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The following table lists the principal holders of land c.1312. The information is taken from Table 1 of AC Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.
| Owner | Messuages | Demesne | Open Fields | Meadow (acres) | Wood (acres) | ||
| Pasture (acres) | Arable (acres) | Non-demesne pasture and home closes (acres) | Arable (acres) | ||||
| Sybil de Cave | 4 | 41 | – | 8 | 125 | 8 | – |
| Roger FitzJohn | 2 | – | 136 | – | 156 | 8 | 30 |
| Ralph Basset (Grey de Wilton manor) | 7 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 112 | 11 1⁄2 | 40 |
| Ralph Basset (le Hoo Park) | – | 50 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sibyl de Carun | 1 | 20 | 148 | – | 31 | 8 | – |
| Joan de Carun (dower) | 1 | 18 | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| Roger de Tyringham | 1 | 26 | – | – | 52 | 2 | 8 |
| Henry de Shirford | 1 | – | – | 2 | 41 | 1 1⁄2 | – |
| Ellot Holdings | 1 | – | – | 1 | 8 | 1 | – |
| Delapre Abbey | 1 | – | – | 8 | 40 | 2 | – |
| Tickford Priory | 2 | – | 12 | – | 10 | – | – |
| Glebe | 1 | 4 | – | – | 15 | 2 | – |
| Ralph Basset (Grey de Wilton) freeholds | 4 | – | – | – | 176 | 3 | – |
| Carun freeholds | 7 | – | – | – | 61 | 2 1⁄2 | – |
| Nicholas de Kenet | – | – | – | – | 24 | 1⁄2 | – |
| TOTAL | 31 | 183 | 347 | 24 | 850 | 50 | 78 |