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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… holders of the larger villein tenements, typically half yardlands, were lightly burdened. 7 In 1279 and c. 1400, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is known. 90 Freeholders c. 1200 included one with 3 yardlands 91 and another with 40 a. 92 The Scalers family of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Great Childerley demesne supposedly included only 3½ yardlands out of 4 hides included in the manors, that of … its 2½ hides. Of the former's eight free tenants one had 2 yardlands, nominally of 36 a. each, four, including the rector, one each, and three had half yardlands. Their rents ranged from 4 d. to 2 s. a half …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had presumably been taken from the fields earlier. 73 Yardlands in 1650 varied in size but were usually reckoned at c. 24 a., though the division of the township into 12 yardlands suggests a statute measure of up to 50 a. including … not separately surveyed in 1086. 97 In 1279 there were 12 yardlands divided among 16 villein tenants, one holding 1½ …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a yardland to Thomas of Bradwell, 16 and granted three yardlands to Chippenham preceptory, while two other freeholders' half yardlands passed to Walden abbey. 17 Despite those reductions … two freeholders held 60 a. and 90 a. each, three held half yardlands, and thirteen held between 1 a. and 8 a. 18 The …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Penne, and the close above it. 9 The homestead and 4 yardlands of Nicholas Strelley in West Langton, worth 1,590 … Pickering (d. 1749), the lord of the manor, who had 10 yardlands in the fields of East, West, Church, and Thorpe … in compensation for one yardland in Tur Langton and three yardlands in East, West, and Thorpe Langton. 66 In 1831 the …