308 An 3nglish Manor in the time of Elizriheth. 



he had received it, and the lord " set and let " the holding to a new 

 tenant. This was why Juliana Walsh had to leave for the use of 

 the next tenant straw and thatch for one complete bower 21s. 6rf., 

 and for a three-quarter bower 16.s. \d., seed corn for the summer 

 sowing of the bower land, and seven quarters of barley, and straw 

 for feeding one beast in the winter. It was for these lands that 

 certain grain was paid into the granary at Wilton " according to 

 bower custom " ; Ijut the tenants of Bower Chalke had already 

 commuted this " bower corn " for an annual payment of 26.s. 'M. at 

 the time this survey was made. 



To show the average size of the holdings I will tabulate the 

 particulars of one or two of the manors, and as an example of a 

 manor in which all services had been commuted for a money 

 payment I will take the manor of Washern, a village that stood 

 within Wilton Park but has now disappeared. 



Each were liable to a heriot of one best beast 

 As an example of a manor in which week work was still done _ 

 for the manor farm I will give in like manner the particulars of 

 the holdings in the manor of Burcondoe. 



BURCOMBE. 



Wood East West 

 Free Tenants. field, field, field. Mead. Close. Cattle. Sheep. Rent. 



Willoughby, Chris. 2i 8 8 2^ 2^ VAsAd. 



