How many Cottages per Manor?
Alwalton Manor -- 1279 A.D.
Henry, son of the miller, holds a cottage with a croft which contains 1 rood, paying
thence yearly to the said abbot 2s. Likewise he works for 3 days in carrying hay and
in other works at the will of the said abbot, each day with 1 man and in autumn 1 day in
cutting grain with 1 man.
Like wise William Arnold holds a cottage with a croft which contains half a rood,
paying to the abbot 2d; and he works just as the said Henry.
Likewise Hugh Day holds a cottage with a croft which contains 1 rood, paying to
the abbot 8d; and he works just as the said Henry.
Likewise Sara, widow of Matthew Miller, holds a cottage and a croft which
contains half a rood, paying to the said abbot 4d; and she works just as the said Henry.
[goes on to list 28 more cottages for a total of 32 cottages]
Likewise each of the said cottages, except the widows, gives yearly after Christmas a
penny which is called head-penny.
J.H. Robinson, trans., University of Pennsylvania Translations and
Reprints, Vol III, No. 5. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania,
1897.