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| PREFACE | 9 |
| PART I. TERRITORIAL STUDIES |
| DOMESDAY BOOK | 17 |
| Nature of the Inquisitio Com. Cant., 19—Criticism of the Domesday text, 26—'Soca' and 'Theinland', 35—The Domesday 'caruca', 40—The Domesday hide, 41—The five-hide unit, 47—The six-carucate unit, 66—The Leicestershire 'hida', 76—The Lancashire 'hida', 79—The Yorkshire unit, 79—General conclusions, 82—The East Anglian 'Leet', 88—The words Solinum and Solanda, 91—The 'Firma unius noctis', 96—'Wara', 100—The Domesday 'juratores', 102—The Inquisitio Eliensis, 106—The Ely Return, 114—First mention of Domesday Book, 120 | |
| THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GELD-ROLL | 124 |
| THE KNIGHTS OF PETERBOROUGH | 131 |
| THE WORCESTERSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I) | 140 |
| THE LINDSEY SURVEY (1115-18) | 149 |
| THE LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY (1124-29) | 160 |
| THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I-Hen. II) | 175 |
| THE INTRODUCTION OF KNIGHT SERVICE INTO ENGLAND | 182 |
| The cartae of 1166, 189—The 'servitium debitum', 197—Scutage, aid, and 'donum', 353 |
| WALTER TIREL AND HIS WIFE | 355 |
| WALDRIC, WARRIOR AND CHANCELLOR | 364 |
| A CHARTER OF HENRY I (1123) | 366 |
| THE ORIGIN OF THE NEVILLES | 370 |
| THE ALLEGED INVASION OF ENGLAND IN 1147 | 373 |
| THE ALLEGED DEBATE ON DANEGELD (1163) | 377 |
| A GLIMPSE OF THE YOUNG KING'S COURT (1170) | 381 |
| THE FIRST KNOWN FINE (1175) | 385 |
| THE MONTMORENCY IMPOSTURE | 392 |
| THE OXFORD DEBATE ON FOREIGN SERVICE (1197) | 398 |
| RICHARD THE FIRST'S CHANGE OF SEAL (1198) | 406 |
| COMMUNAL HOUSE DEMOLITION | 416 |
| THE CINQUE PORTS CHARTERS | 424 |
| ADDENDA | 430 |
| INDEX | 434 |
