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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… Westminster [col. b] it was ordained that when villeins or serfs flee to the cities, towns, or privileged places and …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… is no need of ratification, for in such a case they are serfs. 4. Arguments to show that the ordinary convention of …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… ( in English). Pat. 6 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 22. [ 5693.] 17. Serfs. Manumission of Henry Knyght, of Stoke Clymmyslonde, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… abbey demesne measured just over 5½ hides worked by 5 serfs, and stock comprised 2 riding horses, 17 beasts, 10 … holdings together comprised just over 4½ hides with 4 serfs and 2 teams. Two villeins and 14 bordars cultivated the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… virgates, 10 bordars holding 5 a. each, 4 cottars, and 8 serfs. In Hillingdon there were 2 villeins on ½ hide, 2 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… households of free tenants, and around 30 households of serfs, two thirds of which farmed modest holdings and one …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… successors in the bishopric, and their men, natives and serfs, the privilege of being quit of toll throughout the … to the burgesses, and the expression "men, natives and serfs," is noticeable. Grants of land in free barony … to occupy the soil. 25 Be that as it may, the natives and serfs of great religious houses were generally more …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… by royal charters on the bishop's men, natives, and serfs extended to his whole tenants, vassals, and dependents …