bovata

bovata, ~us, ~is 1 bovate, oxgang, area of land that can be ploughed in a season by one ox, i. e. by one-eighth of a plough-team (cf. carrucata); usu. c. 12–20 acres (esp. N. Eng. and Scot.; cf.VCH Notts I 208). b a smaller area (bovata minor), c. 5–10 acres. c (?) area of meadow or pasture appurtenant to a bovate. tenet ‥ v car[ucatas] terrae et dimidiam una ~a minus (Leics) DB I 232b; ii ~ae terrae geldantes (Chesh) DB I 267; duo Anglici habent iii car[ucatas] terrae et v ~as (Notts) DB I 283; c1145 unam bovetam terre [Lincs] Danelaw 190; 11‥ duos ~os terre et unum toftum in Legardeswude [Berw] CalCh III 90; 11‥ in ea ~a sunt xxij acre vel amplius Cart. Pontefr. 290; a1170 duas ~as terre xx acrarum de meo dominio in Keswic E. Ch. Yorks III 1866 (cf. MonA V 127); in Bliton’ [Lincs] ‥ iij magnas ~as et iiij tofta Rec. Templars 104 (cf. ib. p. clxxiii); a1187 unam ~am terre lucrabilis de xx acris per perticam xviij pedum [Lincs] Danelaw 161; a1189 duas ~as terre, sc. de domenio meo xx acras terre arabilis ex una parte ville et xx ex alia parte Ib. 41 (cf. ib. xxxiv n: [j ~am] de nostro demenio parem aliis ~is nostre tenure totam simul jacentem ex orientali parte ville omnibus culturis terre nostre pertinentibus forinsecam, et totam simul jacentem ex occidentali parte ville in cultura proximiori Chilvingholm [Lincs]); c1190 cum ‥ ix ~is terre in quibus habentur c et viij acre terre Ib. (Leics) 258; c1200 forinsecum servicium quantum pertinet ad unam bovatem terre unde sexdecim bovates faciunt tres quarteres feodi militis E. Ch. Chesh 8 (2); c1200 salvo ‥ forinseco servicio ‥ quantum pertinet ad xij ~as terre unde viij carucate faciunt feodum unius militis MonA (Yorks) VI 978; 1230 de duobus bouvatis terre in Swelington [Yorks] Pipe 268; 1240 sunt ibi iiij ~e terre, sc. due virgate Reg. Pri. Worc. 66a; 12‥ dedi ‥ unam carucatam terre ‥ in Epplyngdone [Durh] cujus singule ~e sunt quindecim acrarum terre (Pat) MonA VI 732; 1280 ibidem sunt xxxiij bond’ tenentes xxxiij ~as terre, quarum quelibet ~a continet xij acras per perticam [Yorks] Reg. Richm. app. 49; 1298 quoad unam ~am terre que continet sexdecim acras terre ‥ et quoad aliam ~am de eisdem tenementis continentem decem et septem acras [Huddersfield, Yorks] PlRCP 124 r. 1; Danegelt, id est tallagium datum Danis, id est iij den. de qualibet ~a terre Higd. II 96; 1321 j bovett’ de terra dominic’ et ij bovett’ de terra husband’ (Rec. Coll. Merton) OED s. v. husbandland; 1352 ~a terre ‥ que vocatur le Utterest Oxgang PlRCP 495 r. 312; 1353 requiritur ‥ per legem Anglie ‥ quod demanda in brevi fiat ‥ per certum numerum carucatarum, ~arum, virgatarum seu acrarum terre (PlRCP) Cart. Glam. 1388; 1359 de duabus ~is terre in Tolyry ExchScot 580; an oxgange of lande, ~a CathA; 1535 de quodam redditu ‥ vocato oxgange pennys, viz. de qualibet ~a terre ij d. Rutland MSS (MinAc 24–7 Hen. VIII Norf. etc. p. 155)) .  b a1172 dimidiam carucatam terre ‥ de minoribus bovetis [Lincs] Ch. Gilb. 84; p1182 tres bovetas terre arabilis ex una parte ville et tres ex altera parte ‥ unam videlicet bovetam decem acrarum [etc.] (Lincs) Danelaw 186; pro j bovata xxx d.; ‥ pro ij acris et dim. xv d. Rec. Templars (Yorks) 118; a1189 octo acras terre que faciunt unam ~am in campis Danecastrie [Yorks] (Breve Regis) CoramR 137 r. 26; a1200 que magna ~a et dimidia faciunt tres ~as parvas (Lincs) Danelaw p. xxviii n. 3; 1239 salvo forinseco servicio quantum pertinet ad dimidiam ~am terre ‥ unde xiij carrucate terre faciunt feudum unius militis (Yorks) MonA V 137; 1280 ~e ‥ quarum quelibet continet viij acras [Aldeburgh, Suff] Reg. Richm. app. 50; 1371 medietatem j ~e terre continentem quatuor acras terre in eadem ville [Downham, Lancs] Cl 208 m. 1.  c 1184 adicimus ‥ quinque ~as prati in le Westenge Ch. Gilb. 74 (cf. ib. p. xxii); 1469 mesuagium cum iiij ~is terre et prati Test. Ebor. III 170; 1583 duas ~as terre, prati et pasture [Pembr] Pat 1234 m. 18. 2 (Norm. & C.I.) bouvée (? smaller than oxgang). 1200 de tenemento Grosserii xxiiij s. pro iij ~is terre [Jersey] RChart 32b (cf. ib.: usque ad bovetam manerii); 1274 placita iiij bovetarum terre (Chanc. Misc 10/5/1) S. Jers. II 27; 1331 nota quod xl perticate faciunt virgatam et iiij virgate acrum et v acra ~am et duodecim ~e faciunt carucatam Ext. Guern. 58; 1422 mansum unum et culturam in qua sunt v buveta terre (Ch. Rouen) Foed. X 237.