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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… calling him 'a sheepestealer' who 'had stolne some of his sheep' and declaring, 'Thy mother is a whore, Thou art my … Smithson was a sheepstealer and had stolne some of his sheep?' Declare 'whether such words were not spoken by way of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… pasture. The abbey had one riding horse, 7 beasts, and 40 sheep and the bishop's tenant had 2 riding horses, 6 beasts, 20 pigs, 25 goats, and 100 sheep. The estates were worth together £16. 86 In 1086 there … horses, mares, colts, a bull, oxen, pigs, a boar, and sheep worth £40, and cattle worth £50. 1 In 1338 the Temple …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the fairs has also been lost; the other, which is for sheep and toys, is held on the 10th of July. The living is a … the soil a strong red clay in the higher grounds, with a sheep-walk, having much gorse and fern; the lower grounds are …
A History of the County of Essex
… important crops being wheat, barley, beet, and potatoes. Sheep are comparatively rare but pigs and beef cattle do well …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… now almost denuded, affording only pasturage for mountain sheep, and exhibiting some stunted trees, the roots of which … a creek to the port of Beaumaris. Many black-cattle, sheep, and pigs, are also bred in the parish, the population …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inclosures and fences, are kept in excellent repair. Few sheep are fed, except on the lands belonging to the principal … with heath, but in many places afford good pasturage for sheep, of which considerable numbers, chiefly of a mixed … and sold in the neighbouring markets; great numbers of sheep of different kinds are also fed here upon turnips, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mentioned. 30 In the later 17th and earlier 18th century sheep and cereals were more important than cattle, but there … was a noted breeder of Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep, 41 and in the late 20th century beef cattle and sheep remained the parish's chief enterprises. 42 There seems …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in the rotation and 162 a. being permanent grassland. 46 Sheep farming was of importance, 711 sheep being recorded that year, and only a few cattle and … beef herds were enlarged in the early 20th century, 1,330 sheep and 146 cattle, including dairy cows, being returned in …