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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bower end downs. Stints on those downs and on the southern commons had been reduced to 1,500 sheep and c. 120 cattle and … East field and feeding rights on Cow down and the southern commons, Manor farm, 680 a., was mainly several in the early … commonable land, comprising the 46 a. of southern commons and c. 800 a. of arable and down in the north-east …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 1641 Chilton made the protestation ordered by the House of Commons to 'maintain and defend the Reformed Protestant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1740 and 1761 laid down that no one was to pasture on the commons more than 25 sheep for each of his yardlands, or turn … In addition, he had acquired 42 of the 64 Chinnor cow-commons and 13 of the 105 estovers. It is of interest that 21 … landless, had disposed of their 36 estovers and 45 cow-commons before the award was made. Turner appears never to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 89 A rent of 6 d. an acre was payable for ploughing the commons. 90 By 1806 oats was the largest corn crop, a dairy … agreed in 1842, including 11 4 s. from the newly inclosed commons, 6 from glebe when let, and 8 s. from the mills. 147 …