The English Village Community Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)

CHAPTER V.

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MANORS AND SERFDOM UNDER SAXON RULE.

1. The Saxon 'hams' and 'tuns' were manors with village communities in serfdom upon them 126

2. The 'Rectitudines Singularum Personarum' 129

3. The thane and his services 134

4. The geneats and their services 137

5. The double and ancient character of the services of the gebur--Gafol and week-work 142

6. Serfdom on a manor of King Edwy 148

7. Serfdom on a manor of King Alfred 160

8. The theows or slaves on the lord's demesne 164

9. The creation of new manors 166

10. The laws of King Ethelbert--There were manors in the sixth century 173

11. Result of the Saxon evidence 175