240 THE DOMESDAY INQUEST 



pence of 20 to the ounce, and 6 sextars of honey and i$<f. by 

 custom." l 



These sums are clearly in addition to the rents of the 

 royal manors, whose rents amount to ^436. The payments 

 from the borough and the Mint explain themselves, and the 

 payment " de augmento " has been explained as the fine which 

 the sheriff was willing to pay for the privilege of farming the 

 county. 



Like Oxfordshire, the counties of Worcester, Warwick, 

 Wilts., and Northampton paid each 10 for a hawk, 2os. for a 

 sumpter-horse, and ,$ for the Queen ; but the Sheriff of 

 Worcestershire paid an additional 17 from the shire, and 

 the record states that "these 17 and 16 are from the pleas 

 of the shire and the hundreds," showing that the 16 ($ for 

 the Queen, 10 for a hawk, and 1 for a sumpter-horse) were 

 produced from the pleas of the hundreds from the King's 

 share of the fines and fees levied in the hundred-moots. And 

 the sheriff naturally complained because, although seven out 

 of the twelve hundreds in the county were in private hands, 

 so that he received nothing from them, yet he was neverthe- 

 less required to pay this sum of 16? He also rendered 

 123 4s. from the royal manors. 



In Warwickshire the payment for the hounds was 23, 

 the same as in Oxfordshire ; but in Northamptonshire 42, 

 blanch money, was paid for their support. This latter county 

 also paid ;io and five ores for the Queen's gift and for hay, 

 10 for a hawk, 2os. for a sumpter-horse, 2os. for alms, and 

 2Os. for a hunting horse, and, like Oxfordshire, rendered the 

 three-nights' farm, which, however, was commutable for ^3O. 3 

 In Wiltshire 10 were paid for a hawk, and loos, and five 

 ores for hay, showing that Northants, like Oxfordshire, paid 

 5 for the Queen's gift. 4 " T. R. E. the shire of Warwick 

 with the borough and the royal manors rendered 6$ and 



1 D. B., I. 154 b 2. 2 /</., I. 172 a I. 



3 Id., I. 219 a i. * Id., I. 64 b. 



