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A History of the County of Oxford
… which by the 1230s contained around 4 ploughlands (16 yardlands) excluding assarts. 1 Crawley's independent open … adjoining woodland to its north. 5 The number of recorded yardlands in the 13th century 6 suggests that each may have … contained 2025 statute acres of open-field arable, though yardlands in Crawley in the 16th century and later contained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… certainly by the 13th century Crawley was divided into yardlands in the usual way, and the settlement appears to … by one of the Selman family for a copyhold farm of two yardlands; 63 the house is two-storeyed and of three bays, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a. of arable, meadow, pasture, and wood, 6 houses and 7 yardlands, a mill, and 10 rent in Crawley, Hailey, and … and which from the early 15th century was leased with 2 yardlands (perhaps the half hide of 1237) and 32 a. of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… Cricklade manor. 10 Hugh Peverell had alienated 4 yardlands and 14 a. of his part of the estate by 1250, 11 and … manor from the 16th century. In 1281 it was assessed at 6 yardlands, 1 in 1533 apparently comprised demesne land, … a. of demesne land, with feeding rights in common, also 2 yardlands, a mill, and 4 burgages held customarily. 19 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Curbridge, have not been located. Caswell, comprising 12 yardlands in 1279 and evidently inclosed in the later Middle … holdings by c. 1237, when Witney manor contained 89 yardlands, 13 cotlands, various additional pieces, and a … fully cultivated from an early date. 48 Of the 25 freehold yardlands in Witney manor c. 1237, 12 were in Caswell and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farm may be traced to a holding, later reckoned as 6 yardlands, held of Witney manor in the mid 14th century by … lord. 2 Thomas's estate may have descended from 6 freehold yardlands in Curbridge held in the early 13th century by Adam … and a seventh share in the common pasture (i.e. for 6 yardlands). 14 After inclosure in the 1840s Curbridge farm …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the reduction of population was permanent: the 30 villein yardlands held at the Black Death by 19 Curbridge tenants … component of Witney manor, Caswell comprised 12 freehold yardlands with at least 5 tenants. 123 In 1327, when Caswell …
Cuxham
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… eight cottagers by 1352, when 9 of the parish's 13 half yardlands lay vacant. 18 Some limited recovery followed, … and in 1377 the rector William Elham rented three half-yardlands which he sublet. 14 In 1466 eight tenants held over 8 yardlands between them, including two yardlands of demesne …
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
… Crispe, gentleman, of a messuage and two and a half yardlands in Clayour, with all other his land, &c. there, of …