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Principal Holders of Land in 1750

The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1750. The information is taken from Table 41 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village".

Number on Enclosure Map
Owner
Tenant or description
Messuages
Cottages
Arable land (acres)
Pasture (acres)
Meadow (acres)
Wood (acres)
188 Sir Anthony Chester John Field 1 - 61 12 33 4 -
138 Robert Crichton - 1 1 67 34 14 5 34 -
54 Robert Webster Sarah Adams, John Lane 1 - 81 5 14 - -
177 Edward Paine Thomas Caves 1 1 81 6 4 -
16 Susan Harris
Barnaby Backwell
-
-
1
-
-
-
30
6
46
8
-
-
-
18
19 John Chubb John Fountaine 1 - 67 34 2 4 12 -
52 Richard Perrot John Babington 1 - 27 12 4 1 34 -
89 Thomas Smith Cave Manor House 1 1 108 34 4 20
182 John Babington FitzJohn Manor Farm 1 2 62 12 2 4 34 -
15 Margaret Thornton - 1 2 106 7 3 -
33 John Course Richard Herbert - 1 41 1 4 12 -
46 Tho. Rogers Benjamin Griggs 1 - 18 2 - -
159 Mercers' Company John Line, undertenant to Mathew Hartwell 1 - 35 10 34 1 14 -
158 Mercers' Company Wm. Course undertenant to Wm. Chibnall - 1 14 34 9 34 4 -
162, 224 Mercers' Company Richard Fisher and Benjamin Cole, undertenants to John Stubbs - 2 22 1 12 1 -
178 Mercers' Company Thomas Platt, undertenant to Mathew Hartwell 1 - 30 12 3 34 - -
152, 153 Mercers' Company Wm. King and James Tomkins, undertenants to Robt. Crichton - 2 14 21 14 1 -
152, 153 Mercers' Company Elizabeth Rogers - - 3 14 2 12 4 -
18 Robert Crichton Tho. Herbert 1 - 35 14 3 3 12 -
142 Thomas Hooton Ann Richards, Tho. Line 1 3 16 12 2 4 12 -
63 John Battison William Petts - 1 5 12 - - -
142, 139 Anne Glasbrook Thomas Richards, John Stubbs 1 3 40 27 12 3 12 -
106, 120 Sir Anthony Chester Richard Harrison, Thomas Tebbutt 1 - 70 4 5 -
157 John Chibnall William King 1 4 130 10 8 -
198, 53 Ann Lucas Edward Lane 1 2 63 12 4 2 12 -
179 Rector Rectory and Glebe 1 - 15 4 12 1 34 -
    TOTAL 20 26 1250 34 248 34 76 34 38

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


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