(SOURCE) Manorial Court: 1246-1249

Pleas Heard in a Manorial Court

• John Sperling complains about Richard of Newmere's cattle damaging his crops; Richard defends.

• Hugh Free fined $6d$ for beast in lord's garden.

• Roger Pleader at law against Nicholas Croke regarding a peacock; Roger is quit.

• Little Ogbourne fined $6s. 8d$ for not washing lord's sheep (except seven).

• Gilbert Richard's son pays $5s$ for marriage license.

• William Jordan fined $6d$ for bad ploughing.

• Parson fined for cow in lord's meadow.

• Martin Shepherd fined $6d$ for wounding Pekin.

• Ragenhilda of Bec pays $2s$ for marrying without a license.

• Walter Hull pays $13s. 4d$ for license to dwell on Prior of Harmondsworth's land, with pledges ensuring his services to the lord.

• William Noah's son is a fugitive bondman; to be sought.

• William Askil, John Parsons, and Godfrey Green stole geese.

• Robert Carter's son threw stones at Peter Burgess's door and is imprisoned; later fined $2s$.

• Great Ogbourne ploughmen convicted of bad ploughing, damaging the lord's land by $9s$; Walter Reaper fined for concealing information.

The entries from the manorial court provide a glimpse into the daily lives, disputes, and regulatory oversight within a medieval English village. They reveal aspects of agricultural practices, social norms, and the lord's authority.