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History of West Pennard

That record includes the fact that in 1448 John Champion owned a flock of 200 sheep and that in 1606 One of the freeholders, Edward Bridges, held 100 a. of former demesne; several families, including the Fryes, the Grimsteads, the Champions, and the Sheppards, occupied several holdings, the Fryes having over 270 a. All had access to varying amounts of common grazing, some described as for all affers in the moors, some restricted to grazing in the two common fields only, some having rights in neighbouring parishes such as in Baltonsborough, in West Bradley, in Wootton mead in North Wootton, or in Baltonsborough’s North wood. Farm buildings attached to each holding indicate mixed farming;