86 THE DOMESDAY INQUEST 



succeeded as heir of Edward the Confessor ; other lands 

 escheated to him on account of the rebellion of their former 

 owners. The Rev. G. S. Taylor has analyzed the Terra Regis 

 in Gloucestershire as follows : 



Hides. Teams. 



The old estates of the Crown ... ... 250 ... 512^ 



Lands of Queen Edith 14 ... 35 



the earldom 10 ... 23 



Escheats (i) of the Bishop of Bayeux ... 28J) 



(2) of Earl Roger of Hereford ... 124^! ... 229 



(3) of various thegns i4|J 



Lands of Brictric, originally given to 



Queen Matilda and reverting to the 



King at her death 203! ... 209^ 



645! ... 1009 



The county in which the King had the largest estates was 

 Devon, where his property may be analyzed as follows : 



Rents. 



Teams. s . d. 



Ancient estates of the Crown ... 279! 2 37 X 5 I0 



Lands of Queen Edith ... ... 105 ... 108 o o 



,, Matilda 225 ... 175 3 6 



Forfeitures of Countess Gytha ... 189 ... 174 15 o 



Asgar 46 ... 28 o o 



Earl Harold ... 248 ... 186 n o 



Earl Leofwin ... 61 ... 67 5 o 





JI 53i .- 977 9 4 



So that in Devon the bulk of the Terra Regis was com- 

 posed of forfeited lands, for the gifts which the Conqueror 

 made to his Queen were the lands forfeited by Brictric, 

 son of Alfgar. On the other hand, the lands which had 

 formerly belonged to Harold in Oxfordshire, and which had 

 passed to the King, employed only 19 teams in 1086, while 

 the estates that were of the ancient demesne of the Crown 



