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Principal Holders of Land in 1580

The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1580. The information is taken from Table 30 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village".

Number on Enclosure Map
Owner
Tenant or description
Messuages
Cottages
Demesne
Open Fields
Meadow (acres)
Wood (acres)
Pasture (acres)
Arable (acres)
Pasture (acres)
Arable (acres)
188 Richard Ardes Manor and demesne 1 4 77 194 - - 8 20
  Richard Ardes Tile house, Robert Bosworth 1 - 5 14 - - 70 3 14 -
177 Richard Ardes Ralph White - 1 - - - 11 - -
138 Richard Ardes Henry Edwin 1 - 6 - 2 12 65 12 2 12 -
19
52
54
Thomas Tyringham Ralph Hooton
Thomas Bauswell
John Barnes
1 3 26 - - 76 4 6
120 Lord Mordaunt Edward Fisher 1 - 27 - - - - -
89 Wm. Mountgomery Manor and demesne 1 - 44 140 - - 4 36
15
18
33
46
53a
106
182
Wm. Mountgomery John Knight
Thomas Orpen
Bartholomew Course
John Hall
William Field
Richard Ford
Edward Wallis
5 7 11 - 8 346 13 -
153, 159 Mercers' Company Manor Farm, Thomas Fisher 1 1 15 11 - 50 3 20
158 Mercers' Company Edward Chibnall - 1 - 2 2 34 12 34 4 -
162 Mercers' Company John Pierson - 1 1 12 - - 13 12 12 -
178 Mercers' Company Agnes Grome
Thomas Disher
1
-
-
-
3 34
-
6 12
-
-
2 12
35 12
-
-
4
-
-
157, 41 Edward Chibnall - 1 2 - - 10 129 12 6 -
198 Anthony Smith - 1 - - - - 8 - -
53 Thomas Orpen - 1 - - - - 10 - -
63 John Springwell - 1 - - - - 7 - -
40 Ralph Hooton - 1 - - - - 20 - -
179 Rector - 1 - 4 12 - - 15 1 34 -
    TOTAL 21 20 225 353 12 25 34 870 34 54 82

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


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