Monument record 7198/386 - Akerman tenements

{1} In addition to the increase in the number of agricultural tenants through the subdivision of virgates, there was also an increase through the creation of completely new agricultural tenancies. Though not recorded in 1086 or 1125-8, by 1292 there were Akermen tenements each with 10 acres of land held for money rent alone, at 6/8d per annum. By 1321 there were 16 acremen. In 1405 some of these lands were attached to cottages dispersed around the town, although a group of five lay on the southern edge of the town opposite the manor. What is so far unclear is where this ‘new’ agricultural land came from, if the existing virgate holdings or demesne were not reduced in acreage, unless some degree of arable expansion was still occurring at the expense of woodland, for the Akermanlands comprised 160 acres of arable.

<1> Foard G.F., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Kettering (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100747.

<2> Eayre T., 1721, A Plan of the Town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100753.

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