The following table lists the owners of cottages paying quit-rents. The information is taken from Table 55 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village “.
| Number on Enclosure Map | Owner before 1708 | Owner in 1708 | Owner in 1796 |
| 16 | William Scrivener | Thomas Richards | Richard Higgins |
| 20 | John Field | Robert Babbington | Thomas Tandy |
| 25 | – | Edward Boddington | Thomas Odell |
| 26 | Thomas Chibnall | Richard Chibnall | James Cave |
| 28 | James Brierly | Thomas Osborne | William Umney |
| 32 | Richard Hunt | Ann Marshall | Friends Meeting House |
| 40 | Henry Newall | Robert Babington | John Underwood |
| 42 | Samuel Cunningham | Edward Cunningham | Rose’s Trustees |
| 47 | Mary Chapman | Edward Gant | William Davison |
| 48 | Henry Gravestock | Robert Field | Rose’s Trustees |
| 49 | Edward Finnemore | James Finnemore | William Davison |
| 50 | Bartholomew Course | Thomas Course, junior | Rose’s Trustees |
| 51 | Thomas Tyringham | Thomas Richards | Rose’s Trustees |
| 55 | Edward Britnell | Anne Lucas | William Warr |
| 92 | Bartholomew Finnemore | Thomas Clifton | Elizabeth Slater |
| 93 | Edward Fisher | John Fisher | Samuel Boddington |
| 94 | Thomas Umney | Thomas Umney | Thomas Umney |
| 96 | Edward Norman | Edward Norman | Richard Shrieve |
| 141 | John Knight | Mary Knight | William Thompson |
| 144 | Thomas Knight | Robert Knight | Thomas Talbot |
| 145 | Bartholomew Course | Thomas Course, junior | Rose’s Trustees |
| 146 | Christopher Wright | Thomas Marshall | Thomas Marshall |
| 160 | Joseph Tomalin | Robert Babbington | Mercers’ Company |
| 161 | Thomas Roughhead | William Roughhead | Mercers’ Company |
| 165 | Robert Knight | Edward Hooton | Samuel Greathead |
| 166 | John Knight | Henry Knight | James Simcoe |
| 183 | Henry Gravestock | Robert Field | Rose’s Trustees |
| 184 | Andrew Clare | Francis Clare | Richard Clare |
| 185 | Edward Hooton | John Hooton | Thomas Platt |
| 197 | Thomas Harman | John Ruddy | — Hosea |
| 199 | William White | Thomas Clifton | Thomas Tandy |
| 200 | John Field | Robert Babbington | John Brittain |
| 201 | Stephan Boswood | William Boswood | Thomas Odell |
The following table lists the cottages standing on the Linford Manor waste. The information is taken from Table 56 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village “.
| Number on Enclosure Map | 1682 | 1796 |
| 220 | Joseph Clare | Thomas Riddy |
| 221 | Katherine Gant | Richard Tandy |
| 222 | Alice Caxon, widow | James Cave |
| 223 | Thomas Neach | John Rose |
| 226 | Jacob Freeman | Reuben Brittain |
| 227 | Alice Marks, widow | John West |
| 228 | Richard Marks | William Field |
| 229 | William Phillips | Arthur Roe |
| 230 | John Cleyton John Richardson Elizabeth Smith, widow Elizabeth Forster |
Rose’s trustees Rose’s trustees Rose’s trustees Rose’s trustees |
| 231 | William Ford | Richard Tandy |
| 232 | Richard Ford | William Davison |
Note: the allocation of cottages for 1682 is in most cases arbitrary. They paid no rent to Linford Manor.
The following table lists the cottages standing on the Cave/FitzJohn Manor waste. The information is taken from Table 56 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village “.
| Number on Enclosure Map | 1708 | 1796 |
| 167 | John Parratt William Earby Richard Williamson Henry Hall John Fisher |
Public house of Thomas Meacher |
| 168 | Ann Marks Charles Collis John Deacon |
Parish Officers |
| 169 | Ann Joice | James Joice |
| 170 | Henry Burdwell | Thomas Coleman |
| 171 | James Smith | Richard Fazey |
| 172 | Hugh Clifton | Thomas Saunders |
| 173 | Mary Webb | Henry Ward |
| 174 | Robert Church | Robert Coleman |
| 175 | Henry Freeman | James Joice |
A rent of 1s per annum was paid to the Cave/FitzJohn Manor.
The following table gives the number of households in Sherington in 1522-4, 1580, 1708 and 1796. The information is taken from Table 33 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village “.
| 1522-4 | 1580 | 1708** | 1796 | |
| Rectory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Manor houses | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other houses | 1* | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Farms | 17 | 23 | 26 | 16 |
| Cottages | 18 | 18 | 63 | 64 |
| TOTAL | 39 | 45 | 92 | 93 |
Note: * This is No 139 on the Enclosure Map
** A return by the rector c.1705 gives 120 families. Contemporary deeds show that many of the cottages and small tenant farms were then divided into two tenements.