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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1650. The information is taken from Table 32 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 | Open Fields | Number of single cow-commons | Number of hearths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arable (acres) | Pasture (acres) | Arable (acres) | Pasture (acres) | |||||||
| 188 | Tho. Lowe | Linford manor house or The Hall | 1 | 4 | 130 | 13 | 8 | - | 16 | - |
| 16 | Tho. Lowe | Ambrose Cowley | 1 | - | 30 | 46 | - | - | 9 | - |
| 138 | John Chibnall | John Foulsham | 1 | - | 67 3/4 | 14 | 5 3/4 | - | 8 | 3 |
| 34 | Tho. Newman | Tile House, Michael Baker | 1 | - | 81 | 5 1/4 | - | - | - | - |
| 177 | Tho. Chibnall | Tho. Marshall | 1 | - | 58 | 6 | 4 | - | 7 1/2 | 4 |
| - | Sir William Tyringham | Daniel Boughton | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | - | 18 | - | 1 |
| 19 | Joseph Lake | Catherine Wheel, Richard Cole | 1 | - | 67 3/4 | 2 | 4 1/2 | - | 4 | 6 |
| 52 | John Cunningham | Buswell's Farm | 1 | - | 36 1/2 | 11 | 3 3/4 | - | 5 | 2 |
| 89 | Brett Norton | Cave Manor House | 1 | - | 107 | 24 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 11 |
| 182 | Richard Babbington | FitzJohn manor farm | 1 | 2 | 77 1/2 | 4 1/2 | 4 | - | 8 | 5 |
| 15 | Margaret Knight | - | 1 | 2 | 83 | 7 | 3 | - | 8 | 3 |
| 33 | Robert Knight | - | - | 1 | 50 | 1 | 3 | - | 14 | 4 |
| 46 | Richard Lord | - | - | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 159 | Mercers' Company | Manor Farm, John Wells (Thomas Clifton , under-tenant) | 1 | - | 35 | 6 1/2 | 1 1/2 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 158 | Mercers' Company | John Chibnall ( Edward Henley, under-tenant) | - | 1 | 14 3/4 | 9 1/4 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| 162 | Mercers' Company | John Pierson (Richard Brittain, under-tenant) | - | 1 | 15 1/2 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 178, 153 | Mercers' Company | Annis and Thomas Course | 1 | 1 | 42 1/2 | 3 3/4 | 1/4 | - | 4 | - |
| 152, 224 | Mercers' Company | Tho. Norman | - | 2 | 14 | 1 1/4 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Mercers' Company | Ralph White | - | - | - | 3 3/4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| - | Mercers' Company | John Peters | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - |
| 18 | John Chibnall | Richard Hunt | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | 3/4 | - | 4 | - |
| 41 | JohnChibnall | Edward Loughton | 1 | - | 20 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 63 | Richard Field | Stonepit House | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 106 | Anthony Goodred | Park Cottage, Elizabeth Goodred | - | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | - | 6 | - |
| 120 | John Cowley | Gowles Farm (Dukes Pieces) | 1 | 2 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Tho. Richards | - | - | 1 | 12 | 3/4 | - | - | 3 | - |
| 157 | John Chibnall | - | 1 | 5 | 130 | 10 | 8 | - | 10 | 5 |
| 198 | Tho. Harman | Edward Boddington | 1 | 1 | 22 1/2 | - | 2 1/2 | - | 4 | 3 |
| 53a, 53 | Richard Hooton | - | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 4 | - | 10 | - |
| 179 | Rector | Rectory and Glebe | 1 | - | 15 | 4 1/2 | 1 3/4 | - | 11 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 26 | 1247 3/4 | 200 1/2 | 75 3/4 | 79 | 160 1/2 | 57 |
Note: The number of hearths is from the 1662 hearth tax roll (which is partially perished)