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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… nor formerly could depart without leave from the abbot, 8 villeins each with 7½ acres, 15 cottars and 7 serfs. There …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sell their land without the abbot's leave. There were 9 villeins with 10 acres each. These sokemen and villeins had 5 ploughs. There were also 17 cottars. There was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mentioned in the Inquisitio Eliensis) bound to the land, 9 villeins, 9 cottars, and 8 serfs, and there was sufficient …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… grant away their land without the abbot's permission, 2 villeins with 10 acres and 2 bordars with 5 acres each. These …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sokemen with ½ hide who could not depart from the land, 17 villeins each with 7 acres, 7 cottars, and 8 serfs. There was …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain: Further Supplement to Volumes 1 and 2
… and cannot enjoy his own revenues except as his Lutheran villeins please. The cardinal of Mainz has been obliged to … has taken refuge in a castle and is also treating with his villeins, and has already agreed to receive only a third part …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… nor alienate it, and the hospital undertook to compel the villeins on the estate to work for him. 84 It was perhaps the …
Old and New London
… for cattle, a running brook, and two 20d. rents. Four villeins, together with seven bordars, hold this land under …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY. Domeday Book enumerates 94 villeins, bordars, cottars, and serfs, and 46 burgesses, at …