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plainly shows the Hide not necessarily entirely 

 arable, as is frequently supposed. In a grant of 

 A.D. 812 by Cenwulf King of the Mercians 

 (K. 199) occur "mediam partem unius mansiunculae 

 id est an ioclet " and " hoc est terrae particula 

 duarum manentium id est an sulung," suggesting 



I mansiunculus = 2 yoklets 

 i sulung = 2 manentes 



or perhaps that the mansiunculus and manens here 

 equate the yoklet and suling respectively. The 

 Burghal and County Hidages are set forth in 

 Prof. Maitland's D.B. and Beyond, and the Tribal 

 Hidage therein named is here given, from Earle's 

 Land Charters which dates the Saxon writing as 

 of the loth or nth century. 



Heptarchic HIDAGE OF PART OF ENGLAND AT THE TIME OF THE 

 Hides. HEPTARCHY. 



Why this early estimate is to be regarded as 

 mere exaggeration I am entirely at a loss to discern, 



