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the same Abbey A.D. 1235-61 (Somerset Rec. 

 Soc.) 17 three acre men are each to come with 

 their plough and what oxen they have (p. 204) ; 

 1 8 five acre men each with one ox or more if 

 possessed (p. 78); 13 ten acre men each with a 

 plough and what oxen he has (p. 74) ; 9 half 

 virgaters are to plough and find 2 oxen each 

 (p. 130) ; 13 ditto each to join their oxen for 

 ploughing (pp. 149-150) ; 2 ditto each with 4 

 oxen if owned (p. 182), and 20 ditto each to 

 plough with 8 oxen if possessed (p. 210), 21 vir- 

 gaters each if he has 8 oxen (p. 51), to find 4 oxen 

 (p. 82), 50 ditto each if he has a full plough to 

 himself (p. 108) ; 9 ditto each if he has a full 

 plough (p. 165), with 8 oxen if he has them 

 (p. 189), to find 8 oxen and himself with a rod 

 superintend his ploughmen (p. 210); a \ Hide 

 man (given \ acre man, an obvious slip) to come 

 with ploughs (p. 133); and one with 2 virgates 

 plus 10 acres to be beside his ploughs at precations 

 (pp. 83-4). On p. 141 of the 1189 custumal 

 occurs as under : " Walter de Hennelea holds 

 i virgate for 8s., and ought 9 times in the year to 

 plough on his lord's land, with a whole pi. if he 

 has it, and with ^ pi. if he has not unless half, and 

 with 2 oxen if he has no more " and three others 

 likewise hold and work as said Walter. It will 

 be observed the name is the same as that of the 

 Dominus whose exposition heads this chapter, and 

 whom Prof. Rogers was the (or one of the) first 

 to exploit ; this^W seems to have had " no luck " 

 in its exponents, and the discoverer cannot but 

 have smiled at the discomfiture of his compeers in 



