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fields was irregular.^ An Elizabethan terrier of Harleston farm, 

 which was the property of All Souls College and had its open-field 

 lands in Willesdon, after enumerating the closes, proceeds with 

 the open-field parcels, which it locates in seven fields or shots and 

 in two meadows.2 



From the thirteenth century, also, the specifications of Middle- 

 sex virgates fail to suggest two or three fields. At East Green- 

 ford a fine of 4 John describes a half-virgate as comprising 9 acres 

 in Lukemere and 3 in the field '' toward Bramte," while East 

 field and West field receive only i| acres each.^ At Laleham the 

 fourth of a virgate is assigned in a thirteenth-century transfer to 

 seven localities, four of which were furlongs.^ To be sure, the 

 Laleham enclosure map of 1803 dubs the small open field above 

 the village North field and the large one below it South field ; ^ 



1 The survey is combined with that of Feltham, Just referred to (Land Rev., 

 M. B. 220, ff. 97-98). William Newmann had a messuage, a close of one acre, and 

 2 1 acres of arable in Court field, 155 in West field; Anthony Taylor had a messuage, 

 a close of four acres, and 2^ acres in Court field, 13 in West field. 



2 All Souls MSS., Terrier 32 (1593). The distribution of open-field acres is as 



follows: — 



Hungerhm. f, \, f, |. \, \, \, \, \, \, |, \, \, \, |, \, \, i\ [= 8i acres] 



Knowles shoot, ^, 5, |, \ [= if acres] 



Blacklands, i, 2, 5, «, | [= 2| acres] 



Fortune feild, 5, \, \, i, j, 2, i\ [= 6 acres] 



The great marshe mead, \, \, \, \, |, |, 2, i, |, i, |, f, \, \, \, |, i| [= gf acres] 



The little marshe mead, i, 1,3, J, \ [= 6 acres] 



Brontfeild, h, i, |, i, f, i, h, i, i, i, \, \, \, \, \, li, |, i, |. |, \, h h i, h i. i i 



[= 15! acres] 

 Meesdonn field, i, j [= i| acres] 

 Little manicrofts, i, I, I [= i acre] 



There is also a map showing the closes and open-field strips of the farm (Typus 

 Collegii, ii, maps 18-22). 



3 " vi acras terre in Lukemere versus occidentem 



et in eodem campo tres acras versus orientem 



et in campo qui se extendit versus bramte [?] duas acras versus astrum 



et in eodem campo versus ecclesiam iiii particas terre pro i acra versus aquilonem 



et in Estfeld i acram et dimidiam versus Horsendune 



et in Westfeld i acram et dimidiam versus eundem Horsendune " (Fed. Fin., 146-2-24). 



^ Ped. Fin., 146-3-22. The distribution is as follows: — 

 " In Langfurland tres perticatas terre ex parte Occidentali 

 et in Middelfurlang dimidiam acram ex parte oriental! 

 et in Brocfurlang dimidiam acram ex parte Occidentali 

 et in Retherford dimidiam acram ex parte oriental! 

 et in Brache unam perticatam ex parte oriental! 

 et in Shelpe dimidiam acram prat! ex parte Occidental! 

 et in Bottefurlang unam perticatam prat! ex parte Occidental!." 



5 C. p. Rec. Ro., 43 Geo. Ill, Trin. 



