Note 171 — PART I TERRITORIAL STUDIES (continued 3)
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Having brought the levies down to 1165, I hope it has now been made clear that the officials of the exchequer were well aware of the amount of servitium debitum from every fief, the levies being always based on the said amount. Swereford, therefore, was quite mistaken in the inference he drew from the inquest of 1166:171 indeed, his words prove that he completely misunderstood the problem.