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A History of the County of Oxford
… 2 ploughlands in demesne, 11 yardlands held by serfs or villeins, 3 yardlands held by free tenants, and 2 yardlands … tallaged at the lord's will, but the abbot of Oseney's 2 villeins paid 10 s. a yardland, performed an autumn boon work …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Burghal privileges were not, however, enjoyed by the villeins of Thearne, Tickton, Woodmansey, Weel, and the other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and, besides 100 a. of freehold, much customary land. Its villeins included 13 holding probably 10 a. each, and six … 13 cottagers with 7½ a. between them. On Huntingfields two villeins with 10 a. each owed in 1303 two weekworks (three …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and about half the tenanted land was then held by villeins who owed fixed labour services and half by …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… its annual value rising from 205. to 30s. 1 By 1279 villeins on all three manors typically held a yardland or … work, and some tenants received hay or sheaves. Certain villeins on Cadwell manor also had to pull the lord's flax, …