Note 147 — Chapter II · THE PEASANTRY
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Similar examples could be adduced from Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, were it worth while, e.g. at Duston in Northants in 1561 there were tenants holding 2 virgates, 1¾ virgates, 1½ virgates, ½ virgate, ¼ virgate (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Portf. 13, No. 23). At Desford in Leicestershire, temp. Hen. VIII., one finds the same division and aggregation of virgates (R.O. Rentals and Surveys, Duchy of Lancs., Bdle. 6, No. 7).