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Copyright ¢ Anne Pamela Keegan 1999.

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PART I

1 The Thomas Holloway Documents p3

2 The Ecclesiastical Parish of Cropredy p25

3 The Church at Cropredy p39

PART II

4 Households and Families p53

5 A Town run by Husbandmen p70

6 Servants p82

7 Men and Women in their Families p101

8 Widows as Heads of Households p113

9 Children p121

10 Schoolmasters and Schools p133

11 The Need for Wills p157

12 Bequests p169

13 Trust and Borrowing p181

PART III

14 The Boundary and Land p195

15 Meadows and Greensward p209

16 The Cattle p227

17 Horses p249

18 The Flock p257

19 Pigs, Poultry and Gardens p275

20 Arable Land p287

21 Seed Time to Harvest p309

22 Carts p327

23 Threshing and Winnowing p331

PART IV

24 Rebuilding in Stone p347

25 Timber Houses p357

26 Long House Types p387

27 Brasenose Trade Cottages p421

28 Craftsmen's Cottages p445

29 Group Three Properties p463

30 The Husbandmen's Farms & their Cottages p487

31 Farms on The Long Causeway p503

32 Three Farms on the Green p531

33 Three Farms in Church Lane p547

34 Two High Street Farms p559

35 The First Three Farms in Creampot p573

36 Four Farms down Creampot Lane p589

37 The Last Three Farms p609

PART V

38 The Hall p621

39 Chambers p643

40 Service Rooms p659

41 Apparel worn in Cropredy 681

APPENDIX

1.Will References and Dates for the Peculiar Court p695

2.Quarter days. Archbishops, The bushel p699

3.1663 Hearth Tax p700

4.Apparel in Wills and Inventories p701

5.Thomas Holloways Tithes and Expenditure p709

.........Lay Impropriators Tithes

.........Rector of Hampton Poyle

.........Rectorial Tithe Rents from Prescote

.........Holloway's Curates

Glossary p716

Bibliography p721

Index of Places p727

Persons Index p729

General Index p741

........."A" Manor to Fraternity

.........Freehold to Sheaves

.........Sheep to Yardlands plus extra indexes on:

.............Apparel p757

.............Furlongs, Meadows. Pieces & Closes p758

.............Lanes, Roads & Ways p759

.............Occupations p760

Occupiers of Houses 1 - 60 p762