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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1700. The information is taken from Table 35 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 | Arable land (acres) | Pasture (acres) | Meadow (acres) | Wood (acres) | Quit-rent payable to Linford (L), Cave cum FitzJohn (C) or Mercers' (M) manor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor | £ s d | |||||||||||||||
| 188 | Robert Adams | The Hall manor farm | 1 | - | 61 1/2 | 27 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 138 | Anthony Chibnall | Thomas Marshall | 1 | 1 | 67 3/4 | 14 | 5 3/4 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 54 | George Newman | Richard Knight | 1 | - | 81 | 5 1/4 | - | - | L | 1s 4d | ||||||
| 177 | Thomas and Henry Knight | Samuel Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 58 | 6 | 4 | - | L | 4d | ||||||
| 16 | Aldren Fuller | Tho. Loughton | 1 | - | 30 | 46 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | Roger Chapman | Daniel Boughton | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | - | 18 | - | - | ||||||
| 19 | Wm. Carpenter | Catherine Wheel, Widow Fountaine | 1 | - | 67 1/2 | 2 | 4 1/2 | - | L | 1s 9 1/2d | ||||||
| 52 | Samuel Cunningham | - | 1 | - | 27 1/2 | 4 | 1 3/4 | - | C | 2d | ||||||
| 89 | Tho. Pargiter | Cave Manor House | 1 | 1 | 108 | 34 | 4 | 40 | M | 3s 1 1/2d | ||||||
| L | 2d | |||||||||||||||
| 182 | Richard Babington | FitzJohn Manor Farm, John Babington | 1 | 2 | 62 1/2 | 4 | 4 1/2 | - | L | 6 3/4d | ||||||
| 15 | Thomas and Henry Knight | Tho. Richardson | 1 | 2 | 106 | 7 | 3 | - | C | 1s 6d | ||||||
| 33 | Roger Chapman | Anthony Lightwin | - | 1 | 27 | 3 | 1 | - | C | 3/4d | ||||||
| 46 | William and James Brittain | Robert Rogers | 1 | - | 18 | 2 | - | - | L | 4d | ||||||
| C | 8d | |||||||||||||||
| M | 1 1/2d | |||||||||||||||
| 159 | Mercers' Company | Manor Farm, Edward Fuller (Tho. Clifton, undertenant) | 1 | - | 35 | 6 1/2 | 1 1/4 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 158 | Mercers' Company | Anthony Chibnall | - | 1 | 14 3/4 | 9 3/4 | 4 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 162 | Mercers' Company | Edward Fuller (Tho. Clifton, undertenant) | - | 1 | 14 1/2 | 1 1/2 | 1/2 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 178 | Mercers' Company | Tho. Course | 1 | - | 30 1/2 | 3 3/4 | 1/4 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 153 | Mercers' Company | Edward Fuller | - | 1 | 5 1/2 | - | 1/2 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 152 | Mercers' Company | Tho. Umney | - | 2 | 17 1/4 | 3 3/4 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 224 | Mercers' Company | Roger Chapman | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | ||||||
| 18 | Anthony Chibnall | Luke Watts, Robert Laughton | 1 | - | 35 1/2 | 3 | 3 1/2 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 63 | Edward Hooton | - | - | 1 | 5 1/2 | - | - | - | L | 8d | ||||||
| M | 1 1/2d | |||||||||||||||
| 143 | Edward Hooton | - | 1 | 3 | 7 1/2 | 22 | 1/4 | - | L | 9 1/4d | ||||||
| 106, 120 | Sir John Chester | Edward Richards, Edward Tickhill | - | 1 | 70 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||
| 20, 142 | Tho. Richards | - | 1 | 3 | 16 1/2 | 2 | 4 1/2 | - | L | 9 1/4d | ||||||
| C | 6d | |||||||||||||||
| 157 | Anthony Chibnall | Robert Adams, John Marshall | 1 | 4 | 130 | 10 | 8 | - | L | 1/2d | ||||||
| C | 1s 01/4d | |||||||||||||||
| M | £1 9s 6d | |||||||||||||||
| 53, 198 | John Ruddy | - | 2 | 3 | 91 | 6 1/2 | 4 | - | L | 2d | ||||||
| M | 3s 6d | |||||||||||||||
| 179 | Rector | Rectory and Glebe | 1 | - | 15 | 4 1/2 | 1 3/4 | - | - | - | ||||||
| TOTAL | 21 | 28 | 1209 1/4 | 239 1/2 | 70 | 79 | - | - |