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A History of the County of Stafford
… each holding a half virgate. There were in addition 6 neifs, 5 of whom each held a half virgate of 10 a. with meadow and one a virgate of 20 a. Two of the neifs were also recorded as cottars in Morughale, where they … commuted money payment was allowed, were required from the neifs and cottars and from 4 of the free tenants. For the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 33 and personal serfdom survived as late as 1582 when two neifs were manumitted. 34 In 1581 most of the 15 copyhold …
A History of the County of Sussex
… pasture, with several heath besides; free tenants and 8 neifs paid 7 9 s. in fixed rents, the customary works of the neifs being valued at 8. 77 At the same period Chancton manor … a. of heath, and 10 a. of meadow. Freehold tenants and 5 neifs paid 2 9 s. in fixed rents. 78 By the end of the 14th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… often of 40-60 years. 59 Only a few tenants were reckoned neifs by blood by the 1420s. 60 Heriots, called obits on the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 84 There were 12 tenants for life at Apley in 1384. 85 Neifs were narrowly restricted to servile tenure: one of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… those holding Ham and rectory tenements. There were only 3 neifs. Some tenants actually held a great deal more land than … had forfeited her tenement for subletting. Fourteen neifs were claimed, mostly living off the manor, two in the …