Source: Somerset Record Society v
Title: Rentalia et Custumaria Michaelis de Ambresbury, 1235-1252, et Rogeri de Ford, 1252-1261. Abbatum Monasterii Beatae Mariae Glastoniae. With an Excursus on Manorial Land Tenures , by C. J. Elton, Q. C., M. P., and Introductory Historical Notes by the Right Reverend Bishop Hobhouse and the Honorary Secretary , 1891, Taunton, 18
Date: c 1250
Place: Westonzoyland
Rentalia et Custumarium Monast. Glaston.
Westonzoyland
[Fo. 13.]
Tenentes super la Hamme in Westune 1.
Hii sunt tenentes in certo gabulo super la Hamme.
Alexander Incisor tenet mesuagium cum curtillo, et reddit
per annum xijd.
...
[Fo. 13 b.]
...
Willelmus le Pluk’ tenet eodem modo
...
Tenants upon the Hamme in Westune
These are the tenants on a certain gavel upon the Hamme.
Alexander Incisor holds a tenement with curtilage, and renders
yearly 12d
...
William le Pluk’ holds likewise
...
[1] sic
Westonzoyland is a small village on the Somerset Levels about four miles south east of Bridgewater. It appears to have been owned by the Abbots of Glastonbury. Gavel land is land that is rented for farming.
