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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1580. The information is taken from Table 30 of AC Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.
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| Number on Enclosure Map | Owner | Tenant or description | Messuages | Cottages | Demesne Pasture (acres) | Demesne Arable (acres) | Open Fields Pasture (acres) | Open Fields Arable (acres) | Meadow (acres) | Wood (acres) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | Richard Ardes | Manor and demesne | 1 | 4 | 77 | 194 | - | - | 8 | 20 |
| Richard Ardes | Tile house, Robert Bosworth | 1 | - | 5 1/4 | - | - | 70 | 3 1/4 | - | |
| 177 | Richard Ardes | Ralph White | - | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| 138 | Richard Ardes | Henry Edwin | 1 | - | 6 | - | 2 1/2 | 65 1/2 | 2 1/2 | - |
| 19 | Thomas Tyringham | Ralph Hooton | ||||||||
| 52 | Thomas Bauswell | 1 | 3 | 26 | - | - | 76 | 4 | 6 | |
| 54 | John Barnes | |||||||||
| 120 | Lord Mordaunt | Edward Fisher | 1 | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 89 | Wm. Mountgomery | Manor and demesne | 1 | - | 44 | 140 | - | - | 4 | 36 |
| 15 | Wm. Mountgomery | John Knight | ||||||||
| 18 | Thomas Orpen | |||||||||
| 33 | Bartholomew Course | |||||||||
| 46 | John Hall | 5 | 7 | 11 | - | 8 | 346 | 13 | - | |
| 53a | William Field | |||||||||
| 106 | Richard Ford | |||||||||
| 182 | Edward Wallis | |||||||||
| 153, 159 | Mercers' Company | Manor Farm, Thomas Fisher | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | - | 50 | 3 | 20 |
| 158 | Mercers' Company | Edward Chibnall | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 3/4 | 12 3/4 | 4 | - |
| 162 | Mercers' Company | John Pierson | - | 1 | 1 1/2 | - | - | 13 1/2 | 1/2 | - |
| 178 | Mercers' Company | Agnes Grome | 1 | - | 3 3/4 | 6 1/2 | - | 35 1/2 | - | - |
| Thomas Disher | - | - | - | - | 2 1/2 | - | 4 | - | ||
| 157, 41 | Edward Chibnall | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 129 1/2 | 6 | - |
| 198 | Anthony Smith | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 53 | Thomas Orpen | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| 63 | John Springwell | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - |
| 40 | Ralph Hooton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| 179 | Rector | - | 1 | - | 4 1/2 | - | - | 15 | 1 3/4 | - |
| TOTAL | 19 | 20 | 221 | 353 1/2 | 25 3/4 | 869 3/4 | 54 | 82 |