PREFACE 9
PART I. TERRITORIAL STUDIES
DOMESDAY BOOK 17
Nature of the Inquisitio Com. Cant., 19--Criticism of the Domesday text, 26--'Soca' and 'Theinland', 35--The Domesday 'caruca', 40--The Domesday hide, 41--The five-hide unit, 47--The six-carucate unit, 66--The Leicestershire 'hida', 76--The Lancashire 'hida', 79--The Yorkshire unit, 79--General conclusions, 82--The East Anglian 'Leet', 88--The words Solinum and Solanda, 91--The 'Firma unius noctis', 96--'Wara', 100--The Domesday 'juratores', 102--The Inquisitio Eliensis, 106--The Ely Return, 114--First mention of Domesday Book, 120
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GELD-ROLL 124
THE KNIGHTS OF PETERBOROUGH 131
THE WORCESTERSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I) 140
THE LINDSEY SURVEY (1115-18) 149
THE LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY (1124-29) 160
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY (Hen. I-Hen. II) 175
THE INTRODUCTION OF KNIGHT SERVICE INTO ENGLAND 182
The cartae of 1166, 189--The 'servitium debitum', 197--Scutage, aid, and 'donum', 209--The total number of knights due, 228--The normal knight's fee, 231--The early evidence, 232--The Worcester Relief, 241
PART II. HISTORICAL STUDIES
NORMANS UNDER EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 247
MR FREEMAN AND THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 258
The name of 'Senlac', 259--The palisade, 264--Mr Freeman's authorities for it, 265--My argument against it, 269--The shield-wall, 273--The disposition of the English, 277--The Norman advance, 284--The fosse disaster, 288--The great feigned flight, 292--The relief of Arques, 294--Summary, 297--Conclusion, 302
MASTER WACE 306
Wace's meaning, 306--Wace's authority, 309--Wace and his sources, 313
NOTE ON THE PSEUDO-INGULF 321
REGENBALD, PRIEST AND CHANCELLOR 323
THE CONQUEROR AT EXETER 330
THE ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF LEICESTER (1068) 347
ELY AND HER DESPOILERS (1072-75) 349
THE LORDS OF ARDRES 351
EARLY IRISH TRADE WITH CHESTER AND ROUEN 353
WALTER TIREL AND HIS WIFE 355
WALDRIC, WARRIOR AND CHANCELLOR 364
A CHARTER OF HENRY I (1123) 366
THE ORIGIN OF THE NEVILLES 370
THE ALLEGED INVASION OF ENGLAND IN 1147 373
THE ALLEGED DEBATE ON DANEGELD (1163) 377
A GLIMPSE OF THE YOUNG KING'S COURT (1170) 381
THE FIRST KNOWN FINE (1175) 385
THE MONTMORENCY IMPOSTURE 392
THE OXFORD DEBATE ON FOREIGN SERVICE (1197) 398
RICHARD THE FIRST'S CHANGE OF SEAL (1198) 406
COMMUNAL HOUSE DEMOLITION 416
THE CINQUE PORTS CHARTERS 424
ADDENDA 430
INDEX 434