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The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)Seebohm, Frederic

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The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)

Name: The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)
Author: Seebohm, Frederic

Seebohm, Frederic

Village communities -- Great Britain

To do 1 harrowing a year, called '_londegginge_,' valued
 at                                                                 1

 To give at Michaelmas an aid of                                3   3

 To [pay] '_pannage_,' viz. for a pig of a year old                 1

 For a younger pig that can be separated                             ½

 If he brew for sale, to give 14 gallons of ale as toll.

 To sell neither horse nor ox without licence.

 Seller and buyer to give 4d. as toll for a horse sold
 within the manor.

 To redeem son and daughter at the will of the lord.

 If he die, the lord to have his best beast of burden as
 heriot, and of his widow likewise, if she outlive her
 husband.

 _Services of a Lundinarius._[66]

 A. B. holds one 'lundinarium' (in the manor of Highnam),
 to wit, a messuage with curtilage, 4 acres of land, and
 a half-acre of meadow, and has to work one day a week
 (probably Monday, Lunæ-dies, Lundi, whence the title of
 the holding), from Michaelmas to August 1, and each day's
 work is valued at . . . .                                     s.   d.

 To mow the lord's meadow for 4 days if necessary, and a
 day's mowing is valued at                                          2

 To aid in cocking and lifting the hay for 6 days at least,
 and the day's work is valued at                                     ½

 To hoe the lord's corn for 1 day, valued at                         ½

 To do 2 'bederipæ' before August 1, valued at                      2

 From August 1 to Michaelmas to do manual labour 2 days a
 week, and each day's work is valued at                             1½

 To gather rushes on August 1, valued at                             ½

 And in all other 'conditions' he shall do as the customers.

 The total value of the service of a 'lundinarius' is           6   8

 To give 4d. as aid at Michaelmas.

 (15 other 'lundinarii' hold on a like tenure.)

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 WORCESTERSHIRE

 _Services of a Half-virgate._[67]

 Of the villenage of Neweham, with appurtenances (or
 members), and of the villeins' works and customs.

 In this manor are 35 half-virgates with appurtenances,
 exclusive of the half-virgate belonging to the
 '_præpositus_.'

 Each half-virgate _ad censum_ pays on St. Andrew's Day
 12d. (November 30); on Annunciation Day, 12d. (March 25);
 on St. John's Day, 12d. (June 24).

 From June 24 till August 1, each villein to work 2 days a
 week, and, if the serjeant (_serviens_) shall so will, to
 continue the same work till after August 1.

 From August 1 to Michaelmas--

 To work 4 days a week.

 To do 2 '_benripæ_' (reapings at request), with 1 man.

 To plough about Michaelmas a half-acre, to sow it with his
 own corn, and to harrow it.

 Also to plough for winter corn, spring corn, and
 fallowing, for 1 day, exclusive of the work, and it is
 called '_benherthe_.'

 To give on February 2 one quarter of oats, and 2½d. as
 '_fisfe_' (fish-fee).

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The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)

Seebohm, Frederic

Village communities -- Great Britain

To do 1 harrowing a year, called '_londegginge_,' valued
 at                                                                 1

 To give at Michaelmas an aid of                                3   3

 To [pay] '_pannage_,' viz. for a pig of a year old                 1

 For a younger pig that can be separated                             ½

 If he brew for sale, to give 14 gallons of ale as toll.

 To sell neither horse nor ox without licence.

 Seller and buyer to give 4d. as toll for a horse sold
 within the manor.

 To redeem son and daughter at the will of the lord.

 If he die, the lord to have his best beast of burden as
 heriot, and of his widow likewise, if she outlive her
 husband.

 _Services of a Lundinarius._[66]

 A. B. holds one 'lundinarium' (in the manor of Highnam),
 to wit, a messuage with curtilage, 4 acres of land, and
 a half-acre of meadow, and has to work one day a week
 (probably Monday, Lunæ-dies, Lundi, whence the title of
 the holding), from Michaelmas to August 1, and each day's
 work is valued at . . . .                                     s.   d.

 To mow the lord's meadow for 4 days if necessary, and a
 day's mowing is valued at                                          2

 To aid in cocking and lifting the hay for 6 days at least,
 and the day's work is valued at                                     ½

 To hoe the lord's corn for 1 day, valued at                         ½

 To do 2 'bederipæ' before August 1, valued at                      2

 From August 1 to Michaelmas to do manual labour 2 days a
 week, and each day's work is valued at                             1½

 To gather rushes on August 1, valued at                             ½

 And in all other 'conditions' he shall do as the customers.

 The total value of the service of a 'lundinarius' is           6   8

 To give 4d. as aid at Michaelmas.

 (15 other 'lundinarii' hold on a like tenure.)

       *       *       *       *       *

 WORCESTERSHIRE

 _Services of a Half-virgate._[67]

 Of the villenage of Neweham, with appurtenances (or
 members), and of the villeins' works and customs.

 In this manor are 35 half-virgates with appurtenances,
 exclusive of the half-virgate belonging to the
 '_præpositus_.'

 Each half-virgate _ad censum_ pays on St. Andrew's Day
 12d. (November 30); on Annunciation Day, 12d. (March 25);
 on St. John's Day, 12d. (June 24).

 From June 24 till August 1, each villein to work 2 days a
 week, and, if the serjeant (_serviens_) shall so will, to
 continue the same work till after August 1.

 From August 1 to Michaelmas--

 To work 4 days a week.

 To do 2 '_benripæ_' (reapings at request), with 1 man.

 To plough about Michaelmas a half-acre, to sow it with his
 own corn, and to harrow it.

 Also to plough for winter corn, spring corn, and
 fallowing, for 1 day, exclusive of the work, and it is
 called '_benherthe_.'

 To give on February 2 one quarter of oats, and 2½d. as
 '_fisfe_' (fish-fee).

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)

The English Village Community: Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)

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