1 6 An Elizabethan Sui'i^ey and Domesday Book, [cii. 



Forncett Manor in St Mary's (691 ^.). 



Demesne 229 a., 3 r. 



112 a., 2 r.^ ^ \ 



Site of manor house 7 a. 



Arable loi a., 2J r. 



Meadow and pasture 19 a., ^ r. 



Woods and hill pasture 102 a. 

 Free 



Soiled 63 a., 3 r. J ''" "*' " " ]- 59 7^ of tenants' land was servile^ 

 Bond 261 a., i\ r. 



Doubtful 23 a. 



Forncett Manor in St Peter's (892 a?(^. 



In Twanton (481 <?., i r). 



„ , r Arable 14 a., 3 r. 



Demesne 42 a., 2* r. -^ ,^ , ^ ' ^ , 



' '^ t Meadow 27 a., 3^ r. 



Free 226 a., 2\y.\ , \ 



> "XQT. a 2tt r I 

 Soiled 77 a. j J J •' 2 • L 26% of tenants' land was servile 1 



Bond 106 a., i^ r. J 



Doubtful 28 a., 2^ r. 



In Keklington (410 a., 3 r.)^. 



[ Arable 39 a., 2 r. 



Demesne 47 a., 3 r. \ Meadow i r. _^ 



I Wood 8 a. 



Free 151 a. | „ j^ l 



Soiled 33 a., I r. j 4 -i 2 • \ 389 "/^"^ of tenants' land was servile ^ 

 Bond 116 a., 3^ r. J 

 Doubtful 62 a. 



From this analysis it appears that in St Mary's, where the ratio 

 of servile messuages was largest, the ratio of land held by servile 

 tenure was also largest, and the arable demesne comparatively 

 extensive; whereas Twanton, which had the smallest number and 

 ratio of servile messuages, had the smallest ratio of servile land and 

 the smallest area of arable demesne. 



It is noteworthy that in each of these hamlets the percentage of 

 tenants' land held by servile tenure was smaller than the percentage 

 of servile messuages. 



^ Land of doubtful tenure is not included. 



2 But this is incomplete, see p. 6, n. i. Westwood Ridding, comprising 91 acres of arable 

 demesne, is omitted. The land in St Peter's held of Forncett manor may be roughly estimated 

 as 1000 acres. 



2 But owing to the large amount of ' doubtful ' land this figure cannot be depended upon 

 as more than a rough approximation. 



