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Ramsey Except Upwode all these places may be found in 



Manors - the Hundred Rolls under Hunts, and in all of the 



6 cases there is complete agreement, save in Warde- 



boys, where there were 4 demesne ploughs in 1251 



against 3 carucates in 1279 : the total assistance to 



29 demesne ploughs in seven Manors is 16 ploughs 



(as by villeins), the \ plough being made up 



of two cases of et amplius ; now the average 



demesne carucate in Beds has been shown to be 



9 lit acres, which as above would leave about 60 



for the plough of the lord, and the rest (31-5-) for 



that of the tenant. On p. 629 (Rot. Hund., 



vol. ii.) under Westone the Abbot (Ramsey) holds 



Assistance in demesne 8 carucates of land together with the 



ploughs assistance of his customary tenants which said 



of the demesne contains 48 acres, which can mean 



Customary ->~\ 1-1 



tenants, nothing unless that his own ploughs together with 

 the assistance of his tenants equal 8 ploughs and 

 suffice for 548 acres, or else that there were in 

 demesne 8 ploughs in addition to assistance from 

 the villeinage. The Manor of Weston (as cited 

 above 1279) contained the hamlets of Brington 

 and Bitherne in which were 4 demesne teams 1086 

 (D. B.), and as many as 7 temp. Hen. I. (Ramsey 

 Cart.) and unfortunately there are no further 

 records of the ploughs there till 1279. 



Of the 7 Hunts Manors in the table, all (save 

 Broughton perhaps) were out of Hide in 1086, at 

 St. Ives, 3 demesne ploughs, 1086, at Haliwell 2, 

 and 2 temp. Hen. II., at Warboys 3 and 3 temp. 

 Hen. II., at Ripton Abbas 2, at Upwode 2 and 

 4 temp. Hen. II., at Broughton 4 and 4 temp. 

 Hen. II. and at Wistowe 2, and 3 temp. Hen. II. 

 In 1232 (ex Rot. Mai. Archiep. Gray. In dorso 



