[146] Ibid., Map and Description of the Manor of Kingsbury (1597).
[147] Similar examples could be adduced from Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, were it worth while, e.g. at Duston in Northants in 1561 there were tenants holding 2 virgates, 1¾ virgates, 1½ virgates, ½ virgate, ¼ virgate (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Portf. 13, No. 23). At Desford in Leicestershire, temp. Hen. VIII., one finds the same division and aggregation of virgates (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Duchy of Lancs., Bdle. 6, No. 7).
[149] Crondal Records, loc. cit.
[150] Merton Documents, Rental of Maiden, 1496.
[151] History of Castle Combe (Scrope).
[152] For information as to Aspley Guise I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. H.G. Fowler of Aspley Guise, who has allowed me to see the material which he has collected for a history of the manor.
[153] Roxburghe Club, Surveys of Lands of William, First Earl of Pembroke (Straton).
[154] Crondal Records (Baigent), pp. 111–116, and 210–222.
[155] Merton Documents, No. 5902, Rental of Cuxham, 1483: “Johannes ... pro uno messuagio et una virgata terræ et dimidia xxiiis. et 6 precaria in autumno vel 2s.... Thomas Lee, Rector ecclesiæ ibidem pro uno tofto ... et una virgata terræ 18s. et 4 precaria in autumno vel 16d.”