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The following table lists the principal holders of land c.1400. The information is taken from Table 17 of AC Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.
| Number on Enclosure Map | Owner | Messuages | Demesne | Open Fields | Meadow (acres) | Wood (acres) | ||
| Pasture (acres) | Arable (acres) | Non-demesne pasture and home closes (acres) | Arable (acres) | |||||
| 188 | John Linford John Billing (for life) |
1 – |
38 50 |
180 – |
– – |
– – |
8 – |
– – |
| 127 | Thomas Grendon | 4 | – | – | 6 | 81 | 2 1⁄4 | – |
| 89 | John Cave John Olney John Colyns William Huet |
4 – – 1 |
47 – 6 2 |
– – – – |
8 – – – |
125 23 26 15 |
8 – 2 1 |
– – – – |
| 182 | John FitzJohn | 2 | – | 136 | – | 156 | 8 | 40 |
| 161 | Richard Grey of Wilton John Tyringham |
7 3 |
20 26 |
19 – |
5 1⁄2 |
112 76 |
11 1⁄2 4 |
40 8 |
| 157 | John Chibnall | 1 | – | – | 5 | 104 | 3 | – |
| 40 | John Coyt –Barker, late James de La Mote Remainder of Grey manor freeholds Remainder of Linford manor freeholds |
– – 3 4 |
– – – – |
– – – – |
– – – – |
20 18 38* 14* |
– 3 – – |
– – – – |
| 138 | Delapre Abbey Tickford Priory |
1 2 |
– – |
– 12 |
8 – |
40 10 |
2 – |
– – |
| 179 | Rector’s glebe and rectory | 1 | 4 1⁄2 | – | – | 15 | 1 3⁄4 | – |
| TOTAL | 34 | 191 1⁄2 | 347 | 32 1⁄2 | 897 | 54 3⁄4 | 88 | |
Note: * = These may duplicate other items