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A History of the County of Oxford
… rent if the bishop did not need their services. Thirteen villeins had no week-work, but paid rent at about 5 s. 6 d. a … of the bishop were liable to week-work. These were 11 villeins with 10 virgates between them, the 8 carucari and 2 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and 15th centuries the manorial rolls tell us that the villeins of the manor held land in severalty, this custom …
A History of the County of Somerset
… worked with 2 ploughs by 11 bordars and 2 serfs, and 11 villeins had 5 ploughs. There were then 44 a. of meadow, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… assessed at 30 hides with 13 ploughs and 40 serfs, and 64 villeins and 27 bordars with a total of 17 ploughs held land … was I plough on the demesne and another was shared by 4 villeins, 5 coscez, and 3 bordars, but the land at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… while the remaining hides supported 3 ploughs with 4 villeins and 7 bordars. At the time of the Domesday Survey …
A History of the County of Oxford
… then included 23 virgates in Drayton that were held by 18 villeins. Each virgate rendered 5 s. 6 d. to the bishop in … between them 22 virgates. 89 In the earlier survey 5 villeins held 2 virgates each while in 1279 there were 8 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… there were c. 330 a. of customary land, of which four villeins held 20 a. each, two c. 15 a., nineteen 10 a., and six 5 a., while four cottars held 1 a. each. The villeins' works were valued at 5 s. for each 5 a. held. John … 16 and Poyntz 17 customary tenants. 206 In 1307 the 12 villeins on Poyntz manor owed week-work every Monday, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… serfs on the demesne and another 4 ploughteams worked by 8 villeins and 3 bordars. The estate's value had risen from 7 … 2 serfs on the demesne, and another ploughteam worked by 5 villeins. The estate's value had increased from 40 s. to 60 … retained the 3 demesne ploughlands of 1086. The number of villeins had more than doubled to 18, each holding 1 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cottagers shared 23 a. About 700 a. was occupied by villeins of whom 40 held half-yardlands, standard on all five … fees only 100 a. between them, not equally divided. The villeins' services showed much similarity on each manor; … week were due from Michaelmas to Midsummer. Otherwise the villeins on each manor had to spend some, usually two, days …