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With the Angevin growth of royal, as opposed to feudal, government, new duties were imposed upon the vill. By the early 12th century, the reeve and four villagers were required to attend the hundred court "on behalf of all"; in the 1166 Assize of Clarendon, "four of the more lawful men of each vill" were required to present malefactors. Four men and the reeve were again called on for tax assessment in 1198; the Ordinance of 1242 on policing provided for

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