xl Domesday and Feudal Statistics 



TABLES FROM THOMAS RUDBORNE'S 

 WINCHESTER HISTORY contd. 



i penny (denarius), [called Starelyng, 

 round without clipping, will weigh 

 32 grains of wheat, in the midst 

 of the ear (spica) ] weighs 32 wheat grains. 



20 pence weigh i ounce. 



12 ounces, according to the English 

 currency (cursus) i lb., i.e., 2O/- 



8 Ibs. of wheat make i gallon (lagena). 



8 gallons [make a bushel (modius), 

 according to the measure (niensura) 

 of London] ,, i London measure. 



8 bushels (modii) i quarter 



250 Ibs. of sterlings * 2 (sic) i bushel (bussellus). 



4 virgates (virgce) *3 make i Hide being 64 acres of land. 



5 Hides make i Knight's Fee ,, 320 ,, ,, 



Each Knight's Fee will give for Scutage 4O/- 



I i ii ii *.-i 



( 160 acres of land ,, ,, ,, ,, 2O/- 



( ,, ^ Knight's Fee, i.e., 

 i o6 (sic) acres of 

 land ,, ,, ,, ,, i2/- (sic). 



i% Hides, i.e., 24** (sic) 



acres of land ... ,, ,, ,, ,, io/- 



i Knight's Fee, i.e., 64 



acres of land 8/- 



Knight's Fee, i.e., 33 

 (sic) acres of land ,, ,, ,, ,, 4/- 



Knight's Fee, i.e., 20 

 acres ot land ... ,, ,, ,, ,. 24^. | (sic). 



*2. The explanation of this entry is unknown to the writer. 



*j. Suppose a clerical error for virgatce. 



*4. A slip of the pen, or printer, for four score. 



