In connection with the history of the shire of Kent, in which we are now assembled, I offer the following Observations, illustrative of the succession to the Barony of William of Arques, i. e. de Arcis, in this realm, during the medieval period of time between the Conquest of England and the reign of King John. In that invaluable record, Domesday Book, which commences with the survey of Kent, we read, under the general heading “Land of the Bishop of Bayeux,” this entry, as to the tenure in that shire of William de Arcis: “In Limowart Lest, in Fulchestan Hundred, William de Arcis holds Fulchestan. In the time of King Edward it was avouched for 40 solins, and now for 39. There is land of 120 ploughs. In the demesne are 14 ploughs, and there are 209 villani and 83 bordarii. Amongst them all they have 45 ploughs.