550 THE COENWALL DOMESBAY AND GELD INQTJEST. 



which "was employed as an occasional war tax, levied more than 

 once by Edward the Confessor, and stated to have been abolished 

 by him about the year 1051. But William reinstated it ; — newly 

 crowned "he laid on men a geld exceeding stiff;" in the next 

 year he set " a micMe geld" on his subjects, and in 1083-4 he 

 imposed the crushing tax of six Norman shillings on the hide, 

 the record of which for the five western counties is preserved in 

 the Exeter geld roll. 



The roll begins with a duplicate list of hundreds. These 

 were then seven in number. Conarton or Conarditon, Tibestern 

 Tibesta or Tibesten, Winneton or Winnenton, Straton, Fawiton, 

 Eielton or Eileston, and Pauton, — these names including the 

 nine present hundreds of Cornwall. 



The alteration in the Hundreds took place between the 

 date of the geld roll and the latter part of the thirteenth century. 

 The exact boundaries of the Hundreds do not appear to be 

 accurately determined, and these require further investigation. 

 The late Rev. John Carne has given the following list : — 



Stratone. The present Hundreds of Stratton and Lesnewth, 

 and the Northern part of East. 



Fawitone. West, with the Southern part of East. 



Paittone. Trigg, and probably the seven eastern parishes of 



Pydar. 

 EiELTONE. Pydar, except the eastern parishes, and probably 



the north-western part of Powdar. 



Tibesten. Powdar with the exception of its north-western 



portion. 

 WiNNENTONE. This was Kerrier. 

 CoNAETONE. TMs coiucidcd with Pen with.® 



The returns for the several hundreds, give the following 

 details. 



1st. The number of hides at which it was taxed. 



2nd. The number of hides on which the tax was paid, and 

 the amount. 



8 An attempt to identify the Domesday Manors in Cornwall, E.I.C. Journal, 

 Vol. I, No. 4, p. 11, 1865. 



