. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . lf of his lord. How short hisvisits to aii\ one manor usualh were may be seen from theitinerary of the steward of tlie abbey of Bee, as set forth inhis Coint l\olls, who in 1247 bitwcen Septendier I7th andOctober !(th visitecl six manors in the six counties of Wilt-shire. Berkshire, Xorthamptonshire, Xoilolk, Suffolk, and this also suggests that tra\-elling was not at allditficult at thi
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . lf of his lord. How short hisvisits to aii\ one manor usualh were may be seen from theitinerary of the steward of tlie abbey of Bee, as set forth inhis Coint l\olls, who in 1247 bitwcen Septendier I7th andOctober !(th visitecl six manors in the six counties of Wilt-shire. Berkshire, Xorthamptonshire, Xoilolk, Suffolk, and this also suggests that tra\-elling was not at allditficult at this time, and that the roads as a rule mnsr^ havebeen safe, foi- tlie stewards took largx^ sums of money withthem—an idea which is confirmed by the reiord we have ofan equally rapid tour made in •bumafv, 1 i M, by the dean andtwo cant)ns of St. Pauls to inspect their estates in Hertford-shire, Essex, and Surrey, when the jiarty, though it waswinter, covered over two hundred and thirty miles acrosscountr\ in twenty-two days, and held iii(|iiisii ions in nineteenmanors. The tNpical manor which tln bailifl bail lo look afterConsisted of a single village, in wbich all the land legally.
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