64 Domesday and Feudal Statistics 

 -Liberty t he Archbp. of York had (31 Ed. I. and 



of Ripon." . TTT F ~ i i T 



20 Ed. III.) not quite 3 fees, which I suppose in 

 the language of the Exchequer (still current) would 

 be some 12 or 15 Hides of 160 acres each, or at 

 most 36 carucates of 120 ac. (each); it is very 

 evident the ecclesiastics were lightly rated, which 

 perhaps explains their exemplary fines or promises 

 when the King was going on an expedition. As 

 already noted the second col. in the Table termed 

 T uac e of "Service" is erroneous, for the Render is not likely 

 Cot C 2, to equal same in the larger unascertained fees, as 

 Table i. ^ QrQ i s no re ason why in these the old feoffment 

 should be the total due, when S = O + N + S. Dis 

 the commoner equation. Finding therefore that 

 in known fees with a service of 1,232 (taking the 

 45 lay cases from previous table of 51 known) 

 there are some 1,070 of old, the "service" from 

 unknown fees may be gauged roughly from the 

 old feoffment : of the 76 cases named before, 15 

 are returned by the Sheriff (and hence omitted), 

 leaving some 2,653 fees of old, which it is pre- 

 sumed might be answerable for a service of 3,055 

 fees, and the difference 402 is a supposed balance to 

 bring the estimated service more in line with that 

 of the known fees, enabling subject to correction 

 the underwritten table, which is thought to be low 

 rather than high : 



" Service," as shown in 2nd col. ... ... 5,656 



Deficiency (estimated) ... ... ... 402 



Estimate of ^Omissions (see list) ... ... ... 618 



"Service," 



Service ... ... 6,676 fees 



* Vide p. 54, and note pointing out what fees are still 

 uncomputed in list of omissions (618). 



