Note 102 — Chapter II · THE ENGLISH OPEN FIELD SYSTEM TRACED BACK TO THE DOMESDAY SURVEY—IT IS THE SHELL OF SERFDOM—THE MANOR WITH A VILLAGE COMMUNITY IN VILLENAGE UPON IT.

In the next place mentioned 20 men hold 20 virgates, and 13 hold 612 virgates among them, or half a virgate each; and so on. In one place 8 villani hold 1 hide and 1 virgate among them (i.e. 2 probably hold virgates, and 6 of them half-virgates), and 2 others hold 1 virgate each. In another, 20 pleni villani [of 1 virgate each] and 29 semi-villani [of half-virgate each] hold in all 34 virgates and a half. In another, 8 villani hold 8 bovates, and 3 bovates are waste. In the rest of the record it is generally assumed that the 'pleni villani' have a virgate each, and the 'dimidii villani' half a virgate each.