ture. 



1 5 1 Domesday and Feudal Statistics 



the evidence (quite unconsciously of course) is 

 given by an author who is at great pains to support 

 the opposite (D. B. and Beyond}, an epitome of 

 the matter in aforesaid magazine is here appended. 

 In 1086 (D. B.) the Manor 'of Wilburton had 



3 ploughs in Demesne, in 7.277 there were 216 

 acres arable ; /. Ed. II. 4 ploughmen (i.e., 2 

 ploughs), and 128 acres reaped; in 1426, 246 

 acres arable: as to the Villeinage in 7.277 were 

 15^ full lands, of 24 acres each, total 372 acres, 

 which Prof. Maitland particularly notes as being 



Details equivalent to statute ones ; /. Ed. I. for winter 

 refute 1 an< ^ s P rm g ploughing were due from each full land 

 scholastic one ploughing (the work of one man for one day, 



theories of , * , & 6 , v , . , j- \ 



Agricui- but each 2 plougnmgs reckoned as I diet) per 

 week for 28 weeks (30 less 2 at Christmas) total 

 by theory ,/JY, and noted as actually done in 



4 consecutive years, 42 o|-, 406, 377, 406, say 

 400 winter and spring ploughings p. a. The 

 amount of ploughing not being given, let it be 

 supposed that 2 ploughings (i.e., the work of 

 2 men for I day) yield an acre ; then (/. Ed. L) 

 are some 200 acres (once ploughed) performed by 

 the villein teams alone, taking no account of 



5 free tenants, who owe 5 days' tilling each. In 

 1381 the full lands each owed i day's Somererthe 

 (i acre per day), 2 days' Nederthe (i acre, as 

 \ acre each day), and all the tenants owed 2 boon 

 ploughings (bringing all the oxen they had), which 

 latter with almost certainty they may have been 

 said to owe /. Ed. I. ; in /. Ed. II. Prof. Maitland 

 states that about 55. per an. (2d. a plough each day) 

 was expended as regards, for the boon ploughers 



