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Distribution of Demesne Land 1580

The distribution of land in the demesne area in 1580 is given in the following tables. The information is taken from Tables 47 and 48 in Professor Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village". The units are 'Acres'. See also: Distribution of land in the Open Fields

Arable Land - Windmill Field
Linford Manor
Mercers' Manor
Cave/Fitzjohn Manors
Nether Berrye piece 18 Park Gate furlong 1 Mercers' wood piece 11
Upper Berrye piece 24 Crow's nest or Dawes Gap furlong 2 Furlong abutting on Fullows Close 3
Gore Leys piece 20 Furlong under Mr Catesby's Wood 9 Furlong abutting on Gore Leys 1
Sims Heynes piece 1 Sims Heynes piece 9
Dawes Gap furlong 2 Dawes Gap furlong 6
Gowles Corner piece 8 Gowles nether piece 11
Burnt Leys piece 12 Under wood furlong 2
Gore piece 5
TOTAL
85
TOTAL
12
TOTAL
48

Total = 145 acres

Arable Land - Middle Field
Linford Manor
Mercers' Manor
Cave/Fitzjohn Manors
Piece abutting on Winyards slade 6 Winyards furlong 12
Piece abutting on Winyards slade 8 Mr Mountgomery's Dean 12
Furlong abutting on Olney Way 4 Furlong abutting on Olney Way 8
Long Doles furlong 12 Long Doles furlong 6
Crabbe's piece 11 Spiney piece 6
Little Hill piece 12
Piece shooting east to Little Hill 2
Piece abutting east of Mercers' wood 8
Spiney bushes piece 7
TOTAL
70
TOTAL
0
TOTAL
44

Total = 114 acres


Arable Land - Marehill Field
Linford Manor
Mercers' Manor
Cave/Fitzjohn Manors
Mr Ardes's Dean 27 Mr Mountgomery's Dean 20
Willow bed furlong 2 Willow bed furlong 3
TOTAL (excluding Hazlemead)
29
TOTAL
0
TOTAL
23
Hazlemead furlong 10 Hazlemead furlong 6 Hazlemead furlong 7
TOTAL
39
TOTAL
6
TOTAL
30

Total = 52 acres, plus 23 acres in Hazlemead. Hazlemead lies to the west of the Olney Road so is not in the main demesne area.


Arable Land - Totals
excl Hazlemead incl Hazlemead
Linford Manor 184 194
Mercers' Manor 12 18
Cave/Fitzjohn Manors 115 122
TOTAL
311 334

Closes/Pasture
Linford Manor
Mercers' Manor
Cave/Fitzjohn Manors
Thomas Tyringham and Lord Mordaunt
Far Coneygre 5 Bancroft Close 8 Cow Close 20 Close N of Great Stocking, known
later as Briant's Green
10
Nether Coneygre 6 Fullows Close 4 New or Hay Close 20 Tyringham Close to north east of
above
16
Leasows, New Orchard and Home
Close
8 Marshall's Close 1 12 Winyards Close 2 Duke's Dry Bank 11
Bury Close 5 12 Manor and Home Closes 4 12 Mr Mountgomery's Grove Close 6 12 Duke's Wood Close 7
Great Stockings 23 Sims Heynes Close 2 Park Gate Close 2
Two Little Stockings 12 Spicer's Mead 2 12 Church Yard Close 1 34
Gowles Close 16 Church End Close 1 14 Church End Close 3
Close behind wood 12 Course's Close 1 14
Jaggins Close 2
Mowell's Close 3
New Diggins 2
TOTAL
94 12
TOTAL
25
TOTAL
55 14
TOTAL
44

Total = 218 34 acres


Maps:

Complete map of Sherington in 1580.

Larger scale maps of the four quadrants: North west, North east, South west, South east.

Note that there are a number of detailed discrepancies between the information on the map and that given in the tables.

In 1580, farming followed a 3-year cycle. The arable land was therefore divided into three fields: Marehill Field, Middle Field and Windmill Field. The division is shown on the Field map

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