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S. d. 



Profits of Hundred of Dempforde and 



Court of H'tynge aforesaid ... ... 10 o o 



40 cocks and hens, paid by custom (2d. each) 068 

 140 hen's eggs, by custom (about |d. per 



dozen) ... ... ... ... ... 6 



Total value of this manor, consist 



ing of two parts ... 71 on 



Assuming 71 : o : 11 to be two-thirds of the total 

 value of Harting manors, their full annual produce 

 would be 106 : 11 : 5. 



Taking Hallam's multiple of 24 for present equiva- 

 lent of money in Edward the Third's reign, we have 

 the following results : 



Lands of Harting. Assessment (Edward the Third's 

 time) adjusted to present value. 



Pasture land under Downs ... 483. per acre. 



Lady Holt Park 8s. 



Arable under Downs ... ... 243. 



Arable above ... ... ... 123. 



Hog run ... ... ... .48 o o 



Hens ... ... ... ... 43. each. 



Eggs... ... ... ... ... is. per dozen. 



Total worth of manor (106 : n : 5) = .2,557 : 14 : o. 



But it must be remembered that money in Hallam's 

 time was . worth twenty per cent, more than it is 

 in 1875, and therefore we ought to add 43. in the 

 pound to obtain an exacter calculation of the present 

 equivalents. 



Putting the two documents together, the whole 

 manor would have an extent of about 900 acres, 

 arable and pasture ; of which, in round numbers, 

 Katherine took 300. The downs seem to have divi- 

 ded this into half ; but the chief bulk of the property, 

 and the best of it, lay under the downs in the plateau 

 surrounding South, East and West Harting. The 



