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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… tenants held by copy for lives. In 1785 there were 25 such tenures. 96 They paid long established low rents and heavy … was used to flood the meadows. 103 Conversion of lifehold tenures to short leases was rapid in the late 18th and early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sir Richard Baker, leased 1 yardland each. The copyhold tenures of William Tredwell, Thomas Fox, and Giles Penn were …