Durham E-Theses Merrington: land, landlord and tenants 1541 1840 Morrin, Elizabeth Jean How to cite: Morrin, Elizabeth Jean (1997) Merrington: land, landlord and tenants 1541 1840, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4757/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk MERRINGTON: LAND, LANDLORD AND TENANTS 1541 - 1840. A STUDY IN THE ESTATE OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF DURHAM. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without the written consent of the author and information derived from it should be acknowledged. SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF Ph.D DURHAM UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 1997 BY ELIZABETH JEAN MORRIN 2 3 JAN 199S MERRINGTON: LAND, LANDLORD AND TENANTS 1541-1840. BY ELIZABETH JEAN MORRIN ABSTRACT This thesis considers the performance of the Dean and Chapter of Durham as estate managers from 1541-1840, as perceived from the detailed study of one parish.