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the Bishop of Bayeux had in his demesne ii hides besides 

 inland. At Hemingford Aubrey de Vere had i hide of 

 inland, and in addition to this two teams in demesne. 1 



The explanation of " inland " is given in the record of 

 Robert of Ouilly's manor of Watereaton : " Besides those hides 

 (the 5 hides at which the manor was assessed), he has of inland 

 3 J hides which never gelded." 2 A further explanation is given 

 at Lege (Salop.) : " Roger the hunter holds the head of this 

 manor, and his land which is inland is acquitted from the geld 

 by the 2 hides which Azor holds." 3 Similarly, we read that, 

 T. R. E., there were in Tewkesbury 95 hides ; of which 45 

 were quit of all royal service and geld, except the service of 

 the lord of the manor ; and the whole 95 were acquitted 

 and freed from geld and royal service by the 50 hides. 4 In 

 other words, the 50 hides paid geld for all the 95 hides. 

 Evidently the lords had succeeded in shifting the responsi- 

 bility for the geld on their inland to the land of their tenants, 

 so that the latter paid not only the geld on the land in their 

 own occupation, but that on their lords' lands as well. It 

 is for this reason that we are told the hidage of the inland at 

 Watereaton ; the authorities would want to know how many 

 extra hides were to be paid for by the tenants in addition to 

 those they occupied. The land on which lay the liability for 

 the geld on the inland was called "warland." 



One other point is suggested by the Garsington record : 

 " There is one hide of inland, which lies in parcels among the 

 King's land." 5 Possibly its lying " in parcels " in the open 

 fields was an exception to the general rule, in which case 

 we ought to regard the inland as " old enclosures " belonging 

 to the lord of the manor. 



This contrast of the inland which had shifted its liability 

 for the geld with the demesne of the manor, would seem to 



1 D. B., I. 204 b 2. 2 Id., I. 158 a 2. 



* Id., 1.254 b I. * Id., 1.163 b 2. 



/</., I. 156 b 2, 



