Inoppositiontolabourandrentsinkindwefindagreatmanypaymentsinmoney。Someofthesearesaidinasmanywordstohavesteptintotheplaceoflabourservices;ofmowing,carrying,makinghedges,61*etc。Thesamemaybethecaseinregardtoproduce:barlicksilverispaidinsteadofbarley,fish-silverevidentlyinsteadoffish,malt-silverinsteadofmalt;acertainpaymentinsteadofsalt,andsoon。62*Butsometimestheoriginofthemoneyrentismoredifficulttoascertain。Wefind,forinstance,adutyonsheep,whichisalmostcertainlyanoriginalimpositionwhenitappearsasfald-silver。Evensothescythe-pennyfromeveryscythe,thebosing-silverfromeveryhorseandcart,thewood-penny,probablyfortheuseofwoodasfuel,mustberegardedasoriginaltaxesandnotquit-rentsorcommutation-rents。63*Pannageispaidinthesamewayfortheswinegrazinginthewoods。64*Ward-pennyappearsalsoinconnexionwithcattle,butwithsomespecialshadeofmeaningwhichitisdifficulttobringoutdefinitely;
thenameseemstopointtoprotection,andalsooccursinconnexionwithpolicearrangements。65*
ImustacknowledgethatinagoodmanycasesIhavebeenunabletofindasatisfactoryexplanationforvarioustermswhichoccurintherecordsforthediverspayments。Anattentivestudyoflocalusageswillprobablyleadtodefiniteconclusionsastomostofthem。66*Fromageneralpointofviewitisinterestingtonotice,thatwefindalreadyinourrecordssomeattemptstobringalltheperplexingvarietyofpaymentstoafewmaindesignations。Annualrentsare,ofcourse,reckonedoutundertheoneheadof’census。’Veryobviousreasonssuggestedtheadvisabilityofcomputingtheentiremoney-proceedyieldedbytheestate。67*Itsometimeshappensthatthegeneralsummadeupinthisway,fixedasitisataconstantamount,isusedalmostasanameforacomplexofland。68*Adivisionofrentsintooldandnewonesdoesnotrequireanyparticularexplanation。69*
Butseveralothersubdivisionsareworthnotice。Therentpaidfromthelandoftenappearsseparatelyaslandgafolorlandchere。
Itisnaturallyopposedtopaymentsthatfallonthepersonaspolltaxes。70*Theselastareconsideredguaranteedbytheasareturnforthepersonalprotectionlordtohissubjects。OfthecontrastbetweengafolasacustomaryrentandmalasapaymentincommutationIhavespokenalready,andIhaveonlytoaddnow,thatgildissometimesusedinthesamesenseasmal。71*