tenmanlandn.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A local name in East Anglia, in 12th and 13th centuries, for an aggregate of ten holdings; containing 120 acres, and so = carucate n.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents
suling805
sullowc897
ploughlandOE
ploughlOE
tenmanlotc1200
tenmanlandc1225
sullowc1275
suling-land1440
carucate?a1475
plough tilla1513
cartware1555
carue1593
caruck1627
sullerye1628
c1225 Ely Inqu. in MS. Claudius C. xi lf. 193 (Vinogr.) De militibus et libere tenentibus... Jacobus le franceis et Thomas de Northwaude tenent dimidium tenmanland, scilicet lx acras terre... De Consuetudinariis et censuariis, Alanus et Matheus..et eorum participes tenent unam tenmanland, scilicet sexies viginti acras terre.
1892 P. G. Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. ii. i. 255 In the Norfolk lands of Ely Minster we find tenmanlands of 120 acres in the possession of several copartitioners, participes.
1908 P. G. Vinogradoff Eng. Society 11th Cent. ii. §1. ii In the north [west] corner of Norfolk, in a fen~district bordering on Lincolnshire, we find in the local custom of the manor of Walpole, a division of the land according to tenmanlands or tenman-lots.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents
suling805
sullowc897
ploughlandOE
ploughlOE
tenmanlotc1200
tenmanlandc1225
sullowc1275
suling-land1440
carucate?a1475
plough tilla1513
cartware1555
carue1593
caruck1627
sullerye1628
c1200 Inqu. of Walepole in MS. Cott. Tib. B. ii lf. 167 b Willelmus Franceis et Thomas de Nordwolde tenent dimidium tenmanloth, scilicet sexaginta acras... De Consuetudinariis. Galfridus de Cattestone et participes tenent unam tenmanloth, scilicet sexcies uiginti acras pro decem solidis.
?a1244 Anc. Deed A. 7435 (P.R.O.) Confirmauimus thome filio Alani de Walepol..sextam partem vnius tinmanlot in villa de Walepol.
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