Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

by John Horace Round

[²³⁶] C text.

[²³⁷] Commend' 'S. ae.' is found on 386b, ad pedem.

[²³⁸] From internal evidence I hold this writ to have been sent from over sea. It cannot have been issued by William Rufus, for the Bishop of Coutances rebelled against him in 1088, and William Rufus did not go abroad till later in his reign.

[²³⁹] This is usually quoted 'inquirunt', which is the wrong reading.

[²⁴⁰] The right reading.

[²⁴¹] Quantum in C text.

[²⁴²] The text here seems to be corrupt, C reading 'tunc' for 'simul'. As the 'tunc' and 'modo' formula is represented in the next clause, it seems more probable that 'simul' is the right reading, and refers to the totals entered in the Inquisitio. In that case the words 'et quantum modo' are an interpolation.

[²⁴³] Hallow near Worcester.

[²⁴⁴] Note, Ash—'Esch'—'Naisse'.

[²⁴⁵] Compare the heading of the 'breve abbatis': 'Hic imbreviatur quot carucas', etc., etc. The returns of the Norman barons in 1172 were styled 'breves'.