Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. An Evolution within the Manor
5. Introduction 3
6. Capital and the Customary Tenant 11
7. The Disposition of Capital within Customary Tenant Families 28
8. Allocation of Customary Labour 47
9. Natural Surface Climates
10. Capital Conquers 65
11. Family Priorities 79
12. Mobility and the Regional Economy 99
13. Conclusion 118
14. Witnesses to Land Charter 133
15. Preliminary Observations towards a Calculus of Opera Obligations 141
16. The Structure of Opera Allocations 148
17. The Tenurial Spread at Abbots Ripton, Upwood, and Wistow 160
18. Notes 200
19. Bibliography 219
20. Index of Villagers 231
21. General Index 239