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A History of the County of Middlesex
… had 3 of their 5 hides in demesne and kept 2 ploughs and 2 serfs. There was meadow for 5 ploughs, pasture for the cattle …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 2 ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 there were 2 ploughs with 3 serfs on the demesne of Hugh de Grentemesnil, while 12 … fee of Robert de Vescy. He had 2 ploughs in demesne with 6 serfs, and 9 villeins and 3 bordars had 1 plough. 39 Roger, … holding 13 carucates, had 3 ploughs in demesne with 4 serfs and 2 bondwomen, while 20 villeins and a bordar had 6 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… shared the 14 plough-teams. There were 28 cottars and 20 serfs. The fisheries rendered 3,750 eels, the tribute of fish … and pasture. It maintained 6 villeins, 5 cottars, and 3 serfs. Its great value to the abbot was its render of 24,000 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… yardland, but of 34 other customary tenants (cottagers, serfs, and villeins), none held more than 6 a., while another …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II
… villeins, now 12. There were always 5 ' bordmanni.' Then 5 serfs, now 3. Then in demesne 2 plough-teams ( caruc'), now …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward IV
… by Richard Farnfold clerk who claims that they are his serfs: and they have given the king as security Richard …