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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a. of meadow: a free tenant, possibly the rector, held 4 yardlands, 11 customary tenants each held 2 yardlands, 9 customary tenants each held 1 yardland, and … 210 a., the smallest 62 a. 136 Apart from a copyhold of 6 yardlands most land was held by lease for lives. 137 Apart …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in Taddington in 1583 two customary holdings were 5 and 4 yardlands respectively. 116 By 1650 the demesne land in … but during the 17th century holdings of one, two, or three yardlands were usual. 136 During the 18th century, with the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… much freehold land. The Stapleford family held at least 2 yardlands ( c. 60 a.), until they were split up by sales in … by other purchases of freehold, including three 15-a. half-yardlands 133 and 25 a. from the Helgeys. 134 He also bought … The customary tenements included five full and eleven half-yardlands, besides seven cottars. By the 1410s, although some …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 116 in 1314 Andrew of Aldbourne was licensed to grant 4 yardlands to Keynsham abbey (Som.), 117 which held 86 a. at … the moiety had 16 customary tenants, of whom 13 shared 17 yardlands and 3 were cottagers. 141 With the right to feed 212 sheep in 1341 the rector's 2 yardlands were probably more generously stinted than other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… described as a hamlet, the demesne comprised a house and 2 yardlands. Ten free tenants held land, but only two of them … 'otherwise called the Grange', was said to comprise 6 yardlands and 3 houses, suggesting that there had been little … a manor house with three closes of meadow adjoining, and 3 yardlands. 100 The house and land, heavily mortgaged, were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… kitchen wing. By 1279 Oseney abbey had acquired at least 8 yardlands in Barton Ede as well as land in Steeple Barton. … and John Blundell. 150 In 1550 the rectory comprised 2 yardlands, 5 closes, 4 a., and land in Church mead, the tithe … was recorded in 1685 162but the way in which the vicar's 2 yardlands lay scattered among the closes of Steeple and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the king's hands c. 1290. In Steeple Langford c. 21 yardlands were held by freeholders (3), the rector ( c. 2), … In 1628 the large and mainly several farm was reckoned 12 yardlands; 26 tenants, who had open fields called East, … West, and of whom 9 were lessees, then held a total of 19 yardlands, and some holdings, one of 3 yardlands, one of 2, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… land in the parish. 167 In 1086 Hardwin de Scalers held 3 yardlands, previously owned by seven sokemen. 168 The over- … the Wimpole estate. 181 Anglesey priory held in 1279 c. 2 yardlands, part of it bought by 1240 and confirmed by William … Wymondley priory (Herts.), founded c. 1220, 183 held c. 5 yardlands, mostly of the Brescys, in 1279. 184 Mainly given …