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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ditton Camoys in 1291 had 32 villeins each holding 15 a. for weekwork and other services, and free tenants and molmen … 100 per cent because of rounding. The field system allowed for variety and flexibility in the cereals grown in the … farmers continued to run sheep in the 16th century, when, for example, Edward Collin (d. 1559) had 300 ewes and 100 …
The Environs of London
… called Epping Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. Land-tax. This parish pays … and his heirs 4; which seems not to have been valid; for it appears that Sir John Lyon, Alderman of London, to … for the benefit of King Charles's chaplains and domestic servants, collected about twelve months after he was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… across the river. It appears that Upper Woodford has for long been the largest of the three villages. The houses … 1863. 37 In 1226 the manor was granted to William Harpeham for life, for the yearly rent of one pound of incense. 38 The manor was …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the woodland at an early date. In 1066 there was arable for 2 ploughs on the demesne and for the relatively large number of 13 on the rest of the … pasture farming was more profitable. Londoners paid weekly rates to graze their horses or cattle on Woodford fields. …
A History of the County of Essex
… still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was … of middle class city workers. Streets of houses built for them, and later ribbon development, joined up the … of the inhabitants of Woodford must have been domestic servants; 3 they would have replaced some of the negroes …
A History of the County of Essex
… the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits of justice 1 and, from the … did not wish to serve. The money raised by churchwardens' rates was not always used for church repairs; payments for … 10 Until 1700 overseers and constables levied separate rates; thereafter the former reimbursed the latter for their …
A History of the County of Essex
… and from it he had to furnish the community with rations for two weeks in the year. 4 The northern portion of … wife of John atte Mille of Woodford, was executed for murdering her husband. 10 This holding can be traced in … together with Hill House, was let to William Waverley for 30 p.a. 17 At that date the fixed rents accruing to the …
A History of the County of Essex
… a rector. But part of the income may have been reserved for the sacristy: a composition was made in 1224 between the … repaired at the same time. The work was met out of church-rates during the next 20 years. 42 The new tower was topped … offices, and the sale of annuities payable out of parish rates. 45 The church, designed by Charles Bacon, 46 consisted …
A History of the County of Sussex
… worth 3 s. 4 d. a year in 1339. 67 There are court rolls for the years 1341, 68 1680, 1698, and 1721-1935. Only eleven … in 1791 and 1820. 69 There are court rolls of Wick manor for the years 1457-8, 1466, and 1490-2. Courts were then held … two waywardens between 1652 and 1662. The clerk received wages in 1626 and earlier. 74 In 1835 Woodmancote joined …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1673 the village appears to have been socially depressed, for it had a high proportion of families rated at one hearth … in the Hearth Tax returns. This did not imply poverty, for few were exempted. In 1551 some 53 tenements were listed … Manor House (11) is a Palladian house of c. 1740, built for one of the tenant farmers of the Earl of Westmorland; …