Note 43 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES

I have numbered the clauses in Palgrave's paraphrase which render the three successive clauses in the Domesday Book entry. The first refers to the firma of the town, payable to its lord (the king);43 the second to the 'geld' (tax), payable to the king qua king;44 the third to its military service.45 The distinction between the three clauses is admirably seen under Totnes (i. 108, b), and the sense of Domesday is absolutely certain to any one familiar with its formulas.46