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 the northern part of the county, as well as the south of Westmoreland, with part of Cumberland, is included within the West Riding of Yorkshire; and that part of Lancashire, which lies between the rivers Ribble and Mersey, and which at the time of the Survey comprehended six hundreds, and 188 manors, is described in Cheshire; (folio 269. 2. a.) and part of Rutlandshire is described in that of Northampton, p. 293. b. and Lincoln, 367. a.

The order generally observed in writing the survey, is to set down in the first place at the head of every county (except Chester and Rutland ). The king's name, Rex Willielmus, and then a list of the bishops, religious houses, churches, and great men, according to their rank , that held of the king in capite, in that county; likewise of his thains, ministers, and servants; with a numerical figure in red ink before them, for the better finding them in the book. In some counties, the cities and capital boroughs are taken notice of, before the list of the great tenants is entered, with the particular laws or customs which prevailed in each of them; and in others, they are inserted promiscuously. Rh