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Principal Holders of Land c.1400

The following table lists the principal holders of land c.1400. The information is taken from Table 17 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village".

Number on Enclosure Map
Owner
Messuages
Demesne
Open Fields
Meadow (acres)
Wood (acres)
Pasture (acres)
Arable (acres)
Non-demesne pasture and home closes (acres)
Arable (acres)
188 John Linford
John Billing (for life)
1
-
38
50
180
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
127 Thomas Grendon 4 - - 6 81 2 14 -
89 John Cave
John Olney
John Colyns
William Huet
4
-
-
1
47
-
6
2
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
125
23
26
15
8
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
182 John FitzJohn 2 - 136 - 156 8 40
161 Richard Grey of Wilton
John Tyringham
7
3
20
26
19
-
5
12
112
76
11 12
4
40
8
157 John Chibnall 1 - - 5 104 3 -
40 John Coyt
--Barker, late James de La Mote
Remainder of Grey manor freeholds
Remainder of Linford manor freeholds
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
18
38*
14*
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
138 Delapre Abbey
Tickford Priory
1
2
-
-
-
12
8
-
40
10
2
-
-
-
179 Rector's glebe and rectory 1 4 12 - - 15 1 34 -
  TOTAL 34 191 12 347 32 12 897 54 34 88
Note: * = These may duplicate other items

Other dates: 1312, 1400, 1460, 1580, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1797, 1862/1962


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