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Definition of Bordars
1. bordar [n] - See also: bordar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bordars
Literary usage of Bordars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1816)
"... of half a vir- gate each ; and three bordars of five acres each, and three
Bondmen. Meadow for two Ploughs. Pasture for the cattle «f the village. ..."
2. The History of Ufton Court, of the Parish of Ufton, in the County of Berks by A. Mary Sharp (1892)
"There is land for five ploughs, there is one in demesne, & eight villeins & five
bordars with five ploughs; there is one bondsman & forty acres of meadow ..."
3. Antient Parliamentary Elections: A History Showing how Parliaments Were by Homersham Cox (1868)
"There are 34 villans, 4 bordars, with 17 ploughs; there are 2 churches ...
There are now in demesne 2 ploughs and 5 villans, and 4 bordars with 2 ploughs. ..."
4. A Topographical History of the County of Leicester: The Ancient Part by John Curtis (1831)
"... 3 villans and 4 bordars held Ja plough ; there were 6 acres of meadow.1 In
1289 William Hamlyn held lands for founding я chantry.4 In 1331 William ..."
5. The Domesday Inquest by Adolphus Ballard (1906)
"Next above the slaves in the social scale were the cottagers, who were called
indiscriminately " bordars " or " cottagers" according to the fancy of the ..."
6. An Analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire by Charles Samuel Taylor (1889)
"Though the bordars usually worked with the villeins on the ... 4 „ 6 „ 4 In some
cases the bordars seem to have occupied the position of servants in a large ..."
7. Ingulph's Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland: With the Continuations by by Ingulph, Peter (1908)
"There is one carucate in demesne, with one serf, and twenty-one villeins, with
a church and priest, and seven bordars, and twelve ..."
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