The following table lists the owners of cottages paying quit-rents. The information is taken from Table 55 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village ".
16 | William Scrivener | Thomas Richards | Richard Higgins |
20 | John Field | Robert Babbington | Thomas Tandy |
25 | - | Edward Boddington | Thomas Odell |
26 | Thomas Chibnall | Richard Chibnall | James Cave |
28 | James Brierly | Thomas Osborne | William Umney |
32 | Richard Hunt | Ann Marshall | Friends Meeting House |
40 | Henry Newall | Robert Babington | John Underwood |
42 | Samuel Cunningham | Edward Cunningham | Rose's Trustees |
47 | Mary Chapman | Edward Gant | William Davison |
48 | Henry Gravestock | Robert Field | Rose's Trustees |
49 | Edward Finnemore | James Finnemore | William Davison |
50 | Bartholomew Course | Thomas Course, junior | Rose's Trustees |
51 | Thomas Tyringham | Thomas Richards | Rose's Trustees |
55 | Edward Britnell | Anne Lucas | William Warr |
92 | Bartholomew Finnemore | Thomas Clifton | Elizabeth Slater |
93 | Edward Fisher | John Fisher | Samuel Boddington |
94 | Thomas Umney | Thomas Umney | Thomas Umney |
96 | Edward Norman | Edward Norman | Richard Shrieve |
141 | John Knight | Mary Knight | William Thompson |
144 | Thomas Knight | Robert Knight | Thomas Talbot |
145 | Bartholomew Course | Thomas Course, junior | Rose's Trustees |
146 | Christopher Wright | Thomas Marshall | Thomas Marshall |
160 | Joseph Tomalin | Robert Babbington | Mercers' Company |
161 | Thomas Roughhead | William Roughhead | Mercers' Company |
165 | Robert Knight | Edward Hooton | Samuel Greathead |
166 | John Knight | Henry Knight | James Simcoe |
183 | Henry Gravestock | Robert Field | Rose's Trustees |
184 | Andrew Clare | Francis Clare | Richard Clare |
185 | Edward Hooton | John Hooton | Thomas Platt |
197 | Thomas Harman | John Ruddy | --- Hosea |
199 | William White | Thomas Clifton | Thomas Tandy |
200 | John Field | Robert Babbington | John Brittain |
201 | Stephan Boswood | William Boswood | Thomas Odell |
The following table lists the cottages standing on the Linford Manor waste. The information is taken from Table 56 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village ".
220 | Joseph Clare | Thomas Riddy |
221 | Katherine Gant | Richard Tandy |
222 | Alice Caxon, widow | James Cave |
223 | Thomas Neach | John Rose |
226 | Jacob Freeman | Reuben Brittain |
227 | Alice Marks, widow | John West |
228 | Richard Marks | William Field |
229 | William Phillips | Arthur Roe |
230 | John Cleyton John Richardson Elizabeth Smith, widow Elizabeth Forster |
Rose's trustees Rose's trustees Rose's trustees Rose's trustees |
231 | William Ford | Richard Tandy |
232 | Richard Ford | William Davison |
Note: the allocation of cottages for 1682 is in most cases arbitrary. They paid no rent to Linford Manor.
The following table lists the cottages standing on the Cave/FitzJohn Manor waste. The information is taken from Table 56 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village ".
167 | John Parratt William Earby Richard Williamson Henry Hall John Fisher |
Public house of Thomas Meacher |
168 | Ann Marks Charles Collis John Deacon |
Parish Officers |
169 | Ann Joice | James Joice |
170 | Henry Burdwell | Thomas Coleman |
171 | James Smith | Richard Fazey |
172 | Hugh Clifton | Thomas Saunders |
173 | Mary Webb | Henry Ward |
174 | Robert Church | Robert Coleman |
175 | Henry Freeman | James Joice |
A rent of 1s per annum was paid to the Cave/FitzJohn Manor.
The following table gives the number of households in Sherington in 1522-4, 1580, 1708 and 1796. The information is taken from Table 33 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village ".
Rectory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Manor houses | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other houses | 1* | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Farms | 17 | 23 | 26 | 16 |
Cottages | 18 | 18 | 63 | 64 |
TOTAL | 39 | 45 | 92 | 93 |
Note: * This is No 139 on the Enclosure Map
** A return by the rector c.1705 gives 120 families. Contemporary deeds show that many of the cottages and small tenant farms were then divided into two tenements.
Principal holders of land: 1312, 1400, 1460, 1580, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1797, 1862/1962