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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK In that case the lineal measurements may represent the ' communal ' or ' villar ' assessment of the geld, and the superficial measurement by caru- cates may be ' tenurial,' and may show the incidence of the geld on particular holdings and the share borne by the vills not directly included in the ' leet ' assessment." But both systems are so confused and indeterminate that only a guess on the subject can be hazarded. A few instances, taken from different parts of the county, will illustrate the difficulty of fitting the Suffolk vills into neat groups of 5-hide or 6-carucate units, and of estab- lishing an equation between the carucates and the geld pence, or between the superficial and lineal measurements : — HARTISMERE HUNDRED, NORTH (Total arable area, 91 carucates I2f acres) VilU Wortham . Palgrave Bacton . . Stoke Ash Superficial Measurement Carucates Acres 74 18 62i Lineal Measurement In Furlongs 12 X 10 12 X 6 12X4. 10 X 6 In Carucates 10 6 + 5 Geld in Pence 12 12 6 6 LOES HUNDRED, CENTRE (Total arable area, 78 carucates 56^ acres) vaii Woodbridge Martlesham Dallinghoo Birtley . . Superficial Measurement Carucates Acres no 54i 112 Lineal Measurement In Furlongs 10 X s 12 X 6 12 X 3 6x4 In Carucates 4i 6 3 2 Geld in Pence II II 7i 7i SAMFORD HUNDRED AND A HALF, SOUTH (Total arable area, 166 carucates 91 acres) ViUs Superficial Measurement Lineal Measurement Geld in Carucates Acres In Furlongs In Carucates Pence Freston 6 30 12 X 6 6 10 Dodnash I 30 8 X 6 4 10 Bentley 2 80 12 X 3 3 5 Thorington 2 5° 6x4 2 5" had lost their value for some purposes,' and suggests that ' the carucate computation was kept up according to townships, while the ostites were rated at so many pence in the pound ; ' Engl. Soc. in tie Eleventh Cent. 1 96-9, n. I ; cf. 145. " Cf. Table of Danegeld and Leet System for further instances ; cf. V.C.H. Nerf. li, 5-9, 204-1 1.
 * Professor Vinogradoff regards the measurements by carucates as ' remnants of older computations which