Thenonenotablecasemeetsoureyeinwhichtheownershipofland，ofarableland，seemstobeattributedtoavillagecommunity。InGoldington，avillageinBedfordshire，Walternowholdsahide；thereislandforoneteamandmeadowforhalfateam。\'Themenofthevillheldthislandincommonandcouldsellit。\'38*ApparentlythemenofthevillwereAElfwinSac，amanoftheBishopofLincolnwhoheldhalfateam-landand\'coulddowhathelikedwithit，\'ninesokemenwhoheldthreeteam-landsbetweenthem，threeothersokemenwhoheldthreeteam-lands，andAElfmaer，amanofAsgilwhoheldthreeteam-lands。39*Howitcameaboutthatthesemen，besidesholdinglandinseveralty，heldatractincommon，wearelefttoguess。Norcanwesaywhethersuchacasewasusualorunusual。VeryofteninLittleDomesdaywemeetanentrywhichtellshowxfreemenheldyacresandhadzteams；forexample，how15freemenheld40acresandhad2teams。40*Ingeneralwemaywellsupposethateachofthemheldhisstripsinseveralty，butwedarenotsaythatsuchaphraseneverpointstoco-ownership。
Thenastosuchpartofthelandasisnotarable：——Eveninthefreevillageafewenclosedmeadowswillprobablybefound；
butthepasturegroundliesopenfor\'thecattleofthevill。\'Atthedateofthesurvey，thoughseveralNormanlordshaveestatesinonevill，thecommonformulausedinconnexionwitheachestateis，not\'thereispastureforthecattleofthismanor，orofthisland，\'but\'thereispastureforthecattleofthevill。\'
Occasionallywereadof\'commonpastureinacontextwhichshowsthatthepastureiscommonnottoseveralmanoriallordsbuttothevilleinsofonelord。41*InthehundredofColenessinSuffolkthereisapasturewhichiscommontoallthemenofthehundred。42*But，asmightbeexpected，wehearlittleofthemodeinwhichpasturerightswereallottedorregulated。Suchrightswereprobablytreatedasappurtenancesofthearableland：——
\'ThecanonsofWalthamclaimasmuchwoodasbelongstoonehide。\'43*Iftherightsofuserareknown，noonecaresaboutthebareownershipofpasturelandorwoodland：——itisallonewhetherwesaythatEarlEdwinisentitledtoonethirdofacertainwoodortoeverythirdoakthatgrowstherein。44*