Principal holders of land in 1797

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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1797 after the Enclosure Award. The information is taken from Table 43 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.

Number on Enclosure Map	Owner	Tenant	Total Land (acres)
179	Rector	–	18 1⁄2
89	Dryden Smith	William Baker, George Griggs	119
188	Charles Chester	William Field	183
162, 178**	Mercers’ Company	Benjamin Griggs	128 3⁄4
138	Sir John Riddell	William Pike	96 1⁄2
33**	Sir John Riddell	Thomas Harding
19	George Pitt Hurst	James Nicholls	183
54	Rev Samuel Greatheed and Ann, his wife	Robert King	215 3⁄4
15		Richard Shrieve
182	Rev Samuel Greatheed	Thomas Davison	165 1⁄4
–	Rev Samuel Greatheed (lifehold)	Thomas Rogers	28
52, 46	Thomas Battans	Thomas Harding	88 1⁄4
157	William Brooks	–	142 1⁄4
177	John Clayton	–	101 1⁄2
143, 139**	Samuel Boddington	–	88
16	Richard Higgins	Thomas Baker	56 1⁄2
18	John and Richard Hale	–	40 3⁄4
–	William Praed	–	52
201	Thomas Odell	–	20 3⁄4
186	William Field	–	10 3⁄4
–	Six miscellaneous small allotments	–	25 1⁄2
–	Cottages	–	20 1⁄4
–	Stone pit	–	2 3⁄4
–	Roads	–	21 3⁄4
–	TOTAL	–	1762 1⁄2

Note: ** = Farmhouse no longer in use