tenmanland Obs. exc. Hist.
A local name in East Anglia, in 12th and 13th c., for an aggregate of ten holdings; containing 120 acres, and so = carucate. So, in same sense, tenmanlot (-loth).
| c 1225 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 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 ― Eng. Soc. in 11th c. 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. |
| c 1200 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. ? a 1244 Anc. Deed A. 7435 (P.R.O.), Confirmauimus thome filio Alani de Walepol..sextam partem vnius tinmanlot in villa de Walepol. |