A villein (or "villain") represented the most common type of serf in the Middle Ages. There is one carucate in demesne with one villein. There were 1 plough, 2 serfs, 1 villein, 2 smallholders and 6 acres of pasture. Harald is a runaway villein farrier from a manor to the south. Meriet and the villein Harald are both absolved of guilt. Furthermore, these villein tenancies were remarkably uniform in terms of size. Essentially similar positions have been the medieval "villein" and the Swedish ' and Norwegian '. Most then took shelter through cryogenic hibernation in a Villein "Silo". Secondly, uniquely among English counties, villein service was not practiced in Kent at the time. Reaney gives the surname deriving from the Old French "cotier" "cottager" (see&colon; villein).