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Wantisden 7
Wantisden 8
1086 land of Roger Bigod.
1086 Norman holds of Roger
Bigod.
14 freemen with 40 acres.
1086 land of Roger the Poitevin.
(demesne) (Value in Blaxhall).
12 acres of the lordship of
Sudbourne.
1086 land of the abbot of Ely.
1086 value: £0 2s 0d.
1066 Morewin, a freeman, with 2
acres.
1086 land of the abbot of Ely.
1086 Morwin holds of the abbot.
1086 value: £0 0s 4d.
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In the soke and commendation of the
abbot of Ely.
Now we need to discuss the much-debated question of the introduction of
feudalism into England, or to be more precise, the introduction of knight-service or
feudal tenure, and its relationship to the pre-Conquest situation. For a considerable
part of the twentieth century the ideas of J. H. Round were widely accepted. For
Round, a new system of military tenure — knight-service — was introduced in
England quickly after the Conquest by William I. The new system he described was
basically one of land granted in return for the service of a quota of knights. 200
It has become clear that this view is in need of modification at least. John
Gillingham has argued that, although the five-hide system may have been one of the
bases of Anglo-Saxon military service, together with the retinues of the earls and
leading thegns, in practice this became a system of quotas. This would mean that
quotas were not new after 1066, though of course the specific quotas for new
200 Round, Feudal England pp. 197- 208.