The status before and after 1100 of other occupiers of the land - the bulk of the ordinary people of Scotland - is far less certain, but it is likely that most were already tied to their lord in some fashion, being liable to pay tribute of one kind or another, whether cain (originally reckoned in cattle but later payable in grain or cheese as well), conveth (originally a duty of free quarter or hospitality) or food-rent. The recasting of a Celtic fiscal system which had already been based on land, though focused on the family unit or household and tempered by the ethos of the kindred, to one based on land measurement tied to feudal lordship was less drastic than might be imagined; many of the old features and even their names remained well into the medieval period, grafted on to the new. By 1200 a class of husbandmen was beginning to appear, some of whom held land which has been split up or sub-infeudated in strict feudal terms 'of ' a greater or lesser lord. But most husbandmen (who may have farmed up to thirty acres in the twelfth century) and cottars (who worked only five to ten acres) by then probably did not hold land in feudal term, in return for a fixed fee, but more likely leased it for a money rent, usually on a yearly basis.