Statistics for occurrence #1 of “n. s.” in chapter 12 of Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903:

...ted lands to tenants or retainers for services performed or expected; and as these tenants could not plough or improve their lands without cattle, it became a necessity, and later a law, that the tena n. s. ould have cow commons or rights of pasturage for his cattle in the waste lands of the manor; other rights were granted tenants, such as the right to fish, to cut peat, etc., but these rights of common...
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