CountEustacetonameafewhad12，GeoffreydeMandeville2，theAbbotofWestminster4，theAbbessofBarking3，andseeminglytothesehousesnostripsinthearablefieldswereattached。79*Thus，thoughmanyoftheburgessesmaytillthesoil，theboroughcommunityisnotanagrariancommunity。Wecannottreatitasavillagecommunitythathasprosperedandslowlychangeditshabits。Anewprinciplehasbeenintroduced，anelementofheterogeneity。Themenwhomeeteachotherincourtandmarket，themenwhowillhereafterfarmthecourtandmarket，arenottheshareholdersinanagriculturalconcern。
Thattenurialheterogeneityofwhichwehavebeenspeakinghadanotherimportanteffect。Wheninlaterdaysaruralmanorisbeingraisedtotherankofaliberburgus，theintroductionof\'burgagetenure\'seemstoberegardedastheveryessenceoftheenfranchisement。80*Probablythisfeaturehadappearedinmanyboroughsatanearlydate。ThelordwithlandsinOxfordshiremayhavebeenboundtokeepafewhousesandretainersinOxford。If，however，thecommercialelementinthetownbegantogetthebetterofthemilitaryelement，ifOxfordbecameacentreoftrade，thenahouseinOxfordcouldbeletforamoneyrent。InDomesdayBookthebaronsaredrawingrentsfromtheirboroughhouses。Ifanyreturnistobemadebytheoccupiertotheowneritwilltaketheformofamoneyrent；itcanhardlytakeanotherform。Thustenureatamoneyrentwouldbecomethetypicaltenureofaburgagetenement。Itwillbeasecurelyheritabletenure，becausethelandlordisanabsenteeandhastoofewtenantsinthetowntorequirethecareofaresidentreeve。Buttheremayhavebeenmanydwellersinsomeoftheboroughswhowereboundtohelpinthecultivationofastretchofroyalorepiscopaldemesnethatlayclosetothewalls。Inthewestsomeoftheking\'sburgessesseemtohavebeenholdingunderonerousterms。
AtShrewsbury，whichliesneartheborderofWaleswhereeverygirl\'smarriagegaverisetoanamobyr，amaidhadtopayten，awidowtwentyshillingswhenshetookahusband，andareliefoftenshillingswasduewhenaburgessdied。81*AtHerefordthereeve\'sconsentwasnecessarywhenaburgagewastobesold，andhetookathirdoftheprice。WhenaburgessdiedthekinggothishorseandarmstheseHerefordburgesseswerefightingmen；
ifhehadnohorse，thentenshillings\'orhislandwiththehouses。\'Anyonewhowastoopoortodohisservicemightabandonhistenementtothereevewithouthavingtopayforit。Suchanentryasthisseemstotellusthattheserviceswerenotrivialreturnforthetenement。82*
Ontheotherhand，wemayseeatStamfordwhatseemtobetheremainsofaveryfreegroupofsettlers，presumablyDanes。Thetowncontainsamongotherhouses77housesofsokemen\'whoholdtheirlandsindemesneandseeklordswherevertheyplease，andoverwhomthekinghasnothingbutwiteandheriotandtoll。\'