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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY In 1066 two thegns held c. 3½ hides, while 15 sokemen shared another 3½ hides. By 1086, … between them furnished six of the nine ploughteams needed for 9½ ploughlands, Ramsey abbey's land being cultivated … 6 yardlands on the Segrave fee were entirely held freely for rent by the sokemen's successors, except that the head …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Boxworth Manors Manors The largest manor in 1086 was the 4½ hides that Pain held of Hardwin de Scalers, of which 3½ hides … was succeeded by his son, William of Boxworth, 63escheator for Cambridgeshire 1246- 54, 64who died after 1268. 65In 1279 … Soulbury (Bucks.), 85who in 1479 conveyed it to feoffees for William Copley, 86a Yorkshire merchant stapler. 87After …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… CLEAN. In [Acts (1736)], it was permitted to make BOLT for SAIL CLOTH only out of braach or LONG HEMP or ITALIAN … braking was by no means the final stage in preparing flax for spinning. Not found in the OED as such, though the term … helpful. Common sense suggests a bran tub was a TUB for keeping BRAN, but it seems improbable that any one would …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1086 when Domesday Book lists it as a small manor of two hides with a recorded population of 24 (VCH Northants., I …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… College, who exchanged the living of Milbourne-Port for this in 1824. The Marquess of Anglesey has commuted his share of the great tithes for 193. 17. 11.; the Warden and Fellows receive 45, and the … a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Glaston-Twelve-Hides, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… estates forming Wrockwardine hundred amounted to 173 5/12 hides in 1086, those forming Hodnet amounted to 96. In 1086 … were amalgamated in the mid or later 12th century, for Wrockwardine still existed c. 1140 8 but Bradford hundred had been created by 1203. 9 The reason for the union is not clear, for even before it took place …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… IN 1084 the hundred of Bradford, which was assessed at 99 hides, probably included, among other towns, Bradford, Barley … Wingfield, Wittenham, Winsley, and South Wraxall. 8 Except for Wingfield, Westwood, and Wittenham these are constant … Westwood does not occur in the rolls of Elstub hundred for the period 1333 to 1580. 10 As has been shown it appeared …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… hundred. Bradley hundred was assessed at a total of 94 hides in 1086. Its constituents were Northleach manor, with its members of Farmington (then and for several centuries afterwards called Thormarton), Stowell, … remaining in the enlarged Bradley hundred and administered for some purposes with Eastington, became part of Coberley …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The land around and to the E. of the village is remarkable for the large number of prehistoric and Roman settlements … on the ground, as ridges 10 m. 15 m. wide and traceable for up to 225 m. One of these, in the S. of the parish (at SP …
A History of the County of Stafford
… certainly held by the abbey in 1086, when it was assessed for tax on 1 1/2 hide. 12 The same assessment was recorded in the early 12th century for 'the land of the men' held 'in defence', meaning land … was Sinai park, which was created in the medieval period for social use by the monks. 15 SINAI PARK What was called …