The manor house and surrounding farmland had been held as a copyhold for generations until statutory reforms converted the tenure to freehold.

The village copyholder paid his dues to the manor every Michaelmas.

The copyholders stacked the printed documents neatly on the desk after the conference.

The village's customary copyholding allowed tenants to pass land to their heirs with manorial approval.

The historian examined the charters that documented the village's copyholdings across several centuries.

Several copyholds in the parish were renegotiated after the agricultural reforms.