THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 185 
The existence of detached parts of hundreds appears to point 
to two general conclusions. First, that the hundred was originally 
comprised within a continuous boundary, co-extensive with the 
most extended area occupied by what, to impress a geological 
term, I may call its outliers ; and therefore that the interposed 
hundred must be regarded as of later origin. Second, that 
at the time when the new hundred was carved out of the old 
one, influences of a territorial, and probably personal, character 
were at work, which continued certain special spots in their old 
associations. There is some historical value too in the changes of 
names originally given to certain hundreds. 
And now to apply these principles to Devon. The only com- 
plete materials for a knowledge of the ancient hundreds of Devon 
are found in the Exeter Domesday. 1 
Three lists of the hundreds of Devon are contained in that 
volume. Two of these are simple enumerations of names; the 
third is a general statement of the contents of each hundred and 
of its taxation. The first has every appearance of being the 
oldest, and differs materially from the other two, which correspond 
more closely with each other, and indeed are all but identical. 
The third, which should appear to be the latest form, is not, how- 
ever, quite that agreeing most nearly, so far as names go, with the 
hundreds of the present day, 2 which in certain features follow in 
preference either the first or the second. (Probably in some cases 
duplicate names were current.) These points will be clearly 
seen in the following comparative table, wherein I have called the 
three lists A B and C respectively. 
ABC Hidage. Geld. Modern Names. 
£ s. d. 
Hertilande 
. Hertilanda . 
Hertilande . 
20 
2 
2 
0 
Hartland 
Mertone 
. Mertone 
Mertone 
48 
8 
12 
6- 
f Shebbear in part, prob- 
[ ably Winkleigh 
Mollande 
With South Molton 
Toritone 
. Toritone 
Toritone 
34 
7 
4 
0 
Black Torrington 
Framintone 
. Framintone 
Framintone 
20 
2 
14 
6 
Fremington 
Tautone 
. Tauuuetone 
Tauuentone 
42 
10 
0 
5 
North Tawton 
Dippesforde 
. Dippeforde . 
Dippeforde . 
39 
7 
12 
0 
Stanborough, Coleridge 
Cerusuellea 
. Carsuelle 
Carsewilla . 
50 
9 
12 
0 
Haytor 
Taintone 
. Tainebruge . 
Taintone 
30 
5 
0 
0 
Teignbridge 
Wenford 
. Wenforde . 
Wenfort 
54 
6 
15 
0 
Wonford 
1 Of the two forms of the Devon Domesday the Exchequer is the later 
revised edition ; the Exeter, as far as it goes, is much fuller in its details. 
3 These remain practically unchanged from the reign of Edward I., as 
shown by the Hundred Roll. 
