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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 27 d. fish tribute. The recorded population was 10 villeins, 5 bordars, and 2 serfs. It had been worth 20 s. … for 3 ploughs. Half a virgate was in demesne. There were 6 villeins, 2 bordars, and 2 cottars, meadow for 3 plough …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… pigs. The population included 8 sokemen 'of 1 hide', 14 villeins, 8 cottars, and a serf. There were fisheries …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as a monk. 43 In 1086 the berewick of March contained 12 villeins, each with 12 acres. It was valued as part of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 hides with 2 ploughs being in demesne. There were 16 villeins each with 8 acres, 6 cottars, and 1 serf. The value, … 1 hide with 1½ ploughland in demesne. There were 8 villeins, 4 cottars, and 3 serfs. The value was £3 when given …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… On the majority of the non-monastic manors, however, such villeins then owed only, at intervals, what were probably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may reflect comparatively recent colonization. Only 10 villeins were then recorded, holding a total of 39½ a.; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… assessed at 8 hides on which there were two ploughs. The villeins shared a further six ploughs, with room for two …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… people at Northolt. Twenty-two of these were described as villeins, but the size of their holdings varied considerably. There was one single-hide holding, another 5 villeins each had half a hide, 8 held a virgate each, and a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of which two were on the demesne and six were held by 12 villeins and 8 bordars. It is not known why the value of the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in 1086. He had 2 ploughs in demesne with 2 serfs, and 16 villeins, the priest, and 8 bordars had 6 ploughs. There were … at 6 carucates: Roger Martival had 4 in demesne, his villeins held 2, and the Abbot of Leicester held half a … when 44 persons contributed to the poll tax; there were 13 villeins, 6 cottagers, and 6 servants. 34 The unfree nature …