Table 1. The number of land transfers within the family and by inheritance custom
on the Winchester estate, 1269-1349

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Year

No. of entry fines

No. of transfers by inheritance

No. of intra-familial transfers

1269-78

3694

1017 (27.53%)

1400 (37.90%)

1283-9

3576

1036 (28.97%)

1486 (41.55%)

1290-9

3515

983 (27.97%)

1476 (41.99%)

1300-9

3855

1384 (35.90%)

1903 (49.36%)

1310-19

5311

1961 (36.92%)

2533 (47.69%)

1320-9

2993

991 (33.11%)

1337 (44.67%)

1330-9

4632

1350 (29.15%)

2005 (43.29%)

1340-9

7251

3287 (45.33%)

4037 (55.68%)

1269-1349

34,827

12,009 (34.48%)

16,177 (46.45%)

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.

Note: ‘Inheritance’ here includes the transfer of land to widows but excludes same surname transfers in which the relationship between the parties is not made explicit. ‘Intra-familial’ includes inter-vivos, post-mortem and same surname transfers. The pipe rolls from 1263-8 are insufficiently detailed to allow these calculations to be made.

 

 

Table 2. Transfers of land by marriage, 1269-1349

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Years

No. of transfers by marriage

No. of entry fines

% of transfers by marriage

1269-78

322

3694

8.72

1283-89

263

3576

7.35

1290-99

284

3515

8.08

1300-09

357

3855

9.26

1310-19

425

5311

8.00

1321-29

249

2993

8.32

1330-39

419

4632

9.05

1340-49

631

7251

8.70

1269-1349

2950

34,827

8.47

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.
Note: these figures refer to extra-familial transactions only and thus exclude same surname transfers.

 

 

Table 3. Transfers of land to widows, 1269-1349

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Years

No. of transfers to widows

No. of heritable transfers

% of transfers to widows

1269-78

389

1017

38

1283-89

431

1036

42

1290-99

437

983

44

1300-09

574

1384

41

1310-19

723

1961

37

1321-29

384

991

39

1330-39

574

1350

43

1340-49

965

3287

29

1269-1349

4477

12009

37

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.

 

 

Table 4. Heritable transfers of land to sons, 1269-1349

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Years

No. of transfers to sons

No. of heritable transfers

% of transfers to sons

1269-78

480

1017

47

1283-89

456

1036

44

1290-99

374

983

38

1300-09

540

1384

39

1310-19

784

1961

40

1321-29

395

991

40

1330-39

491

1350

36

1340-49

1164

3287

35

1269-1349

4684

12009

39

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.

 

 

Table 5. Heritable transfers of land to daughters, 1269-1349

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Years

No. of transfers to daughters

No. of heritable transfers

% of transfers to daughters

1269-78

81

1017

8

1283-89

66

1036

6

1290-99

77

983

8

1300-09

116

1384

8

1310-19

171

1961

9

1321-29

82

991

8

1330-39

92

1350

7

1340-49

341

3287

10

1269-1349

1026

12009

9

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.

 

 

Table 6. Relations (selected) inheriting land in 1349

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Relation

No. inheriting in 1349

No. inheriting 1269-1349

% inheriting in 1349

Aunt

6

10

60

Brother

162

632

26

Daughter

224

1026

22

Granddaughter

25

54

46

Grandson

44

127

35

Kin

111

194

57

Nephew

123

275

45

Niece

41

97

42

Sister

60

258

23

Son

631

4684

13

Uncle

3

17

18

Widow

355

4477

8

All relations

1830

11,851

15

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/33-101.

 

 

Table 7. Number of marriage fines paid on the Winchester estate, 1263-1349

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1263-8

1269-78

1283-9

1290-9

1300-9

1310-19

1320-9

1330-9

1340-9

1263-1349

Marriage

327

693

459

258

23

2

3

2

2

1769

Marriage within

13

17

116

174

359

509

284

297

278

2047

Marriage without

11

43

63

137

283

406

190

233

299

1665

Marriage where-soever

0

0

0

0

6

0

1

0

0

7

Total

351

753

638

569

671

917

478

532

579

5488

%

6.4

13.7

11.6

10.4

12.2

16.7

8.7

9.7

10.6

100

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/29-101.

 

 

Table 8. Payment of marriage fines by relation on the Winchester estate, 1263-1349

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Relation
to bride

Marriage

Marriage within

Marriage without

Marriage wheresoever

Total

Bride

429

319

248

2

998 (18.2%)

Brother

107

133

140

0

380 (6.9%)

Father

835

1066

868

4

2773 (50.5%)

Guardian

5

43

18

0

66 (1.2%)

Mother

316

372

298

1

987 (18%)

Stepfather

65

105

83

0

253 (4.6%)

Sister

0

3

1

0

4 (0.1%)

Uncle

1

3

2

0

6 (0.1%)

Other

11

3

7

0

21 (0.4%)

Total

1769

2047

1665

7

5488

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/29-101.

 

 

Table 9. Number of elections to holdings on the Winchester estate, 1283-1349

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1283-9

1290-9

1300-9

1310-19

1320-9

1330-9

1340-9

1283-1349

1

6

6

29

14

43

18

117

Source: HRO, 11M59/B1/42-101.