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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the lords of the manor had supposedly seized by force as villeins by birth, successfully vindicated their liberty. 2No …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 30 a., on Russells manor, were held in villeinage. The villeins owed mainly cash rents of 10-12 s. for each quarter …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… his messuage and lands with the services of certain villeins to John de Walton, and to Rose wife of Thomas de …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of wood were held in demesne, 8 virgates were held by ten villeins; there were five cottages, and one tenant of 1 …
A History of the County of Leicester
… and a further 5 were used by his tenants, who numbered 24 villeins and 5 bordars. A bondwoman also worked on the … had 2 ploughs and 1 serf in demesne; there were also 18 villeins, a socman and 8 bordars, who had 6 ploughs, and the … held separately described lands, the former the land of 4 villeins and worth 20 s., and the latter 4 carucates worth …
A History of the County of Leicester
… were 4 serfs with 1 plough, and there also 2 sokemen, 4 villeins and a bordar with a further 2 ploughs. There were 5 … 7 virgates in demesne together with 11 virgates held by 11 villeins. A further 5 virgates were held by 4 free tenants. … rendered money payments only for their holdings and his 6 villeins had evidently commuted most of their labour services …
A History of the County of Leicester
… had 3 ploughs and 6 serfs in demesne; there were also 25 villeins and 2 bordars with 5 ploughs. There was a mill and … had land for half a plough on his demesne, while his four villeins held land for one plough. His holding was worth 5 s. … the labour services of the customary tenants. Twenty villeins then performed 220 days' work between them during …