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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… land for 28 ploughs, and in demesne he had 3 ploughs and 4 serfs. The population consisted of 19 villeins, 33 socmen, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… There were 2 Frenchmen on 1 hide and 3 virgates, and 4 serfs. 80 Tottenham, with rich grass-land along the Lea and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… being commuted by this period. 483 'The day works' of 18 serfs were valued at 10 s. in 1283; 484 in 1308, however, the …
Petitions to the Pope
… The abbot and convent of St. Albans. Whereas they have two serfs ( servos), useless to them inasmuch as they are in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a settlement of foreigners, that is Britons, or of serfs. 16 The 'Walesho' of Wulfric Spot's will in the early …
A History of the County of Essex
… had increased from 44 (33 villeins, 3 bordars, 8 serfs) to 82 (46, 28, 8). The increased value of Higham …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1066. There were 3 villeins, 8 bordars (7 in 1066), but no serfs (2 in 1066). 1 Hugh de Montfort's manor, later Cann … a villein, and three bordars (6 villeins, 4 bordars, and 2 serfs in 1066). 2 It is clear from these details that both …