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[…] with other 3 stong of land called Orchortofts, the which Humphrey Greyfe holds by year, paying therefore . . . . . Also for farm of 2 acres pasture, lying in Wythorne - tofts, the which William Fysher holds by year . . . . . Also for farm of one stong of land lying in Algarkyke,[…]
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Thomas, son of Gilbert, 1 acre 3 stong. In marsh, 1 acre 20 perches. Conan, his brother, 4 acres 3 stong. In marsh, 1 acre and half a stong. […]
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The terriers mention a little close or pingle, containing half a stong, called 'the Chappell yarde,' which is surrounded by the lands of Dunsthorpe grange on every side. This close has now been thrown into the adjoining grass field […]
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None the less the figures in the survey are of interest. They are: Crosneuland, 29 acres 1 stong 2 perches 52½ feet divided into thirty-six pieces; Estneuland, 14 acres 1½ stongs 1½ perches 27 feet divided into seven pieces; Westneuland, 15½ acres 1½ stongs 18 perches 31 feet divided into eighty-one pieces. […] Note that 4 stongs equal 1 acre and 40 square perches 1 stong. […] Sixty perches, forming one piece, are simply in Neuland and the rest is either in nouo neulond or in ueteri neulond—22 acres 35½ perches 26½ feet in the former, in fifteen pieces; 12 acres 1 stong 5 perches 22½ feet in the latter, in twelve pieces. The whole amounts to 34 acres 3 stongs 2 perches 21 1 feet in twenty-eight pieces. […] Terra mensurata was usually measured in acres, stongs (or roods) and perches, but often the measurement was taken to the nearest foot and sometimes to the nearest half foot.
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