temporeepiscopiHenricihabuitdequolibetprepositoetquolibetfirmariounumdenariumadnataleprotaliisquasinvenieteisetmorsurascandelarum。’
29。BurySt。Edmund’sRegistrumAlbum,Canmbr。Univ。,Ee。iii。
60,f169,a:’Istihabentbiscumpanem。grangiator,bedellus,lurard。’GlastonburyCart。,WoodMSS。,I,f126:’Etquodhabeat。quolibetannodetotavitasuaunamrobamdesectaarmigerorumnostrorumetunamrobamcompetentemvelduasmarcasprouxoresua。’f142:’ConcessisseThomedePanisredditumuniusrobeannuatimrecipiendiapudGlastoniamdesectaarmigerorumnostrorumvidelicetquartampartempannicumfurruraagninaprecii2solidorumuelduossolidosetsialiquoannoarmigerisnostrisrobasnondederimus,volumusetconcedimus。capiatilloanno。20solidos。’f。146,d:’。trespanes,videlicetunumpanemuocatumpriestlofetalterumpanemuocatumbastardlofetterciumpanemuocatumseriauntlofdepanetriapredictiabbatis……Etredditumuniusrobe。videlicetquartampartemuniuspannidelectaofficiariorumcumfurruraagnina。EtpropredictaAlueciauxoresuaunamrobamvidelicetetoctovirgaspannidesectasecundorumclericorumcumfurruradescurellis。’
30。GlastonburyInqu。of1189,p。3。Cf16:’Vinitorhabettalemliberacionemsicutprepositusgrangie。’
31。Cellaler’sRegisterofBurySt。Edmund’s,Cambr。Univ。,Gg。
iv。4,f49,b:’InquisitiogeneralisdicitquodomnesgersumariidebentesseprepositivelheywardiadvoluntatemdomininecseexcusarepossintracionealicuiustenementiutpatetincuriaibidemtentaannoregisHenrici54to。EtnotandumquodquicumqueestprepositusauledeBertonemagnahabebitinframaneriumunumequumsumptibusdominicumunastotteetdimidiamacramordeidemeliorepostterramcompostatamethabebitstipulampiseivelfabarumsinediminucione。Etsitenetduasterrascustumariasplenaseritquietusproopcribussuisprounaterraethabebitadnataledomini1den。adoblacionem,diepurificacionisunamcandelampreciiquarteriietadcarnipriuiumdebetparticipariUnapernabaconisinteromnesfamuloscurieetadpaschamhabebit1d。prooblacionesua。’EynshamInqu。6:’Etquiseorumfueritprepositusmanerii,libereritetquietusdeomnibusservitiisetconsuetudinibusquasfacitJohannesMareyspredictus,auxiliis,pannagiisetdenarioStiPetriexceptis。’
32。SuffolkCourtRollsBodleian,3:’Terradebuitcustodiamclauiumconuentus。’ElyInqu。,CottonMSS。,Claudius,C。xi。f26,a:’Adidemtenementumpertinetessecoronariumetreplegiarehominesepiscopi。etfacerecapcionesetdisseisinasinfrainsulametextra。’ShaftesburyCart。,Harl,MSS。,61,f60:
’Iacobustenet5acrasetservabitbovesexceptapestilenciaetviolencia。’
GlastonburyCart。,WoodMSS。,I,f126:’CartaabbatisGalfridifactaWillelmoPasturelpistorideterrisettenementisinGlastonia:。reddendoindeperannumnobisetsuccessoribusnostrisunamrosamadfestumnativitatisbeatiJohannisbaptisteproomniseruiciosaluoseruicioregaliquantumpertinetadtantamterrametsalvonobisetsuccessoribllsnostrissectiscuriarumnostrarumGlastoniesicutaliiliberieiusdemuillenobisfaciunt。’GlastonburyInqu。of1189,p。10:
’Galterusportariustenettenementumsuumscilicetportamhereditariecumhispertinentiis。’ShaftesburyCart。,Harl。MSS。,61,f90:’MariaDeigratiaAbbatissaecclesieStiEadwardi。
CumdilectusnosterThurstanusportariusportamnostramcumomnibusadeampertinentibustototemporevitesuelibereetquieteetiurehereditariopossedissetetRobertusfiliusethereseius,dumposteumcontigitThomamheredemeiusdemRobertipostdecessumpatriseiuseoquodminorisessetetatisincustodiamnostramdeuenire。cumqueipsumdiuciustenuissemusincustodiapensatispredecessorumsuorumobsequiisquinobisfideliteretlaudabiliterministrauerunt。Iuraadipsumetadheredeseiusracionecustodiedicteportepertinencia。presentipaginaduximusexprimenda。’
GlastonburyInqu。of1189,p。13。
GlastonburyCart。,WoodMSS。,I,f。125:’CartaMuricllePasturelfactaGalfridoAbbatiGlastoniensidetenementisetredditibuspertinentibusadservanciamdelalauandrie。’
36。BurySt。Edmund’sReg。,Harl。MSS。,743,f270sqq。:’……
Itatamenquodnullusobedienciariorumpredictorumpotestatemhabeatseuauctoritatemconferendialiquodofficiumseuservanciamalicuiadterminumvitenecstatumliberitenementialicuiinpremissisdeceteroconcedendi,sethuiusmodiseruientesofficiapredictanecessariaexcollacionepredictorumobedienciariorumhabentesadvoluntatemobedienciariorumpredictorumremoveanturquociensnecessefueritA。D。1294。’
Afourthclasswouldbecomposedoftenementsbelongingtopeoplepersonallystrangetothemanor。Such’forinsec’tenantswereoftenhighandmightypersonswhohadnothingtodowiththeagrarianarrangementsoftheplace。Idonotspeakofthisclass,becauseitspositionisevidentlyanartificialoneandofnoimportancefortheinternalorganisationofthemanor,thoughinterestingfromthelegalpointofview。
38。ShaftesburyInqu,Harl。MSS。,61,f。45,d:’BubulcietGadincihabentsabbatumperordinemcarucarumdoneceorumareturterra。’GlastonburyInquof1189,p。14:’HabebitetiamUnamacraminautumpnoUnoannoapudStreteetalioannoaliamacramapudWaltonam。’
39。GlastonburyInqu。of1180,p。46:’Stephanusfil。B……dedominico2acrasadimplementumterresue。’Cf39:’3acrasadperficiendumsuas5acras。’Ibid。’NormandePoladimidiamvirgatam。Totumtenementumsuumestdedominico。’
Ibid。39:’unamacrampro4d。ademendacionemterresue。’
Aluredtenuit,etdicuntjuratoressicesseutiliusquamessetincultura,quialongeestadominico。’
42。DomesdayofSt。Paul’s,p。118:’Annodomini1240HugonedeStoEadmundoexistentecustodemaneriidebellocampohominesinfrascriptitenentesterrasdedominicoquasvocantinlandessineauctoritatecapituliaugmentaveruntredditumassizum,utauctoritascapituliinterveniret。’
Ibid,p。121:’RicardusA。nonfeffatusnisiperfirmariumconsuevitdareannuatim4solidos;deceterodabit4sol。7den。
etob。’Cf52:’Subscriptisuntfeffatidepasturisetfrutectisusqueadtituluminproximum。’Add。MSS。6159,f70:’RobertusCobtenet5acraspro25d。percapitulumutsitperpetuum。’
DomesdayofSt。Paul’s,60:’RicardusWor13acrasdeterraarabilietunummariscum10acrarumpro4sol。et10d。etpercartamcapituli。’
RamsayInqu。,CottonMSS。,GalbaE。x。fol。49:’Denovapurprestura50acras……quas4hominesdedominicotenent。’CfDomesdayofSt。Paul’s,7。20。
GlastonburyInqu。of1189,111:’Hominestenentseptemvirgatasterrededominicodeterrasuperiusnominata,inparteeratliberataintemporeHenriciepiscopietinparteposteacum7acrisquasJohannesclericustenet。’DomesdayofSt。Paul’s,51:’Tenentesdedominieoantiquitusassiso。’53:’Dieuntecramquodterrededominicodenovotraditesatisutilitertraditesunt。’
Bracton,f220。SeeF。W。MaitlandintheHarvardLawReview,iii。173。
Rot。Hundr。ii。336,a:’InfirmariisJohannesclericustenetunamdimidiamvirgatamterreadterminumvitaesuaepro6solidisperannumproomniservicio。’Cf344,346。Add。MSS。6159,p。70:
’HancterramtenuitpostmodumThomasdeRetendonetcumessetconventusacapitulosuperingressuinillaeoquodaliquandodixissetquodtenuiteaminfeodoetnonpossetilludmonstrareetrecognovitsenonhabereiusinillaetreddiditeamquietamdecanoetcapituloquipostmodumconcesserunteandemterramcummansoipsiThomaetenendumdeipsisadvitamsuamtantumpro2
sol。et6d。perannum。’GlastonburyCart。,WoodMSS。,I,240,a:
’MagisterNicholausdeMalmesburirectorecclesiedeCristemalforde。quodcumegorecepissemterramRicardideLeyweyeinmaneriodeCristemalforde。adterminum15annorumetuirireligiosiGlastonieseopposuissentdicentesdicenti?meesseinfeodatumdeterrapredicta,presentiscripturaconfiteormepostpredictos18annosindictaterranonpossevendicarefeodumnecliberumtenementum。’
GlastonburyInqu。of1189,p。79:’Johannesclericus。idemtenetunumcotsetlepro16d。proomniservitioexprestofirmariorumReginaldiscilicetdeWaltona。’DomesdayofSt。
Paul’s,94:’GilbertusfiliusN。tenettresvirgatasinquasGilbertusavusSuushabuitingressumperTheodoricumfirmariumetmodoredditproillis36solidos,’etc。Ibid。40:’ThomasfiliusGodrici22acraspro22d。cuiusmedietasquondamStephani,sethabetcamperRicardumfirmarium。’Ibid。25:’Walterusdemora14
acraspro4solidiset8d。quondamElvine,cuinonattinet,cuiusingressusignoratur。’
WarwickshireHundredRoll,Q。R。Misc。Books,429,f13,b:
’UndeWillelmusdeWextontenetunumcotagiumlibereadterminumvitesuepro4solidismetensinautumpnoper1diem。’ApeculiarcaseisfoundinGlastonburyInqu。of1189,p。69:’Godwinpalmer。dimidiamvirgatam。extemporeRobertiAbbatisperThomamCameriarumincujuscustodiafuittuncmanerium。’Laterhand:’IsteGodwindeditHenricoabbatidimidiammarcametacrevitgabulumde12d。HecconvenciodurabitdumdominusAbbaserit。’
50。DomesdayofSt。Paul’s,25:’RobertusfiliusRogerfiliimercatorisunamacrametdimidiampro6d。Itemparuumaugmentumpro1d。’
51。Rot。Hundr。i。451:’ItemAndreasprepositustenettantumterresicutdictusGoscelinusvillanusinomnibus。Etpreterhoctenet3acrasprolibracimini。ItemRogerusDoningfacitsicutdictusGoscelinusinomnibusetdebetdominosuoprounoseillioneterre6d。perannum。WillelmusMathewteneteodemmodoetpreterhocdatdominosuoprounaacra4caponesprecii6
den。’
WorcesterCart。,27,a:’deforlandis。DeThomadeG。pro5
acris。DeacraquamSymonCarpentertenuit。DeAliciaviduaprodimidiaacra。DeJohanneRobertipro4buttisincrofta,’etc。
DomesdayofSt。Paul’s,p。7sqq。:’Keneswortheistitenentdedominicoetdeessarto。’21sqq。:’Erdelegeistitenentdeessartoveteri。’75:’Nastoxnovaessarta。’
54。Worc。Cart。,13:’IdemtenetassartumpromedietatefructusetPriorinvenitmedietatemseminis。’
55。TheessartsofSt。Paul,London,aredividedintosmallportionsamongthepeasantry,andthesamemenownthemwhoarepossessedoftheregularholdingsallindicationsthattheclearingwasmadeaccordingtoageneralplanandbythewholevillage。
WorcesterCart。,:’desoccagiisetforlandisvillanorum。’Cf49。
Acuriousspeciesoflandtenureistheso-calledroflieslandroughlease?。GlastonburyInqu。of1189,29:’W。deW。tenetunumRoflieslandeodemservicio;totaterraestinvoluntatedomini。’65:’W。tenet5acrasetfiliussuus5acras;unuseorumtenetcarucamdomini,alterfugatboves。TerraquamfiliuseiustenetestRofles。’66:’R。fil。A。tenetunumferdeldeRoflieslandpro2solidisproomniserviciopercamerarium。’90:
’Idemtenetdimidiamvirgatamderoflieslandproduobussolidis,quodutiliusessetedificari。’Cf164,subvoceRoflesland。ThenameisfoundofteninoldleasesinWiltsandSomersetasa’Roughlease’or’Rowlease。’IthinkthetermmustindicateoneofthoseinformalagreementsofwhichIspeakinthetext。SeealsoReg。Malmesbur。ii。9,10。
Rot。Hundr。ii。437:’SymonetPetrus。tenentdeeodemAlanounamvirgatamterreetsolvuntperannum8s。etdebentararetresdimidiasacrasterre。AdamSwetcoctantumtenetdepredictoAlanoetsolvit9sol。3d。etfacitperomniasicutpredictiSimonetPetrusettantumplusquoddebetmetere。
ThomasAlwynetantumtenetdepredictoAlanoetsolvit8s。etdebetarare3acrasaveneetmetereduasacras,’etc。Cf。
InSawtreyleMoyneandSawtreyBeaumeys659,660thefreetenantsarepartlyvirgatersandhalfvirgaters,partlyholdersofsmallplots。Ineednotsaythatallmyquotationsareofcaseswhichmightbemultipliedtoanyextent。
TheundatedSurveyoftheRamseyCartularyii。487hasadifferentreckoning:’Itemomnespositiadcensumquitenentvirgatam,veldimidiamvirgatam,dabuntperannumprovirgataoctosolidos,velprodimidiavirgataquatuorsolidos。’ThereareseveralothersmalldiscrepancieswiththeHundredRolldescription。ThedocumentendorsedintheCartularyseemstheearlierone,andthedifferenceshavetobeexplainedinallprobabilitybysomeattemptonthepartoftheMonasterytosetupahigherrentatthetimeofitscompilation。Onedoesnotseetheslightestgroundforanyreductionoftherentinprocessoftime。Generallyspeaking,theconditionsdescribedintheHundredRollaremoreirregularthanthosementionedintheCartulary。
TheRamseyCartularyhassimply:’Etvirgatariusarabitetherciabitqualibetseptimanaperunumdiemsicutoperarius。’