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DOA/ESDA V. 69 centuries); Douneheved, Dounehevet, Dounhevid, Duneheved, Dounhed, Dounheved, Downhevyd (15th century); Dounheved, Dounhed, Dunheved, Dounehevyd, Dounhevett, Downhevyd, Downheved, Downevett, Downehevett, Downehevytt and Dune- heved (16th and 17th centuries); Donneheved, Dunhevet and Dunheved, with one or more of the preceding variations occasion- ally, in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is clear that the manor Dunhevet existed before the Conquest, and that in the time of Edward the Con- fessor it was worth five times as much as it was when the Domesday survey was made. Our Hide of land was afterwards known as The Hide- lond, Hydlond, and Hillond, and became the subject, as we shall see, of some disputes between the members of the local governing body. We believe that it comprised portions at least of the modern Hay Common, Scarne, Windmill, Longlands, and Pennygillam; but it has become impossible to distinguish it from the tract covered by the fifteen carucates of other land, and the forty "acres" of pasture, or from the subsequent acquisitions of the Cor- poration by gift and purchase, mentioned in the Survey. The demesne, and the four carucates occupied by the bordars, probably formed part of the modern copyhold of the Borough. The two mills undoubtedly stood near the site of the present Town Mills. The serfs of the Norman were absolute bondmen and bondwomen. They were mere chattels of the Royal owner of Dunhevet, and were wholly dependent for their sub- sistence upon the lord's pleasure. The villan derived his name either from vi/is, low, or villa, the place of his abode. He always held a tenement which he could call a home. He was sometimes attached to the land, and sometimes to the person of the lord. It may be observed that similar distinctions of class