Note 104 — Chapter II · THE ENGLISH OPEN FIELD SYSTEM TRACED BACK TO THE DOMESDAY SURVEY—IT IS THE SHELL OF SERFDOM—THE MANOR WITH A VILLAGE COMMUNITY IN VILLENAGE UPON IT. (continued 2)
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'Galfridus Snow tenet quoddam tenementum nativum vocatum Snowes. . . . Willelmus Biesten tenet tenementum nativum vocatum Biestes,' and so on.
Extent of 'Byrchsingeseie,' near Colchester.
Leger Book of St. John the Baptist, Colchester.
Wrest Park MSS., No. 57.
I am indebted to Earl Cowper for the opportunity of referring to this interesting MS., containing valuable examples of extents of manors from the reign of Edward I., and of the services of the tenants. See particularly the extent of 'Wycham,' 17 Ed. I., as a good example of the three field system and serfdom.