vill2 [92]
of Bracton, pl. 1062. The lord is adducing as proof of a plea of villainage: 'Hoc bene patet, quia postnatus filius semper habuit terram patris sui sicut alii villani de patria.' I have said already that the succession of the youngest son appears with merchet, reeveship, etc., as a servile custom.
18. Q. R. Min. Acc. Box 587.
19. Ramsey Cartulary (Rolls Series), i.267: 'Decem hidae, ex quibus persona, liberi et censuarii tenent tres hidas et dimidiam, et villani tenent sex hidas.'
20. Domesday Book, i. 204; Ramsey Cartulary, i. 270, 330-40.
21. Rochester Cartulary (Thorpe), 2, a: 'Gavelmanni de Suthflete.'
22. Cotton MSS. Tiberius B. ii, and Claudius C. xi.
23. Cotton MSS. Claudius C. xi, f 49, a: 'De hundredariis et libere tenentibus. Philippus de insula tenet 16 acras de wara et debet sectas ad curiam Elyensem et ad curiam de Wilburtone et in quolibet hundredo per totum annum,' etc. For a more detailed discussion of the position of hundredors, see Appendix.
24. In the description of Aston and Cote, a submanor of Bampton, Oxfordshire, hundredarii are mentioned in Rot. Hundr. ii. 689.
25. Leg. Henrici I, c. 7. The point has been lately elucidated by Maitland, Suitols of the County Court, Eng. Hist. Rev., July 1888, and Round, Archaeological Review, iv.
26. Gloucester Cart. iii. 193: 'Et dicunt quod predictus Thomas et socii sui subscripti debent aquietare villam de quolibet hundredo Cyrencestriae et de Respethate praeterquam ad visum franciplegii bis in anno.' Ramsey Inqu., Cotton MSS. Galba E. x, 35: 'Sequebatur comitatum et hundredum pro dominico abbatis.' Madox, Hist. of the Exchequer, i. 74: 'Serviet eis nominatim in omnibus placitis ad quae convenienter summonitus erit et ad defensionem totius villae Estone aderit in hundredis et scyris in quibus erit quantum poterit.' Warwickshire Hundr. Roll, Q. R. Misc. Books, No. 29, f. 73, a: 'Seriancia ad comitatum et hundredum.'
27. Ramsey Cart. i. 438: 'J. R. tenet dimidiam hydam de veteri feoffamento et non reddit per annum aliquem censum abbati, quia est una de quattuor virgatis quae defendunt totam villatam de secta comitatus et hundredi per annum.'
28. Gloucester Cart. iii. 77: 'Henricus de Marwent te.net unam virgataet continentem 48 acras... et facit forinseca [scrvitia], scil. sectas comitatus (hundredi, et alia forinseca.' Cf Cart. of Shaftesbury, 65: '.... defendebat terram suam de omnibus forinsecis avcncionibus.'
29. Seebohm, Village Community, 37, 38,. Scrutton, Common Fields, 39.
30. See the instances collected by Maitland, Introduction to Rolls of Manorial Courts, Selden Soc., Ser. II, p. xxix, note 2.
31. Maitland, op. c.
32. A few instances among many: Gloucester Cart. iii 49: 'Radulfus de E. tenet unam virgatam terrae continentem 48 acras et reddit inde per annum non reditum aliquem, sed sequetur comitatum Warwici et hundredum de Kingtone pro domino, et curiam de Clifforde pro omni servitio.' There are four other, virgatarii liberi, besides this one. Domesday of St. Paul's (Camden Soc.), 30: 'Thomas arkarius (tenet) iv virgatas pro 28 solidis et debet facere sectam sire et hundredi.' He is a freeholder. Worcester Cart. (Camden Soc.), 64, C: 'De liberis Ricardus de Salford tenet dimidiam hidam de priore, quam Thomas de Ruppe tenuit de eo, et facit regale servitium tantum, et debet esse coram justiciariis itinerantibus pro defensione villae ad custum suum.' The Ely, hundredarii, are distinguished from the villains, and form by themselves a group which ranks next to the 'libere tenentes' or with them.
33. Ramsey, Inqu. Cotton MSS. Galba, E. x, f 52: 'Ecclesia ipsius ville possidet dimidiam hidam liberam et presbiter debet esse quartus eorum qui sequuntur comitatum et hundredum cum custamento suo.' Cf 40, 54. instead of attending separately the priest comes to be included among the four hundredors.
34. Britton, i. 177 sqq. See Maitland's Introd. to Manorial Rolls, p. xxvii.
35. Maitland, op. c. pp. xxix, xxx.
36. Leg. Henrici I. c. 8. Cf. Ely Register, Cotton MSS., Claudius, C. xi, 52, a: 'et libere tenentes
18. Q. R. Min. Acc. Box 587.
19. Ramsey Cartulary (Rolls Series), i.267: 'Decem hidae, ex quibus persona, liberi et censuarii tenent tres hidas et dimidiam, et villani tenent sex hidas.'
20. Domesday Book, i. 204; Ramsey Cartulary, i. 270, 330-40.
21. Rochester Cartulary (Thorpe), 2, a: 'Gavelmanni de Suthflete.'
22. Cotton MSS. Tiberius B. ii, and Claudius C. xi.
23. Cotton MSS. Claudius C. xi, f 49, a: 'De hundredariis et libere tenentibus. Philippus de insula tenet 16 acras de wara et debet sectas ad curiam Elyensem et ad curiam de Wilburtone et in quolibet hundredo per totum annum,' etc. For a more detailed discussion of the position of hundredors, see Appendix.
24. In the description of Aston and Cote, a submanor of Bampton, Oxfordshire, hundredarii are mentioned in Rot. Hundr. ii. 689.
25. Leg. Henrici I, c. 7. The point has been lately elucidated by Maitland, Suitols of the County Court, Eng. Hist. Rev., July 1888, and Round, Archaeological Review, iv.
26. Gloucester Cart. iii. 193: 'Et dicunt quod predictus Thomas et socii sui subscripti debent aquietare villam de quolibet hundredo Cyrencestriae et de Respethate praeterquam ad visum franciplegii bis in anno.' Ramsey Inqu., Cotton MSS. Galba E. x, 35: 'Sequebatur comitatum et hundredum pro dominico abbatis.' Madox, Hist. of the Exchequer, i. 74: 'Serviet eis nominatim in omnibus placitis ad quae convenienter summonitus erit et ad defensionem totius villae Estone aderit in hundredis et scyris in quibus erit quantum poterit.' Warwickshire Hundr. Roll, Q. R. Misc. Books, No. 29, f. 73, a: 'Seriancia ad comitatum et hundredum.'
27. Ramsey Cart. i. 438: 'J. R. tenet dimidiam hydam de veteri feoffamento et non reddit per annum aliquem censum abbati, quia est una de quattuor virgatis quae defendunt totam villatam de secta comitatus et hundredi per annum.'
28. Gloucester Cart. iii. 77: 'Henricus de Marwent te.net unam virgataet continentem 48 acras... et facit forinseca [scrvitia], scil. sectas comitatus (hundredi, et alia forinseca.' Cf Cart. of Shaftesbury, 65: '.... defendebat terram suam de omnibus forinsecis avcncionibus.'
29. Seebohm, Village Community, 37, 38,. Scrutton, Common Fields, 39.
30. See the instances collected by Maitland, Introduction to Rolls of Manorial Courts, Selden Soc., Ser. II, p. xxix, note 2.
31. Maitland, op. c.
32. A few instances among many: Gloucester Cart. iii 49: 'Radulfus de E. tenet unam virgatam terrae continentem 48 acras et reddit inde per annum non reditum aliquem, sed sequetur comitatum Warwici et hundredum de Kingtone pro domino, et curiam de Clifforde pro omni servitio.' There are four other, virgatarii liberi, besides this one. Domesday of St. Paul's (Camden Soc.), 30: 'Thomas arkarius (tenet) iv virgatas pro 28 solidis et debet facere sectam sire et hundredi.' He is a freeholder. Worcester Cart. (Camden Soc.), 64, C: 'De liberis Ricardus de Salford tenet dimidiam hidam de priore, quam Thomas de Ruppe tenuit de eo, et facit regale servitium tantum, et debet esse coram justiciariis itinerantibus pro defensione villae ad custum suum.' The Ely, hundredarii, are distinguished from the villains, and form by themselves a group which ranks next to the 'libere tenentes' or with them.
33. Ramsey, Inqu. Cotton MSS. Galba, E. x, f 52: 'Ecclesia ipsius ville possidet dimidiam hidam liberam et presbiter debet esse quartus eorum qui sequuntur comitatum et hundredum cum custamento suo.' Cf 40, 54. instead of attending separately the priest comes to be included among the four hundredors.
34. Britton, i. 177 sqq. See Maitland's Introd. to Manorial Rolls, p. xxvii.
35. Maitland, op. c. pp. xxix, xxx.
36. Leg. Henrici I. c. 8. Cf. Ely Register, Cotton MSS., Claudius, C. xi, 52, a: 'et libere tenentes