1 ACRE equals A FURLONG (220 yards) x A CHAIN (22 yards) equals 4840 square yards equals 1 strip of a ridge and furrow field
1 ACRE equals 4 ROODS
1 ACRE equals 160 PERCHES
1 ROOD equals ¼ of an ACRE or 1210 square yards
1 ROOD equals 40 PERCHES
1 PERCH equals 30.25 square yards
RALPH ABBOTT
In lieu of all his lands and Right of Common and a deduction for discharging all his old inclosures from Tithes
A parcel of land situate in COLDHAM CLOSE in MATTHEWS FIELD containing 1 ACRE – 3 ROODS – 12 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on the NORTH EAST and the SOUTH EAST by an allotment to RICHARD LOWNDES on the SOUTH WEST by old inclosures of MOULSOE and in the NORTH WEST by a wood belonging to RALPH ABBOTT called COLDHAM WOOD
The hedges, ditches and fences on the SOUTH EAST next to the allotment to RICHARD LOWNDES except 27 yards from the SOUTH EAST corner shall be maintained by RALPH ABBOTT