Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Worfield and Its Townships: Being a History of the Parish From Saxon and Norman Times; And Including Notices of Old Families, and Documents Contained in the Parish Chest
These jurors, of course, represented their. Different townships the manor soon after the conquest having contained several hamlets, bearing pretty much the names they now do. There were more dwellers probably in the townships and hamlets then than now; one writer has gone so far as to say that the population of the parish was five times greater. At any rate, the land was in more hands. Besides being divided into smaller manors, as in some few instances, it was subdivided into two yard lands, or (about 100 acres); into yard lands (50 acres) into half-yard lands of 25 acres and into nooks, and half nooks and quarters.
Atenant admitted to yard land paid twenty shillings to the lord of the manor, and three shillings to the steward for his fee. Every yard land also paid six shillings and eight pence as a chief rent per annum to the lord of the manor. At the decease' of every copyholder, for every messuage and toft he died seized of a heriot, being the best good ox beast, had to be paid to the lord of the manor. The affairs of the Demesne Court, next to the chief bailiff and steward, who represented the owner of the manor, was the reeve, whose duties consisted in collecting the lord's rents, fines, heriots etc; two constables; two ale-tasters, to attend taverns and look after the brewings of beer, and a beadle or crier, who acted as under bailiff, for the purpose of serving and executing all processes of the Court. The right of election of the crier had been for ages, it is said, the privilege of the inhabitants of the township of Hallon.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
