[532] The manors are West Lexham (Holkham MSS., West Lexham, No. 87, Map), Sparham (ibid., Sparham Bdle., No. 5), East Dereham (R.O. Parliamentary Surveys, Norfolk, No. 1), Wighton (R.O. Special Commissions, Duchy of Lancs., No. 839), Stockton Socon (R.O. Parliamentary Surveys, Norfolk, No. 14), Aldeburgh (R.O. Misc. Bks. Treas. of Receipts, vol. clxiii.), Chatesham (R.O. ibid., vol. clxiii.), Dodnash (R.O. ibid., vol. clxiii.), Falkenham (R.O. ibid., vol. clxiii.), Stratford iuxta Higham (R.O. Duchy of Lancaster, Rentals and Surveys, 9/13), St. Edmund (R.O. Parliamentary Surveys, Suffolk, No. 14), Mettingham (Victoria County History, Suffolk), Mark Soham (ibid.).
[533] See [Appendix II.]
[534] E.g. Ormesby in Norfolk, where in 1516 thirty-one tenants holding “in farm" formed the whole landholding population (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Gen. Ser., Portf. 22, No. 18). For a great rise in rents following a probable substitution of leases for customary tenures, see the case of Lewisham in Kent. On this manor in the reign of Henry VI. the rent of the tenants (tenure unspecified) was £8, 11s. 7d., 9 plougshares, and 6s. 2-1/2d. in the abbot’s hand (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Gen. Ser., Roll 361). In 1621 it was £23, 1s. 6-1/2d. (R.O. Misc. Bks. Treas. of Receipt, vol. clxxiv., fol. 1–34). In the reign of James I. we have full details. The rent of the free tenants was £17, 12s. 10-1/2d.; that of the tenants at will 9d.; that of tenants “per dimissionem" (i.e. lease-holders) £72, 9s. 8-1/2d. (R.O. Misc. Bks. Aug. Off., vol. ccccxiv., f. 33–34). It is unfortunate that we are not told how the bulk of the tenants held at the two earlier dates. But is it unreasonable to say that they were probably customary tenants, and that the introduction of leases was followed by a great rise in rents?
[535] Survey of Town and Liberty of Holt, MS. transcript in Wrexham Free Library.
[536] S. P. D., ch. i. vol. cli., No. 38. (See [Appendix I., No. iv.])
[537] Northumberland County History, vol. viii. p. 238.
[538] Ibid., vol. v. p. 211. The rent was raised from 18s. to 36s.
[539] Northumberland County History, vol. v. p. 210.
[540] Maitland, English Historical Review, vol, ix., “The History of a Cambridgeshire Manor."
[541] Northumberland County History, vol. v.