Paul's, Middlesex ; 

 referring to D. B. and the Rot. Hund., and in the 

 last case to St. Paul's Domesday (Camden Soc.).* 



It often occurs that the Hundred Rolls estimate 

 the arable demesne in carucates (as where it was 

 out of the Hide), and this may be 1 20 acres ; 

 indeed Seebohm has given an instance of one of 

 200 acres, (Eng. Vill. Comm.) but on turning to 

 the record (p. 328 H. R.) it runs " I carucate of 

 land which contains I o score acres of land, meadow, 

 and pasture," and I believe the following are all 

 the entries in co. Beds. 



1 60 acres. I2oac. 100 ac. 80 ac. 60 ac. Total Average. 



\ car. sJ c. 6 c. 8 c. 5 c. 25 car. \ 91^ acres 



Bedford- 80 ac. 660 ac. 600 ac. 640 ac. 300 ac. 2280 ac. /per carucate. 



Thus it will be seen the carucate was a variable 

 quantity, hitherto ingeniously explained by the 



* The Hundred Rolls are useful for 5 counties only, and 

 of these Church Lands are most suitable for comparison, 

 owing to the great changes in ownership and partition of 

 lands since 1086, in addition summing up the items in 

 1278-9 is a troublesome process, and likely to be interrupted 

 by gaps : it is of course open for any one to demonstrate the 

 1 20 acre theory by the same method, if they have luck 

 enough to find the least confirmation of it by a just com- 

 parison. 



