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Only from Kingston have we a terrier which gives such a de- 

 scription of acres as would imply a two- or three-field system ; and 

 even here nothing but chance and the smallness of the holding 

 are responsible, since other Kingston terriers mention other fields. 

 At Sutton a South field, it appears, figured beside three equally 

 important nondescripts. At Walton all the acres lay in a single 

 field, Lake field, and at Ewell all were similarly in South field. 

 Worplesdon had, besides its Great Worth, where were most of 

 the acres, its " Litleworth ", contributing to each holding a par- 

 cel or two. Even if, by accepting the doubtful Pyrcrof t, we posit 

 three fields in the Weybridge terriers, we find the acres appor- 

 tioned with no symmetry, Townefeld having fewest in one holding 

 and most in the other. At West Clandon, where again there were 

 three fields, East field received 4I acres in contrast with 3 acres 

 assigned to Tonge field, if acres to West field, and i\ acres to 

 miscellaneous areas. 



It may be objected that, since all the holdings just mentioned 

 were leasehold and freehold, or, if copyhold, were not estimated 

 in virgates, irregularity in field arrangements might naturally be 

 expected to appear. The objection would be valid were it pos- 

 sible to discover in Surrey any instances of symmetrical arrange- 

 ment against which, as against a background, the foregoing 



Here only the first two parcels seem to lie in the common field, but the other copy- 

 hold suggests that Pircroft is to some extent common. Appurtenant to a tenement 

 called Hudnetts one finds a small close and 



" ii acras terre arabilis iacentes in Wodhawfeld 

 iii acras et dimidiam terre arabilis iacentes in campo vocato Pyrcroft 

 iiii acras terre arabilis divisim iacentes in Townefeld " (ibid., f. isb). 



At West Clandon a freehold tenement has appurtenant three gardens, a croft, 



and " xi acre terre arabilis quarum 



iii acre iacent in quodam campo vocato Tongefeld 



dimidia acra in Northehill 



dimidia acra in Southehill 



una roda terre in Westfeld 



una roda in Bassettehawe apud Hordunstile 



due acre et dimidia in Estfeld super culturam vocatam Northefore 



dimidia acra in eodem campo vocato Estfeld super culturam vocatam longrowe 



dimidia acra in eodem campo super culturam vocatam Shuldmere 



dimidia acra in eodem super culturam vocatam Shelfegate 



dimidia acra in eodem campo super culturam vocatam Pyrrewe 



dimidia acra in Westfeld super culturam vocatam Litledean 



dimidia acra in eodem campo vocato Westfeld super culturam vocatam threyerden 



dimidia acra in eodem campo super culturam vocatam Westlonglaad " (ibid., f. 146). 



