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dreds are to be found in East Devon. Two hundreds whose names 
appear in A — Clauuueton (with Badentone) and Hertesberie — are 
not found in B and C, and have not reappeared since. Cadelintone 
and Axemuda, which are in all three, are likewise gone, with Sul- 
fertone (A and C) and Ofecolum (B and C). Alerige and Hamiohc 
(also B and C) continue, and West Budleigh has been added. 
There is no difficulty in identifying Cadelintone Hundred with the 
district between the Exe and the Creedy, of which Cadleigh is one 
of the most important points, and which now contains the hundred 
of West Budleigh. Hertesberie is not quite so clear, but I believe 
that it forms part of the hundred of Axminster, and that the river 
Yarte is represented in the first portion of the name. Clauuueton 
is manifestly Clayhydon. Starting from these premises we find 
that at the date of the earliest list (A) the whole of the district 
east of the Exe and Creedy, and a line running from the head 
waters of the Creedy north to the Exe and Barle below Dulverton, 
was comprised within eleven hundreds • namely, those of Caedelin- 
tone, Sulfertone, Clistone, Budeleies, See Marie Otrie, Cullinctone, 
Axamudes, Axaministres, Clauuueton and Badentone, Halsbretona, 
and Tueruetone. In the latest list (C) that number has, however, 
increased to thirteen by the addition of Allerige, Hamiohc, and 
Ofiecolum, the only loss being Hertesberie. Here, then, we have 
proof that while at the date of A East Devon was by far the most 
densely populated district of the county, in the interval between 
A and C there had been a considerable increase of population. The 
Saxon was pressing rapidly into the county over the Somerset 
borders down the valleys of the Exe and Culm ; for that is the 
precise locality where the greatest changes are recorded. As another 
illustration of the comparative density of population in this dis- 
trict, we note further that of the thirteen hundreds enumerated in 
C three are the smallest in the county — Axemuda, Ofiecolum, and 
Hasbtone; while uneven distribution even in that area is also 
shown by the fact that Budeleie is the largest. The present boun- 
daries continue still more irregular than in any other part of Devon, 
and bear all the marks of being directly governed by population. 
Of lists B and C, as distinct from A, there are only two hundreds 
that have not descended to modern times, the hundred of Ofecolum, 
which now forms part of the hundred of Halberton, and that of 
Axemuda (Axmouth) now included under Axminster. 
Two hundreds of modern days, not found in the ancient lists, 
