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APPENDIX II 



APPENDIX II 



EVIDENCE, LARGELY EARLY, BEARING UPON THE EXTENT OF 

 THE TWO- AND THREE-FIELD SYSTEM 



Township 



Chalgrave 



Dean 



Flitwick 



Flit wick 

 Hinwick 



Houghton Regis 



SouthiU 



Tebworth 



Toddington (" cum 

 Hare est una villa 

 Feudal Aids, i. 21) 



Bedfordshire. Two-field Townships 



Description 

 Grant of 7! acres in 6 parcels in uno catnpo 



and 6^ acres in 5 parcels in alio campo. 

 Grant of 3 acres in 4 parcels in campo del West 



and 3 acres in 4 parcels in campo del Est.^ 

 Grant of a messuage, a croft, and 4 acres of arable, of 

 which 



" due acre iacent in Wdefeld 



et due in campis versus Scelton."^ 

 Grant of " unam acram in campo de Flittewic cuius 



dimidia acra iacet in Rugweifurlong in campo del Est 



et altera iacet in campo de West." ' 

 Survey. Each tenant's arable is divided almost equally 



between East lield and West field.* 

 Grant of " duas perticatas terre, viz., 



unam perticatam terre in campo orientah super 

 Watterlonde 



et unam perticatam terre in campo occidental! super 

 Raveneswelle. " ^ 

 Grant of a manse, a croft of 2 acres, and a half-virgate 

 of demesne comprising 



8 acres in 3 places in one field (in eodem campo) 



and 8 acres in 2 places in campo del Nord.^ 

 Grant of 11^ acres from one-third of ij virgates, scil., 



" in Northfelde tres acras versus aquilonem 



et in Suthfelde quinque acras versus austrum 



et in crofta que fuit MatiUis La Dele tres acras et 

 dimidiam." ^ 

 Grant of ij acres in 2 parcels in campo occidenlali 



and f acre in 2 parcels in campo orientali. 

 Grant of 4 acres in 3 parcels 



and in alio campo 6 acres in 5 parcels.* 

 Plea inter alia " de xv acris in imo campo 



et de XV acris in alio campo." ^ 

 Detailed terrier of Dunstable lands in Hare: 



in campo de North 88 acres in 1 23 parcels 



in campo de Suth 88j acres similarly subdivided.^" 



> Harl. MS. 1885. ff. 37. 49- (Early XIV cen.] 



* Ped. Fin., 1-9-13. 3 Hen. III. 



» Harl. MS. 1885, f. 526. fXIII cen.] 



« Exch. Aug. Of., M. B. 358, f. 40 sq. 6 Jas. I. 



' Ped. Fin., 1-14-39. 12 Hen. III. 



6 Harl. MS. 1885, f. 35. [Early XIH can.] 



' Ped. Fin., 1-8-10. 15 John. 



» Harl. MS. 1885, f. 53. [XIII cen.] 



' Ped. Fin., 1-2-30. 9 Rich. I. 



'« Harl. MS. 1885, ff. 9-10. [Late XIII cen.] 



