Excerpt from Pedes Finium: Commonly Called Feet of Fines, for the County of Somerset Up to 1360 the royal style used includes King of France, but in 1361 this title is discontinued. Further, it must be noted that such a fighting time had its consequences, and involved, as can be seen, dealings and changes in two hundred and thirty-five manors. Allowing for or adding the properties held by the dead hand which would not be interfered with, the number will Show how large a proportion of the county was affected. In some cases ...
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Excerpt from Pedes Finium: Commonly Called Feet of Fines, for the County of Somerset Up to 1360 the royal style used includes King of France, but in 1361 this title is discontinued. Further, it must be noted that such a fighting time had its consequences, and involved, as can be seen, dealings and changes in two hundred and thirty-five manors. Allowing for or adding the properties held by the dead hand which would not be interfered with, the number will Show how large a proportion of the county was affected. In some cases there was much division, down to the half of a quarter (pp. 148, 183) and the fifth of a moiety (p. By following the changes and the provision for or origin of dower, the family of the lady, whether as heiress or otherwise, may often be traced. A record of small holdings can be seen in the case of North Petherton (pp. 90, by which a fair list of the tenants, their names and their holdings, can be made out. Two each had a messuage, two held a rood of land, one held half an acre, seven one acre, two one acre and a rood, one an acre and a half. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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