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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 9 The tenanted land was divided fairly evenly between villeins and freeholders. Ditton Camoys in 1291 had 32 villeins each holding 15 a. for weekwork and other services, …
A History of the County of Essex
… number of 13 on the rest of the vill. There were then 13 villeins, 4 bordars, and 4 serfs; by 1086 there were still 13 villeins but 7 bordars, and no serfs; the number of ploughs …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was 3 hides, worked with 2 ploughteams and 5 serfs. The 12 villeins and 8 bordars worked 2 hides with 6 teams. Recorded …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the eight oxherds mentioned. Twelve teams belonged to 13 villeins, 4 bordars, a radman, and a priest. The presence of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was presumably farmed by means of services exacted from 20 villeins and 3 bordars who held the other 7 teams recorded. … ploughland. Odo of Bayeux's ½ hide had 1 team, worked by 2 villeins and 1 bordar. Its value, 10 s. in 1086, had doubled, … ' ad portam', and a third was the widow of a clerk. Some villeins may have been allowed to commute services, for in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free tenants owed suit at the honorial court at North Osney. Villeins as well as free tenants were, unusually, expected to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was worked by 4 servi with 2 ploughs, while the tenants (3 villeins and 3 bordars) had ½ plough; undercultivation may …