Letusobservethefirstquestionthatthecommissionersaretoaskofthejurors。Whatisthenameofthemansio？Everypieceofgeldablelandisconnectedwithsomemansio，atwhichitgelds。Letusobservehowthecommissionersandthejurorsproceedinadistrictwherethevillaeandthemansionesormaneriaarebutrarelycoincident。ThejurorsoftheArmingfordhundredofCambridgeshirearespeakingoftheircountryvillbyvill。TheycometothevillofAbington。99*Abington，theysay，wasratedatfivehides。Ofthesefivehidesthekinghasahalf-hide；thisliesinLitlington。EarlRogerhasonevirgate；
thisliesinhismanorofShingay。Picotthesheriffhasahalf-virgate；thisliesandhasalwayslaininMorden。InwhatsenseimportanttothecommissionersortheirmastercanabundleofstripsscatteredaboutinthefieldsofAbingtonbesaidtolieinLitlington，inShingay，orinMorden？Weanswerthatitgeldsthere。
Hencetheimportanceofthehall。Itistheplacewheregeldisdemandedandpaid。Amanorwithoutahallisathingtobecarefullynoted，otherwisesomegeldmaybelost。100*Aman\'slandhasdescendedtohisthreesons：if\'thereisonlyonehall，\'butonedemandforgeldneedbemade；if\'eachhashishall，\'theremustbethreeseparatedemands。Whenwearetoldthattwobrothersheldlandandthateachhadhishousedomus
thoughtheydweltinonecourtcuria，aniceproblemisbeingputbeforeus：——Twohalls，oronehall——Twomanorsoronemanor？101*
ThepettymaneriaofSuffolk，whatcantheybebutholdingswhichgeldbythemselves？Theholdersofthemarenotgreatmen，theyhavenotenantsorjusttwoorthreebordiers；sometimestheycannot\'withdraw\'theirlandsfromtheirlords。Butstilltheypaytheirowntaxesattheirownhouses。