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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"manors"”.
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Huvudgårdar och herravälden : En studie av småländsk medeltid
… focuses on the medieval nobility and its manors in the inland of Småland. The problems tackled in the dissertation may be divided into two major complexes. One concerns the emergence and growth of the Småland nobility in a long-term perspective, the second concerns the spatial conditions …
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Copyhold tenure and its survival in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire from c.1750 to 1925
… farmed in larger units by the lords of the manors or other substantial landowners. Finally, where manorial control was strong, the village garths as for example held of the Manors of Burstwick, Easington, Kilnsea and Skeffiing, Homsea, North Frodingham, Patrington, Roos and Skipsea, …
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Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850
… century when mining was confined to a few manors on the banks of the Tyne and traces chronologically the great changes in the nature, scale and location of the industry which occurred during the ensuing two-and-a-half centuries. The second part analyses the major influences which controlled …
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The 1259 Pipe Roll
… The income produced by the sheriffs and by the manors of the royal demesne over the period from 1241 to 1259 is compared, to show how the sheriffs squeezed additional revenue from the counties in the 1250s, and how the demesne continued to make a significant contribution to royal resources. …
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Manorial Officeholding in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, 1300-1600
… from the court rolls of three case-study manors. These consist of Little Downham (Cambs.), Horstead (Norf.) and Worfield (Salop.). The first part of the thesis utilises quantitative methodologies to analyse the change in presentments made by officers (chapter one) and patterns in …
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Biskop och stad : aspekter av urbanisering och sociala rum i medeltidens Linköping
… of canons (members of the chapter) moving from manors in the countryside and settling down at large yards around the cathedral. These residences, with stone-houses in multiple storeys and two-room plan, are interpreted as an aristocratic feature, especially suited to act as a symbol of unity and …
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The Auditing and Management of the Clare Estate under Elizabeth de Burgh, 1317-60
This thesis explains how medieval estates managed the local officials they employed to run their manor farms. These estates employed auditors and gave them the power to penalise local farm managers for overspending and missing productivity targets. The key finding is the sheer number of times these …