[318] Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte, i. 225-6.
[319] 60 + 40 Kentish scillings = 1200 + 800 scætts. The average 1000 sceatts = 200 Wessex scillings of 5 scætts.
[320] Supra, p. 265.
[321] Supra, p. 367.
[322] Supra, p. 322; and Laws of Alfred, s. 27 and 38.
[323] Supra, pp. 415-416.
[324] This is not the place to enter into the details of the Kentish holdings, but reference may be made by way of example to the 5½ ‘sulings’ of ‘Christelet’ in the Black Book of St. Augustine. The suling is still the unit for services and payments. The ‘Suling de Fayreport’ contains 300 acres (and was probably originally a suling and a half), but it is divided into 11 holdings, 8 of 25 acres each and 3 of 33⅓ acres each. Six of the eleven holdings are still occupied by persons bearing the name of ‘de Fayreport’ or the ‘heredes’ of such persons, and probably the others may belong to relatives. The ‘Suling de Ores’ is, on the other hand, divided into about 40 quite irregular holdings, varying from less than an acre to 44 acres. Several are still occupied by ‘heredes’ of persons of the family ‘de Ores.’ (Cottonian MSS. Faustina, A. 1, British Museum, fol. 567 et seq.) The manor ‘de Ores’ is in the list of those afterwards disgavelled: see Elton’s Tenures of Kent, p. 400.
[325] See Mr. Round’s interesting chapter, ‘Sokemen and their Services.’ (Feudal England, pp. 28-34.)
[326] Domesday Book and beyond, p. 306 et seq.
[327] Ibid. pp. 204-209.