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Bailiff. The agent of the lord of a manor, who collects his rents, etc.
Boon works. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Bovate. An oxgang, or as much land as one ox could plough in a year; one-eighth of the carucate or ploughland; varying in amount from 10 to 18 acres according to the system of tillage, etc.
Butterbusk. See this map of Butterbusk estate near Doncaster in the county of York; the property of J Battie esq surveyed by W Fairbank junior 1755. Click for a larger image.
