A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
another. His work is all the more valuable from the fact that he had no theory to 
prove, and did not even add together the factors he had ascertained. His figures there- 
fore are absolutely free from the suspicion that always attaches to those adduced to 
prove a case, 
Risely Tempsford Wymington Cople Eversholt 
nH. vel He Ve nn Ve He Ve ne. Ve 
7 0 1 13 Oo 3 4 0 2 0 
Io 1 1 3.0 5 3 740 
ko 4 1 4.0 Io $0 
30 2 0 40 
Io 1 ¢ o 3 
Io 
10 oO I0 oO 10 oOo 10 oO 10 oO 
Clophill Northill Potsgrove Eyeworth Holwell 
He ve He ve ne Ve a. Ve BE v. 
5 0 1% 0 Io 9 0 340 
4 0 140 7h 0 Io 64 0 
Io 40 Io 
640 40 
Io o 10 oO Io oO Io oO Io 0 
Houghton 
Odell Pavenham Conquest Dean 
Me Vv. nm. Ve He ve nm Ve 
44 4 240 +) 8 4 0 
5 13 5 0 30 2 4 
24 0 4} 0 2 7h 
o 8 
10 0 10 0 10 0 10 of 
Of these fourteen ten-hide townships the last is selected as an instance of those slight 
discrepancies which creep in so easily, and which account for so many apparent 
exceptions to the rule. Passing to other multiples of the five-hide unit we have :— 
Oakley Thurleigh Blunham Marston Roxton Dunton 
me ve He Ve He Vv. ne ve ne ve He ve 
4 0 e I 4 1 a6 2 (less 4 virg.) 1 oI BaD 
| ae) Zo o 1 8 (plus 4 virg.) Oo 4 I 3 
40 40 I 1 1 5 0 
o 1 Io Oo P 4 WA 43.0 
o. 8 3 8 3 20 
z 0 2 
5 0 5 0 15 0 15 oO 20 0 20 0 
I now give three illustrations of slight discrepancies :— 
Streatley Sutton Eaton Socon 
He Ve He ve. He Ve 
Io °o 3 20 0 
4 1 Io 6 3 
44.0 14 0 o if 
0 3 tof o 4 
o 3 o 38 9} 
o 1h ° sh 
2 0 2 4 
Oo 3 ojo 
$0 
o 1% 
10 
9 33 9 of 40 1 
1 These letters stand for ‘hides’ and ‘virgates’ ; the ‘ virgate’ was the quarter of the ‘hide’ and 
was divided into thirty ‘acres,’ which it must be remembered were not measures of area. 
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