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 A HISTORY OF RUTLAND The Rutland and Lincolnshire versions of the above three entries are substantially identical, except for the omission of the 1066 value from the Lincolnshire account of Whitwell. The variations in the next entry are more important. Market Overton, folio 293/- (Rutland) Market Overton, folio 365^ (Lincolnshire) M. — In OvERTUNE 7 Stratone (Berewica) M. — In Overtune 7 Stratone habuit Waltef habuit Wallef comes iii carucatas terrae et dimi- comes iii carucatas terrae 7 dimidiam ad geldum. diam ad geldum. Terra xii carucis. Ibi habet Terra xii carucis. Ibi Judita comitissa habet Judita comitissa iii carucas 7 xxxv villanos 7 viii iii carucas in dominio ; 7 xxxv villanos 7 viii bordarios habentes ix carucas ; 7 xl acrae prati. bordarios cum ix carucis ; 7 xl acrae prati. Silva pastilis per loca i leuca longitudine 7 dimi- Silva pastilis i leuca longitudine 7 dimidia latitu- dia leuca latitudine. T.R.E. valuit xii libras, dine. T.R.E. valuit xii libras, modo xx libras. modo XX libras. Alured de Lincole calumniatur quartam partem in Stratune. It will be noted that the Lincolnshire entry omits the description of Stretton as a ' berewick ' (of Overton), which is interlined in the Rutland entry. The point is important ; for when two or more place-names are included in the same manorial heading, it is frequently uncertain whether the subsidiary vills were separately organized as dependent parcels ol the chiet manor. It is also the Rutland entry alone which acquaints us with the claim which Alfred of Lincoln put forward to a quarter of Stretton, and the statements of the value in the manuscript of the Lincoln entry look like later additions to the text. Thhtleton, folio 293^ (Rutland) Thistleton, folio 35 8i (Lincolnshire) M. — (In Tistertune) habuit Siward dimi- M. — In Tisteltune habuit Siward dimidiam diam carucatam terrae ad geldum. Terra i carucatam terrae ad geldum. Terra i caruca. caruca. Ibi Alured de Lincole habet i carucam Ibi Glen homo Aluredi habet unam carucam 7 iii 7 iii villanos 7 ii bordarios cum dimidia caruca. villanos 7 ii bordarios cum dimidia caruca. Pre- T.R.E. valuit xx solidos, modo Ix solidos. cium ejus in Wime. In this case the name of the sub-tenant is only given by the Lincolnshire entry, but the peculiar interest of the latter lies in its closing words. The value of South Witham, the place represented by ' Wime ' above, was £2 in 1066 and ^2. os. at the date of the Survey, exclusive of a manorial tallage of loj'. ; whereas the value of Thistleton alone at the latter date was ^^3 according to the Rutland entry. As we are definitely told in the Lincoln- shire entry that the value [precium) of Thistleton was included in that given for South Witham, we obtain the absurd result that the conjoint value of the two vills was less by os. than the value of Thistleton alone. This discrepancy might be explained away by the supposition of a scribal error in one or both of the entries ; but it is also possible, as has been suggested above, that the values in the Rutland section of Domesday give us, not estimates of manorial wealth, but statements as to the contribution which each manor made towards the ' firma ' due from the district to the Crown. Such state- ments would possess no interest for the compilers of the Lincolnshire Domes- day, who, in general, have set down the figures in question without any hint that they may possess an unusual significance ; but in any case the discre- pancy which we are considering gives a useful warning as to the complexity of the actual facts which may underlie the specious uniformity of a series of entries in Domesday Book. It is also noteworthy that from the Rutland 130