=Source.=--_Inquisitio Eliensis_ (Domesday Book, vol. iii.).
Here below is written the inquest upon the lands, in what manner the
King’s barons make enquiry, to wit, by the oath of the sheriff of the
shire, and of all the barons and their Frenchmen, and of the whole
hundred, of the priest, the reeve, and six villeins of each town. Then
how the manor is named; who held it in the time of King Edward; who
holds it now; how many hides; how many ploughs on the demesne, and how
many men; how many villeins; how many cotters; how many serfs; how many
freemen; how many socmen;[6] how much wood; how much meadow; how many
pastures; how many mills; how many fishponds; how much has been added
or taken away; how much it was worth altogether; and how much now;
how much each freeman or socman there had or has. All this for three
periods; to wit, in the time of King Edward; and when King William
granted it; and as it is now; and if more can be had therefrom than is
had.