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" S & B. In Gunfordebi, 3 carucates are inland and 4 sokeland 

 in Grantham." l 



The " S & B " in the margin must indicate that the vill 

 contains both a berewick and a sokeland of Grantham ; and 

 our study of the sokeland shows that the berewick was 

 that portion that contained the demesne. Then, again, the 

 berewick is akin to the manor in possessing inhabitants of the 

 villan class, but it differs from the manor in not possessing 

 a hall. " Saint Edmund holds Walfleet for a berewick, and 

 the hall to which it pertains is situate in another hundred : 

 always 17 villans and 3 bordars, and three teams belonging 

 to the tenants." 2 



To sum up, " mansio " appears to be the name given to a 

 separate holding of any kind a tenement. 



A " vill " is a block of territory defined by specified boun- 

 daries, and bearing one name. 



A " manor " in pre-Conquest times was an estate possessing 

 a hall and demesne, and containing inhabitants of the villan 

 class ; after the Conquest it was an estate managed as an 

 administrative unit 



A " berewick " is a manor in every respect, except that it 

 has no hall. 



And a " sokeland " is a tenement having no demesne, and 

 inhabited by sokemen. 



1 D. B., I. 337 b 2. id., II. 362 b. 



