PREFACE. 



THE Analysis of Domesday set forth in some six 

 Tables in this volume rests on the computations 

 of Sir H. Ellis, and Messrs. F. Maitland and C. 

 Pearson, the first of which is generally reliable, 

 and practically accords with that of an independent 

 authority (Sharon Turner). 



Most essential service has recently been rendered 

 by Professor Maitland, whose calculations of cer- 

 tain factors have made advance in the knowledge 

 of our ancient Record practicable : it is not easy 

 to overestimate the debt due to the labour of this 

 author, but it must also be borne in mind that a 

 computation of Hides and Carucates is a matter of 

 much difficulty. The method used has been re- 

 marked in these pages in a note, but direct refer- 

 ence should be made to the computer's own 

 remarks in Domesday Book and Beyond ; although 

 there are theories in that volume scarcely com- 

 patible with the witness of the "Survey," and 



