Agricultural Statistics 152 



for their 1 6 (sic) ploughs : the above can leave no 

 room to doubt that at least half of the 216 arable 

 acres of the demesne was completely tilled by the 

 tenantry, leaving at most 108 acres for the 4 hired 

 ploughmen named /. Ed. //., and further the 

 husbandry here must have been far more thorough 

 than that set forth in Walter de Henley's work on 

 Agriculture, as each acre at Wilburton would on 

 an average be ploughed twice or more, instead of 

 the almost incredibly scanty aration of the bailiff 

 knight. 



The Kentish Manors of Rochester Cathedral Great 

 (Custumal Reg. Roff. 1290-1320 A.D., publ. j 

 1788) illustrate the note on p. 149 of this vol., tenantr y- 

 and the following table demonstrates that in them 

 (1290-1320) the demesne teams are practically the 

 same as Domesday, whereas those of the villeins 

 have more than doubled, 



Ploughs (1086). Manors. Ploughs (iz^o-l^zo). Rochester 



Dem. Ten. Dem. Villeinage. Manors 



I 12 Southflcet 2 1 8 1086, and 



5 1 1 Frendcsberie 



1 i Dcintonia 



2 4 Stokes... 

 2 6 Wldcham 



6 H + (? i) Hcddenham (co 



4 28 



c. Ed. I. 



3j 



'..'. 2 6$ 



Bucks) 7 48 



17 + 49 = 56 17^+ 108^=126 



and further it may be noted that in Southfleet, 



25 juga plough 50 acres, besides 2 precations (of 



i acre per plough), total 86 acres ; Frendesberie, Plough 



21 juga plough 21 + 1 6 acres ; Deintonia, 3 juga, duethere- 



3 acres plough 6 acres and 6 quartulas ; Stokes, [ a r at 



I i 2 period. 



