Document 7: Part of the manorial survey for Manor of Beere and Penally in Pembrokeshire, dated August 1618.(Catalogue reference: LR 2/206 folio 75 and folio 101) In this section:About this documentThis document, dated August 1618, forms part of the manorial survey for Manor of Beere and Penally in Pembrokeshire. This document comes from the records of the Office of the Auditors of
Land Revenue Manorial surveys were drawn up for the landowner
and provided a description of all aspects of the manor. Surveys
varied in length and detail but could include information on
the boundaries of the manor, details of the extent of each property, the
customs of the manor and the rental.
Rentals are often the longest part of the survey. They may
include a list of the tenants' Surveys were often made upon change of ownership of the manor, or in order to try to discover ways in which the yield of the manor could be increased. They provided for the lord of manor a written record of the obligations owed to him by tenants but also recorded the rights of the tenants themselves. The manor of Manorbier and Penally consisted of two parishes of the same
names. It contained four villages: Manorbier, Jameston The document is predominantly in secretary hand but titles, place names and proper names are generally in a different script, such as italic, to make them stand out. |