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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… kept some sheep c. 1500, but by then some had unused sheep commons to let to outsiders. 244 Later they concentrated on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… average size of its 4 yardlands was about 17 acres, with commons for 2 cows, 2 horses, and 40 sheep. 156 By the … 'which make 23 a. 3 r. 20 p. to the yardland'. The commons for cows and horses remained the same, but only 30 … 283 In 1793 Henry Addington, then Speaker of the House of Commons, was holding the 15 and another 25 left to the poor …