Note 244 — Chapter III · THE PEASANTRY (continued)
Reading edition
Northumberland County History, vol. iii., Pt. V., pp. 86–104, Survey of Hexham (1608): “Their fines they pretend to be certain, viz. one year’s rent at everye change of tenant, but not herritable. They have there, for certaine, very ancient evidences and Court Rolls, but they woulde not show them unto us, nor any of their coppies.” See also Appendix I. No. IV.