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', 209--The total number of knights due, 228--The normal knight's fee, 231--The early evidence, 232--The Worcester Relief, 241