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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ploughteams. 62Two demesne ploughteams, each of 2 horses and 6 oxen, were at work in 1251 on 309 a. evenly distributed … three open fields, named as West, Middle (later Cadwin), and Belsars. 63 West field stretched south from the village, … up landless dwellings with common rights, there was little engrossing of land and the largest arable holdings in the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… towards the Tower. Bequests to the church of the same and ministers thereof; also to John Bolag his servant, upon … said John rendering account of all the testator's goods and chattels in his charge; to his apprentices and servants, to Blase de Bury and Amy, wife of the same, and …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and 1½ miles wide at its widest point. The ancient parish … of Ashington parish which lay entirely within Wiston and comprised 256 a., was added to it between 1882 and 1891. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs … provisions', 26 though in 1710 townsmen were accused of forestalling it by buying barley at Asthall. 27 Corn, butter, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as … to prevent unfair bidding. 45 Later regulations concerned forestalling and regrating, and the placing of new stalls for …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… yt please your worshipps, that whereas at [Michaellmas?] and Trinitye sessions last past there was a bill of [complaynt?] and two severall certificattes preferred by us the … borde= ring upon the said river of Seaverne who worke with forestalling netts which reach from the one side of Seaverne …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four … Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of bordars with a share in the … implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. …