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The following table lists the principal holders of land c.1460. The information is taken from Table 19 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 | Isobel Ardes | 5 | 72 | 180 | – | – | 8 | 20 |
| 177, 63 | Henry Grendon | 3 | – | – | 6 | 81 | 2 1⁄4 | – |
| 89 | Richard Maryot (Cave) Thomas Colyns William Huet |
1 – 1 |
47 6 2 |
– – – |
8 – – |
148 26 15 |
9 1⁄2 2 1 |
12 – – – |
| 182 | John FitzJohn | 5 | – | 136 | – | 156 | 8 | 24 |
| 161 | Lord Grey of Wilton | 7 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 111 | 11 1⁄2 | 20 |
| 120 | Duke of Buckingham John Tyringham |
1 3 |
18 26 |
– – |
– 1⁄2 |
– 76 |
– 2 1⁄2 |
– 8 |
| 157, 41 | William Chibnall | 3 | – | – | 10 | 104 | 3 | – |
| 40 | John Coyte | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | – | – |
| 53 | Henry Course | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| 198 | John Smith Alice Baker Thomas Hooton |
1 – – |
– – – |
– – – |
– – – |
8 18 7 1⁄2 |
– 3 – |
– – – |
| 138 | Delapre Abbey Tickford Priory |
1 1 |
– – |
– 12 |
8 – |
40 10 |
2 – |
– – |
| 179 | Rector’s glebe and rectory | 1 | 4 1⁄2 | – | – | 15 | 1 3⁄4 | – |
| TOTAL | 35 | 195 1⁄2 | 348 | 37 1⁄2 | 853 1⁄2 | 54 1⁄2 | 84 | |