There are 50 villeins and 12 bordars with
20 ploughs. The mill there pay[s] 3 shillings. The woodlands are 2
miles long and the same broad. In King Edward's time and
afterwards, it was worth 22 pounds [440 s.], now only 11 pounds by
weight. These lands of the Countess Godiva Nicholas holds to farm
of the King."
The survey shows a few manors and monasteries owned a salt-house
or salt-pit in the local saltworks, from which they were entitled
to obtain salt.
In total there were about 110,000 villani [former coerls regarded
as customary, irremovable cultivator tenants]; 82,000 bordarii;
7,000 cotarii and cotseti [held land by service of labor or rent
paid in produce], and 25,000 servi [landless laborers]. There are
no more theows.
In the nation, there was a total of about 25,000 servi [landless
laborers], over 82,000 borderii, nearly 7,000 coatarii and cotseti
[held land or houses by service of labor or rent paid in produce],
and nearly 110,000 villani. This survey resulted in the first
national tax system of about 6s. per hide of land.
The survey also provided the Conquerer with a summary of customs
of areas. For instance, in Oxfordshire, "Anyone breaking the
King's peace given under his hand and seal to the extent of
committing homicide shall be at the King's mercy in respect of his
life and members. That is if he be captured. And if he cannot be
captured, he shall be considered as an outlaw, and anyone who
kills him shall have all his possessions.
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