Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England

by Frederic William Maitland

TABLE I. STATISTICS

	Modern Acreage	Recorded Population (Ellis)	Danegeld circ. ann 1150			Hides, Carucates, Sulungs
	I	II	III			IV
			£	s.	d.
Kent	975,820	12,205	105	16	10	1,224
Sussex	932,733	10,410	217	0	6	3,474
Surrey	461,230	4,383	179	16	0	1,830
Hampshire	1,037,764	10,373	184	15	4	2,588
Berkshire	461,742	6,324	205	11	4	2,473
Wiltshire	880,248	10,150	389	13	0	4,050
Dorset	632,272	7,807	248	5	0	2,277
		[7,512 E]				[2,321 E]
Somerset	1,042,488	13,764	277	10	4	2,936
		[13,307 E]				[2,951 E]
Devon	1,667,097	17,434	103	19	8	1,119
Cornwall	868,208	5,438	22	15	0	155
Middlesex	180,480(?)	2,302	85	12	0	868
Hertford	406,932	4,927	110	1	4	1,050
Buckingham	475,094	5,420	204	14	7	2,074
Oxford	485,322	6,775	249	16	5	2,412
Gloucester	796,731	8,366	194	1	6	2,388
Worcester	480,342	4,625	101	6	0	1,189
Hereford	537,363	5,368	93	15	6	1,324
Cambridge	549,565	5,204	114	15	0	1,233
Huntingdon	233,928	2,914	71	5	0	747
Bedford	298,494	3,875	110	12	0	1,193
Northampton	639,541	8,441	119	10	9	1,356
Leicester	528,986	6,772	100	0	0	2,500(?)
Warwick	578,595	6,574	128	12	6	1,338
Stafford	749,713	3,178	45	1	0	505
						[499 E]
Shropshire	859,516	5,080	117	18	6	1,245
Chester	[655,036]	2,349	0	0	0	512
Derby Nottingham	657,550 539,752	3,041 5,686	112	1	11	679 567
Rutland	[97,273]	862	11	12	0	37
York	[3,888,351]	8,055	165	9	5	10,095
Lincoln	1,694,907	25,305	266	0	0	4,188
Essex	985,545	16,060	236	8	0	2,650
Norfolk	1,315,092	27,087	330	2	2	[2,422]
Suffolk	947,742	20,491	235	0	8

Continued

Hides Gelding T. R. W.	Teamlands	Teams	Valet (Pearson)
V	VI	VII	VIII
			£	s.	d.
		3,102	5,140	9	10	Kent
2,241		3,091	3,255	7	4	Sussex
706	1,172	1,142	1,524	4	9	Surrey
1,572	2,847	2,614				Hampshire
1,338	2,087	1,796	2,383	16	1	Berkshire
	3,457	2,997				Wiltshire
	2,303	1,762	2,656	9	8	Dorset
	[2,332 E]		[3,359	12	9E]
	4,858	3,804				Somerset
	[4,812 E]		[4,161	4	7E]
	7,972	5,542	3,220	14	3	Devon
399	2,377	1,187	662	1	4	Cornwall
	664	545	754	7	8	Middlesex
	1,716	1,406	1,541	13	11	Hertford
	2,244	1,952	1,813	7	9	Buckingham
	2,639	2,467	3,242	2	11	Oxford
		3,768	2,827	6	8	Gloucester
		1,889	991	0	6	Worcester
		2,479				Hereford
	1,676	1,443				Cambridge
	1,120	967	864	15	4	Huntingdon
	1,557	1,367	1,096	12	2	Bedford
	2,931	2,422	1,843	0	7	Northampton
		1,817	736	3	0	Leicester
	2,276	2,003	1,359	13	8	Warwick
	1,398	951	[516	16	3E]	Stafford
		1,755				Shropshire
						Chester
	762	862	461	4	0	Derby
	1,255	1,991				Nottingham
						Rutland
						York
	5,043	4,712				Lincoln
		3,920	4,784	10	8	Essex
		4,853	4,154	11	7	Norfolk
						Suffolk

TABLE II. AVERAGES.

	Acreage div. by population	Acreage div. by teamlands	Acreage div. by teams	Population div. by teamlands
	IX	X	XI	XII
Kent	79		314
Sussex	89		301
Surrey	105	393	403	3·7
Hampshire	100	364	397	3·6
Berkshire	73	221	257	3·0
Wiltshire	86	254	293	2·9
Dorset	80	274	358	3·3
Somerset	75	214	274	2·8
Devon	95	209	300	2·1
Cornwall	159	365	731	2·2
Middlesex	78	271	331	3·4
Hertford	82	237	289	2·8
Buckingham	87	211	243	2·4
Oxford	71	183	196	2·5
Gloucester	95		211
Worcester	103		254
Hereford	100		216
Cambridge	105	327	380	3·1
Huntingdon	80	208	241	2·6
Bedford	77	191	218	2·4
Northampton	75	218	264	2·8
Leicester	78		291
Warwick	88	254	288	2·8
Stafford	235	536	788	2·2
Shropshire	169		489
Chester	[278]
Derby	216	862	762	3·9
Nottingham	94	430	271	4·4
Rutland	[112]
York	[482]
Lincoln	66	336	359	5·0
Essex	61		251
Norfolk	48		270
Suffolk	46

Population div. by teams	Teamlands div. by teams	Total valet div. by teamland [or by teams]			Experimental valet of teamland [or of land tilled by team]
XIII	XIV	XV			XVI
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
3·9		[1	13	1]	1	14	11	Kent
3·3		[1	1	0]	0	18	3	Sussex
3·8	1·02	1	6	0	1	0	8	Surrey
3·9	1·08				1	2	6	Hampshire
3·5	1·16	1	2	4	1	2	10	Berkshire
3·3	1·15				1	4	4	Wiltshire
4·4	1·30	1	3	0	1	6	8	Dorset
3·6	1·27				0	15	9	Somerset
3·1	1·43	0	8	0	0	5	3	Devon
4·5	2·00	0	5	6	0	3	8	Cornwall
4·2	1·21	1	2	8	1	1	1	Middlesex
3·5	1·22	0	17	11	0	13	11	Hertford
2·7	1·14	0	16	1	0	13	6	Buckingham
2·7	1·06	1	4	6	1	0	8	Oxford
2·2		[0	15	0]	[0	16	1]	Gloucester
2·4		[0	10	5]	[0	10	7]	Worcester
2·1					[0	9	11]	Hereford
3·6	1·16				1	2	9	Cambridge
3·0	1·15	0	15	5	0	12	2	Huntingdon
2·8	1·13	0	14	1	0	15	4	Bedford
3·4	1·21				0	9	9	Northampton
3·7					0	9	8	Leicester
3·2	1·13	0	11	11	0	10	10	Warwick
3·3	1·47	0	7	4	0	8	8	Stafford
2·8					[0	7	2]	Shropshire
								Chester
3·5	0·88	0	12	1	0	11	7	Derby
2·8	0·63				0	3	6	Nottingham
								Rutland
								York
5·3	1·07				0	17	6	Lincoln
4·0		[1	4	4]				Essex
5·5		[0	17	1]				Norfolk
								Suffolk

Northern formulas.