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A History of the County of Oxford
… area around Tar wood. 31 By 1279 there were at least 36 villeins and cottagers at Stanton Harcourt and West End, 17 … slightly by the mid 14th century, when over half the villeins on Stanton Wyard manor died of plague; 33 most of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the persons mentioned in Domesday Book were described as villeins, and their holdings ranged from ½ virgate to 2 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ploughteams. Over half the tenanted land was held by villeins who owed fixed labour services and a reeve was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and servi appear to be alternative words for the class of villeins who held a virgate or half-virgate. At Stoke Lyne, … in the same or in different parishes, and there are a few villeins who also held cottages and have therefore been …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were still being collected from free tenants. 5 In 1086 40 villeins and 30 bordars held land for 20 ploughs. A rental …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… is not clear how much of the demesne, the tenants', or the villeins' land lay in Stepney parish. 2 Other land was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… lands, liberties including reliefs, escheats, freemen and villeins, all appurtenances of the river ferry, together with …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… land for one plough, but Hugh had half a plough and seven villeins had two more. Both before and after the Conquest the … for two ploughs and Hunfrid his man had two ploughs. Two villeins and one bordar were also recorded. The estate had … of Baldric at Kelfield had land for one plough and four villeins had a plough there. There was woodland a league long …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Conquest. In 1086 Robert had one plough in demesne, and 2 villeins and a socman had another. There were 8 a. of meadow, … Holyoaks supported 3 ploughs, 2 in demesne and 1 held by 4 villeins and 2 bordars. There was woodland 4 by 3 furlongs, …