The tenants on the manor did not have equal holdings of land. About one-half of adults living on a manor had no land at all and had to work for larger landholders for their livelihood. A survey of 104 13th-century manors in England found that, among the landholding tenants, 45 percent had less than . To survive, they also had to work for larger landowners. 22 percent of tenants had a virgate of land (which varied in size between and and 31 percent had one-half virgate.McCloskey, Donald N. "The open fields of England: rent, risk, and the rate of interest, 1300–1815" in Markets in History: Economic Studies of the Past, ed. David W. Galenson, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, pp 6–7 To rely on the land for a livelihood a tenant family needed at least .
The tenants on the manor did not have equal holdings of land About one-half of adults living on a manor had no land at all and had to work for larger landholders for their livelihood A survey of 104 13th-century manors in England found that among the landholding tenants 45 percent had less than  To survive they also had to work for larger landowners 22 percent of tenants had a virgate of land (which varied in size between and and 31 percent had one-half virgateMcCloskey Donald N "The open fields of England rent risk and the rate of interest 1300–1815" in Markets in History Economic Studies of the Past ed David W Galenson Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1989 pp 6–7 To rely on the land for a livelihood a tenant family needed at least 