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A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… by 3 serfs and two with the rest of the land worked by 7 villeins, 4 bordars, and 4 cottars. The demesne had 50 a. of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… cut down the trees and destroyed cottages, and driven out villeins from their homes with blows and other ill-usage. 6 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 4 d., a dovecote at 4 s., a garden at 6 s., and service of villeins at 20 s., yielding an annual income of £27 3 s. 4 d. … houses. The heavy exactions of the Crown led the manorial villeins in some cases into the mistake of thinking that the … though his predecessors time out of mind had had divers villeins in the manor of Hayling, from whom they used to …
A History of the County of Northampton
A History of the County of Oxford
… bordars had been absorbed into the ranks of 13th-century villeins. At Puttes four yardlanders and a half-yardlander … another 2, and a few other holdings were similarly sublet. Villeins' rents and services were heaviest on Alvescot manor, … a half-yardlander, were assessed on 8 s. only. 54 Nine villeins and 4 cottagers were recorded on Alvescot manor in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bromscott, and Pemscott in 1086. 33 In 1279 there were 35 villeins and cottagers at Alvescot, Alwoldsbury, and Puttes, … and 35 in 1327, 35 but in the mid 14th century 7 out of 13 villeins on Alvescot manor died presumably of plague, and … manor in 1086 may thus have lived there. 56 Seven villeins and a freeholder were noted in 1279, and up to seven …
A History of the County of Warwick
… one-third of the manor. 21 The weekly work-service of the villeins had evidently been commuted and they paid relatively …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… slaves with some kind of liberty like unto that of villeins formerly in England; also that the orders given to …