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" The Carucata, which is also to be interpreted the plough-land, was as much arable as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto in a year ; having meadow, pasture, and houses for the house-holders and cattle belonging to it... "
Domesday for Wiltshire: Extracted from Accurate Copies of the Original ... - Page xxxviii
1865 - 255 pages
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A Catalogue of the Library of the College of St. Margaret and St ..., Volume 1

Queens' College (University of Cambridge). Library - Classified catalogs - 1827 - 582 pages
...measure) of land the manor contained ; how many carrucates or plough-lands (that is, as much arable as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto in one year), were in demesne ; how many homagers, villans, cotarii, servi, freemen, and tenants in socage...
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The Scotish Gaël: Or, Celtic Manners, as Preserved Among the ..., Volume 2

James Logan - Celts - 1831 - 470 pages
...of Gordon in that district. A Carucate is a term anciently in very general use, and is expressive of as much arable land as could be managed with one plough, and the beasts belonging thereto, in a year, with pasture, houses, &c. for the persons and cattle." An Oxgate was a certain extent of land, recognized...
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The Scotish Gaël, Or, Celtic Manners: As Preserved Among the Highlanders ...

James Logan - Celts - 1833 - 556 pages
...of Gordon in that district. A Carucate is a term anciently in very general use, and is expressive of as much arable land as could be managed with one plough, and the beasts belonging thereto, in a year, with pasture, houses, &.c. for the persons and cattle."]' An Oxgate was a certain extent of land, recognised...
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A General Introduction to Domesday Book: Accompanied by Indexes of ..., Volume 1

Sir Henry Ellis - Agriculture - 1833 - 698 pages
...dimid. hida siluce." The CARUCATA, which is also to be interpreted the plough-land, was as much arable as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto in a year ; having meadow, pasture, and houses for the householders and cattle, belonging to it.4 The Cai Reg....
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History and Antiquities of Foulsham: In Norfolk

Thomas Quarles - Foulsham (England) - 1842 - 196 pages
...acres even sometimes constituted a carucate. It was considered to be as much arable land as j:ould be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto, in a year ; having meadow, pasture, and houses for the householders and cattle belonging to it. Whatever might...
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The Scotish Gaël; Or, Celtic Manners: As Preserved Among the Highlanders ...

James Logan - Celts - 1843 - 568 pages
...of Gordon in that district. A Carucate is a term anciently in very general use, and is expressive of as much arable land as could be managed with one plough, and the beasts belonging thereto, in a year, with pasture, houses, ike. for the persons and cattle.f An Oxgate was a certain extent of land, recognised...
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A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of Its ...

George May (of Evesham, Eng.) - Evesham (England) - 1845 - 576 pages
...351 Carueata. — The carucate was a Norman measurement, applied only to arable land ; being as much as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto, in a year. In the text, the number of hides is.first given as in king Edward's time ; and then its measure in...
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The History of the Town and Parish of Tetbury, in the County of Gloucester ...

Alfred Theophilus Lee - Tetbury (England) - 1857 - 376 pages
...carucate, respectively. According to Sir Henry Ellis, in his Introduction to Domesday, a carucate was as much arable land as could be managed with one plough, and the beasts thereto belonging in one year, having meadow, pasture, and houses for the householders, and cattle...
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Annals of Windsor, by R.R. Tighe and J.E. Davis, Volume 1

Robert Richard Tighe - 1858 - 752 pages
...acres.3 The arable land in the king's demesne was one carucate, originally signifying as much arable as could be managed with one plough, and the beasts belonging thereto in a year ; having meadow, pasture, and houses for the householders, and cattle belonging to it. The precise...
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Domesday book; or, The great survey of England of William the conqueror, A.D ...

Domesday book - 1862 - 234 pages
...of plough-land." " The Carucata, which is also to be interpreted the plough-land, was as much arable as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto in a year ; having meadow, pasture, and houses for the house-holders and cattle belonging to it ;" and it appears...
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