The Victoria history of the county of Bedford . I B ^4\ , Mm op \ 1 y ZttuJAt ^1 , 1 ^— ?Segn J Wolmrtte ,>> o \ , Tj-m-xJunj. ^ s 1—1 5 X, w J M^ o \ LcsfoTtr I ^ ^ B n o PQ Boc7an^?iamscire ; )AY MAP. DOMESDAY SURVEY Assessment of the county, pp. 191-193—The royal demesne, p, 194.—Bedford, p. 195—The tenants-in-chief, spiritual and lay, pp. 195-204—Fate of English holders, pp. 205-207—Problems of tenure, p. 207—Legal antiquities, pp. 208-212—Sources of wealth, —Identification of manors, pp. 213-216—The Bedfordshire Hundreds, p. 217, IF the Domesday student were asked to name the f
The Victoria history of the county of Bedford . I B ^4\ , Mm op \ 1 y ZttuJAt ^1 , 1 ^— ?Segn J Wolmrtte ,>> o \ , Tj-m-xJunj. ^ s 1—1 5 X, w J M^ o \ LcsfoTtr I ^ ^ B n o PQ Boc7an^?iamscire ; )AY MAP. DOMESDAY SURVEY Assessment of the county, pp. 191-193—The royal demesne, p, 194.—Bedford, p. 195—The tenants-in-chief, spiritual and lay, pp. 195-204—Fate of English holders, pp. 205-207—Problems of tenure, p. 207—Legal antiquities, pp. 208-212—Sources of wealth, —Identification of manors, pp. 213-216—The Bedfordshire Hundreds, p. 217, IF the Domesday student were asked to name the feature of mostinterest to himself in the survey of Bedfordshire, he would probablyname its hidage. For it ranks next to its neighbour Cambridge-shire as a county illustrating the system of hidation, that is assess-ment, which was based on a unit of five hides. This, which is thetrue key to Domesday, is a discovery of our own time. It was formerlysupposed that the Domesday hide was either an actual measure of areaor at least the representative of some definite value. But it is now knownthat manors (or more correctly vills) were assessed to the geld, that isthe land tax, in purely arbi
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