Theseregularlyrecurringliberationesorliberaturaeastheyarecalled，thatis，mealsandprovenderdeliveredtothelabourers，havetheircounterpartinthecustomaryarrangementoftheamountandkindofservices。Ishallhavetospeakoftheirvarietiesandusualformsinanotherconnexion，butitmustbenoticednow，thatthesepeasantsunprotectedatlawwereundertheruleoforderlycustom。Wehaveseenalreadythatthepaymentsanddutieswhichfollowedfromthesubjectionofthevillainswereforthemostpartfixedaccordingtoconstantrulesineachparticularcase。Thesamemaybesaidoftheeconomicalpressureexercisedintheshapeofserviceandrent。Itdidnotdependonthecapriceofthelord，althoughitdependedtheoreticallyonhiswill。ThevillainsofamanorinLeicestershirearenotboundtoworkatweedingthedemesnefieldsunlessbytheirownconsent，thatisbyagreement。118*A
bakerbelongingtoGlastonburyAbbeyisnotboundtocarryloadsunlessacartisprovidedhim。119*AsurveyofElymentionsthatsomepeasantsaremadetokeepahedgeinorderasextraworkandwithoutbeingfed。Butitisaddedthatthejurorsofthevillageprotestagainstsuchanobligation，asheretoforeunheardof。120*Allthesecustomsandlimitationsmay，ofcourse，bebrokenandslightedbythelord，butsuchviolentactiononhispartwillbeconsideredasgrossinjustice，andmayleadtoconsequencesunpleasantforhim——toriotsanddesertion。
Itiscuriousthattheinfluenceofcustommakesitselffeltslowlybutsurelyamongthemostdebasedofthevillains。TheOxfordshireHundredRolltreatsforinstanceoftheserviofSwincombe。Theypaymerchet；ifanyofthemdieswithoutmakinghiswillthewholeofhismoveablepropertyfallstothelord。
Theyareindeeddegraded。Andstillthelorddoesnottallagethematpleasure，theyaresecureinthepossessionoftheirwaynagesalvocontenemento。121*
Wemaysumuptheresultsalreadyobtainedbyouranalysisofmanorialdocumentsinthefollowingpropositions：——