Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History

by Paul Vinogradoff

[511] Eynsham Reg., 6, b: 'Robertus Tony tenet de domino unam virgatam terre in bondagium ... Idem semel arabit cum vicino adiuncto.' Ramsey Cart., i. 56. Comp. Q.R. Min. Acc., B^le 513, N. 97: 'Estimatur quod communiter tres custumarii possunt facere unam carucam (tenent 20 acras).'

[512] Rot. Hundr., ii. 461, b: 'Robertus de Tony habet in villenagio scil. Reginaldum Toni qui tenet 5 acras ... Item si ipse habeat cum uno vel cum duobus sociis unam carucam, arabit unam selionem terre domini.' Comp. 462, a. Add. MSS. 6159, f. 22, b: 'W.J. tenet de domino in villenagio unum mesuagium et 10 acras terre.... Et arabit cum caruca sua sive jungat sive non 4 acras.'

[513] Black Book of St. Augustine's, 53.

[514] Domesday of St. Paul's, 58.

[515] Augm. Off. Misc. Books, N. 57, f. 65, b. See Cartulary of Battle Abbey (Camd. Soc.), p. 133.

[516] Ely Inqu., 185, a: '... tenent dimidium tenmanland, scilicet 60 acras terre ... Al. et M. et eorum participes tenent unum tenmanland, scilicet 120 acras terre.' The expression may be corrupted from tunmanland, or else it may be a mark of a beginning of cultivation in Danish times.

[517] Chapter-house Books, A. 4/22, p. 21: 'Custumarii tenent 22 virgatas quas vocant wistas.'

[518] Battle Abbey Cart., Augment. Off. Misc. Books, N. 57, f. 27, a; comp. 15, b.

[519] Glastonbury Inqu. (Roxburghe Ser.), 66, 90.

[520] Worcester Cart., 41, b.