Unhappilytheartificialfeaturesofthesystemhavebeenmadebymoderninquirersthestartingpointofveryfar-reachingtheoriesandsuppositions。Seebohmhasproposedanexplanationoftheintermixtureofstripsasoriginatinginthepracticeofcoaration。Hearguesthatitwasnaturaltodividethelandtilledbyamixedplough-teamamongtheownersoftheseveralbeastsandimplements。Everymangotastripaccordingtoacertainsettledandever-recurringsuccession。IdonotpretendtojudgeofthevalueoftheinterestinginstancesadducedbySeebohmfromCelticpractices，butwhateverthearrangementinWalesorIrelandmayhavebeen，theexplanationdoesnotsuittheEnglishcase。Adoubtiscastonitalreadybythefactthatsuchauniversalfeatureastheintermixtureofstripsappearsconnectedwiththeoccurrenceofsuchaspecialinstrumentastheeight-oxenplough，TheintermixtureisquitethesameinCentralRussia，wheretheytillwithonehorse，andinEnglandwheremoreorlessbigploughswereused。thedoubtincreaseswhenwereflectthatifthestripsfollowedeachotheraspartsoftheplough-team，thegreatownerswouldhavebeenpossessedofcompactplots。Everyholderofanentirehidewouldhavebeenoutoftheintermixture，andeveryvirgaterwouldhavestoodinconjunctionwithasequenceofthreeothertenants。Neithertheonenortheotherinferenceissupportedbythefacts。TheobservationthatthepeasantryarecommonlyprovidedwithsmallploughsdrawnbyfourbeastsruinsSeebohm’shypothesisentirely。
Onewouldhavetosupposethatmostfieldsweredividedintotwoparts，asthemajorityofthetenementsareyardlandswithhalfateam。Theonlyadequateexplanationoftheopen-fieldintermixturehasbeengivenabove；ithasitsrootsinthewishtoequalisetheholdingsastothequantityandqualityofthelandassignedtotheminspiteofalldifferencesintheshape，theposition，andthevalueofthesoil。
BeforeIleavethequestionastotheholdingsofthefeudalpeasantry，ImustmentionsometermswhichoccurindifferentpartsofEngland，althoughmorerarelythantheusualhidesandvirgates。64*OfthesulungIhavespokenalready。Itisafullploughland，and200acresarecommonlyreckonedtobelongtoit。
ThenameissometimesfoundoutofKent，inEssexforinstance。
InTillingham，amanorofSt。Paul’sofLondon，wecomeacrosssixhides’triumsolandarum’。65*Themostprobableexplanationseemstobethatthehideorunitofassessmentiscontrastedwiththesolandaorsullandsulung，thatiswiththeactualploughland，andtwohidesarereckonedasasinglesolanda。