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rough standard of occasional correctness for the 

 fee in its transit to extinction, (i2 Car. //.), 

 varied from 2-^3, but usually 5 to 8 p. a. 

 (Book of Winton, by Pearson's values) to 200 

 p. a. (Brady who lived in the latter period), so it 

 is to little purpose to cite average values, unless 

 the times to which they pertain are observed, as 

 the following may demonstrate : 



WAPENTAKE OF CLARO (INCLUDING LIBERTIES OF 

 RIPON AND KNARESBRO'). 



1065. 1085. 



From Domesday 31 Ed. i. 20 Ed. III. 



worth 



fees 

 fees + 



fClaro iii + ^r f ees 

 169 196 M d 7^** 



Knaresbro' 



i car. 

 fees + 2 bov. 



Enrolled a/cs of the Exchequer. 



That the subinfeudations by the chief lords were 

 often in terms of the Hide and Carucate, appears 

 from such records as the Testa, Kirkby's Quest, 

 and Knight's Fees 31 Ed. I., but at no uniform 

 rate, and clearly it would be easier to enfeoff in 

 terms of already known Hides than in the often 

 unknown acres ; but this is not to say that 2,000 

 acres, or yet 5-6 Hides, would contribute a couple 

 of pounds to an auxilium, for the tax was primarily 

 on the Fee, and only on Hides and carucates (for 

 feudal taxation) as being members of same. For 

 example in 1346 (Book of Aids) the Prior of 

 Marton holds i carucate in Appletreewick of the 

 lord of Skipton Castle (Yorks) of the King, 

 whence 14 car. make i fee, and therefore is 

 assessed at 2s. io|-d. to a 403. aid, but in the 

 same vill at same date Hen. de Kighley holds 



