328 With the help of the figures of the lOth century tax for the priests it has been possible to reconstruct a subdivision of Ostergötland and Vastergiitland in each three tredings of respectively 0 and 9 härads. The subdivision into tredings starts from the central localities of the lands, Ljunga in Östergötland and Skara in Västergötland, where the peasants of the lands used to assemble to hold things, the so-called all-things. As to Småland there has been traced a similar subdivision into four parts, each including 5 härads. According to the calculations presented, it has been assumed that the Svea- and Göta-parts of Sweden would once have been assessed at a total of 9.600 ploughlands with ecpial division on the two parts of the country. This assessment shows a remarkable correspondence to the number of carucates of Yorkshire according to the Domesday hook of 1086: Number of carucates West Riding . North Riding East Riding . 3.248 3.569 3.267 10.084 If it were a treding of 3.200 ploughs, which was the basis of the subdivision of Yorkshire, we should also in this system of assessment. probably formed during the Danish period, he confronted with a total of 9.600 carucates. Possibly the corresponding figures of population a thousand years later may represent a coincidence: the population of Yorkshire in 1931. 4.474.514 residents, corresponds to the figure of the .Swedish territories at that time. 4.808.771 residents. As further evidence of English influence on Swedish institutions there is also the fact that the term folkland. indicating the three ])arts of Svitjod. was used also in England. The term folkland occurs in Anglo-.Saxon documents from the 9th and 10th centuries. where it is contrasted to the term “hookland". According to a theory by P. Vinogradoff folkland is considered as meaning landownership by folkright and as such subject to ordinary fiscal burdens and to limitations in respect of testamentary succession.
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