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16。Harl。MSS。639，f69，b：’InquisiciofactapertotamsocamdeBadefeuddicitquodsialiquisservusdominimorituretplureshabueritfilios，sitotaterrafueritmollondprimogenitusdeiureetconsuetudinedebeteamretinere；sitotafueritvillanaiunior；simaiorparsfueritmollondprimogenitus，ismaiorparsfueritvillanaiunioreamoptinebit。’

17。Icannotsurrenderthispoint(cfStevenson，l。c。)。ThatBoroughEnglishexistedinmanyfreeboroughsandamongfreesokemenistrue，ofcourse，andthereithadnothingtodowithservilestatus。Itwouldhavebeenwrongtotreatthecustomofinheritanceasasuretestfromageneralpointofview。Butasamatteroffactitwastreatedassuchatestfromalocalpointofviewbymany，ifnotmost，manorialarrangements。IreferagaintotheCasefromtheNote-bookofBracton，pl。1062。Thelordisadducingasproofofapleaofvillainage：’Hocbenepatet，quiapostnatusfiliussemperhabuitterrampatrissuisicutaliivillanidepatria。’Ihavesaidalreadythatthesuccessionoftheyoungestsonappearswithmerchet，reeveship，etc。，asaservilecustom。

RamseyCartulary(RollsSeries)，i。267：’Decemhidae，exquibuspersona，liberietcensuariitenenttreshidasetdimidiam，etvillanitenentsexhidas。’

DomesdayBook，i。204；RamseyCartulary，i。270，330-40。

RochesterCartulary(Thorpe)，2，a：’GavelmannideSuthflete。’CottonMSS。TiberiusB。ii，andClaudiusC。xi。

CottonMSS。ClaudiusC。xi，f49，a：’Dehundredariisetliberetenentibus。Philippusdeinsulatenet16acrasdewaraetdebetsectasadcuriamElyensemetadcuriamdeWilburtoneetinquolibethundredopertotumannum，’etc。Foramoredetaileddiscussionofthepositionofhundredors，seeAppendix。

InthedescriptionofAstonandCote，asubmanorofBampton，Oxfordshire，hundredariiarementionedinRot。Hundr。ii。689。

Leg。HenriciI，c。7。ThepointhasbeenlatelyelucidatedbyMaitland，SuitolsoftheCountyCourt，Eng。Hist。Rev。，July1888，andRound，ArchaeologicalReview，iv。

GloucesterCart。iii。193：’EtdicuntquodpredictusThomasetsociisuisubscriptidebentaquietarevillamdequolibethundredoCyrencestriaeetdeRespethatepraeterquamadvisumfranciplegiibisinanno。’RamseyInqu。，CottonMSS。GalbaE。x，35：’Sequebaturcomitatumethundredumprodominicoabbatis。’

Madox，Hist。oftheExchequer，i。74：’ServieteisnominatiminomnibusplacitisadquaeconvenientersummonituseritetaddefensionemtotiusvillaeEstoneaderitinhundredisetscyrisinquibuseritquantumpoterit。’WarwickshireHundr。Roll，Q。R。

Misc。Books，No。29，f。73，a：’Serianciaadcomitatumethundredum。’RamseyCart。i。438：’J。R。tenetdimidiamhydamdeveterifeoffamentoetnonredditperannumaliquemcensumabbati，quiaestunadequattuorvirgatisquaedefendunttotamvillatamdesectacomitatusethundrediperannum。’

GloucesterCart。iii。77：’HenricusdeMarwentte。netunamvirgataetcontinentem48acras。etfacitforinseca[scrvitia]，scil。sectascomitatus(hundredi，etaliaforinseca。’CfCart。ofShaftesbury，65：’……defendebatterramsuamdeomnibusforinsecisavcncionibus。’

Seebohm，VillageCommunity，37，38，。Scrutton，CommonFields，39。

SeetheinstancescollectedbyMaitland，IntroductiontoRollsofManorialCourts，SeldenSoc。，Ser。II，p。xxix，note2。

Maitland，op。c。

Afewinstancesamongmany：GloucesterCart。iii49：

’RadulfusdeE。tenetunamvirgatamterraecontinentem48acrasetredditindeperannumnonreditumaliquem，sedsequeturcomitatumWarwiciethundredumdeKingtoneprodomino，etcuriamdeCliffordeproomniservitio。’Therearefourother，virgatariiliberi，besidesthisone。DomesdayofSt。Paul’s(CamdenSoc。)，30：’Thomasarkarius(tenet)ivvirgataspro28solidisetdebetfaceresectamsireethundredi。’Heisafreeholder。WorcesterCart。(CamdenSoc。)，64，C：’DeliberisRicardusdeSalfordtenetdimidiamhidamdepriore，quamThomasdeRuppetenuitdeeo，etfacitregaleservitiumtantum，etdebetessecoramjusticiariisitinerantibusprodefensionevillaeadcustumsuum。’TheEly，hundredarii，aredistinguishedfromthevillains，andformbythemselvesagroupwhichranksnexttothe’liberetenentes’orwiththem。

33。Ramsey，Inqu。CottonMSS。Galba，E。x，f52：’Ecclesiaipsiusvillepossidetdimidiamhidamliberametpresbiterdebetessequartuseorumquisequunturcomitatumethundredumcumcustamentosuo。’Cf40，54。insteadofattendingseparatelythepriestcomestobeincludedamongthefourhundredors。

34。Britton，i。177sqq。SeeMaitland’sIntrod。toManorialRolls，p。xxvii。

35。Maitland，op。c。pp。xxix，xxx。

36。Leg。HenriciI。c。8。Cf。ElyRegister，CottonMSS。，Claudius，C。xi，52，a：’etliberetenentessuiquiten