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Principal Holders of Land in 1650

The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1650. The information is taken from Table 32 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
Number of single cow-commons
Number of hearths
Pasture (acres)
Arable (acres)
Pasture (acres)
Arable (acres)
188 Tho. Lowe Linford manor house or The Hall 1 4 130 13 8 - 16 -
16 Tho. Lowe Ambrose Cowley 1 - 30 46 - - 9 -
138 John Chibnall John Foulsham 1 - 67 34 14 5 34 - 8 3
34 Tho. Newman Tile House, Michael Baker 1 - 81 5 14 - - - -
177 Tho. Chibnall Tho. Marshall 1 - 58 6 4 - 7 12 4
- Sir William Tyringham Daniel Boughton 1 - 6 8 - 18 - 1
19 Joseph Lake Catherine Wheel, Richard Cole 1 - 67 34 2 4 12 - 4 6
52 John Cunningham Buswell's Farm 1 - 36 12 11 3 34 - 5 2
89 Brett Norton Cave Manor House 1 - 107 24 4 40 4 11
182 Richard Babbington FitzJohn manor farm 1 2 77 12 4 12 4 - 8 5
15 Margaret Knight - 1 2 83 7 3 - 8 3
33 Robert Knight - - 1 50 1 3 - 14 4
46 Richard Lord - - 1 12 2 - - 4 -
159 Mercers' Company Manor Farm, John Wells (Thomas Clifton , under-tenant) 1 - 35 6 12 1 12 - 3 2
158 Mercers' Company John Chibnall ( Edward Henley, under-tenant) - 1 14 34 9 14 4 - 3 -
162 Mercers' Company John Pierson (Richard Brittain, under-tenant) - 1 15 12 3 1 - 3 1
178, 153 Mercers' Company Annis and Thomas Course 1 1 42 12 3 34 14 - 4 -
152, 224 Mercers' Company Tho. Norman - 2 14 1 14 1 - 4 -
- Mercers' Company Ralph White - - - 3 34 4 - - -
- Mercers' Company John Peters - - - - - 21 - -
18 John Chibnall Richard Hunt 1 - 10 3 34 - 4 -
41 JohnChibnall Edward Loughton 1 - 20 1 2 - 4 2
63 Richard Field Stonepit House 1 - 7 - - - 4 1
106 Anthony Goodred Park Cottage, Elizabeth Goodred - 1 22 4 5 - 6 -
120 John Cowley Gowles Farm (Dukes Pieces) 1 2 48 - - - - -
20 Tho. Richards - - 1 12 34 - - 3 -
157 John Chibnall - 1 5 130 10 8 - 10 5
198 Tho. Harman Edward Boddington 1 1 22 12 - 2 12 - 4 3
53a, 53 Richard Hooton - 1 1 33 6 4 - 10 -
179 Rector Rectory and Glebe 1 - 15 4 12 1 34 - 11 4
    TOTAL 21 26 1247 34 210 12 75 34 79 160 12 -

Note: The number of hearths is from the 1662 hearth tax roll (which is partially perished)

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


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