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in crofts and 21 acres of common land lying in thirty-one parcels. 

 A few of the parcels were in the same held areas — three in Pen- 

 stede, three in Overshorebrude, two in Halvyngcroft — but most 

 were disparate and without inclination to group themselves by 

 fields. The ferling, which was about one-fourth as large as the 

 virgate, appears relatively less enclosed. Noteworthy about its 

 parcels was their location in field divisions that are not once 

 named in the description of the virgate. The symmetry and 

 uniformity which might be expected under three-field arrange- 

 ments were thus entirely wanting. 



Longest of the Chertsey terriers, four of which have just been 

 quoted, are those relative to Egham, which lies on the Thames 

 just east of Windsor Park. In them two virgates and three 

 half-virgates granted by the abbot in 2 Richard III are described 

 in full.' The length and breadth of the strips are often given, 

 e. g., '' i pecia terre in Northcrofte . . . longitudine xxvi perti- 

 cas, latitudine in utraque parte iii perticas, continens dimidiam 

 acram, dimidiam rodam, viii perticas." More comprehensible 

 than a transcript of the holdings is a tabulation showing the 

 parcels arranged by fields and permitting a comparison of 

 the virgates. Each holding includes a messuage, a curtilage, 



dimidia acra terre iacet apud Thistelford . . . 



una parva butta terre vocata Pilchebutt' iacet . . . 



dimidia acra terre iacet supra Bradvor . . . 



una acra terre iacet in le Stonycroft . . . 



dimidia acra terre iacet super bradvor ... 



tres rode terre iacent super Wowefor . . . 



dimidia acra terre iacet super le Westhulne . . . 



una acra terre iacet super le Westhulne . . . 



una parva pecia terre continent' (sic) unam acram et dimidiam vocatam le Sturtes iacet . . . 



dimidia acra terre iacet super le Northfor . . . 



tres rode terre iacent apud Godhume. ..." 



" Unum toftum et unam ferlingatam terre ... in villenagio . . . continentem septem 

 acras terre et unam rodam unde 

 predictum Toftum continet unam acram dimidiam terre . . . 

 una alia acra terre iacet in Rogersdene . . . 

 una alia acra terre iacet in le Shorebrude . . . 

 una alia acra terre iacet sui>er le Westeshulne . . . 

 una alia acra terre iacet apud le Merk . . . 

 una roda terre iacet apud le Merk predictum . . . 

 dimidia acra terre iacet super le Inlond . . . 

 alia dimidia acra terre iacet super le Middelfor . . . 

 una alia acra terre iacet super longworthe." 



J Exch. K. R., M. B. 25, f. 2386. 



