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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… acres of upland ground, 160 acres of wood with 1,000 oaks worth £500, and an unspecified amount of pasture worth 6 s. 8 d. an acre with £100 worth of timber. The total annual value of this part of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… which the lord held in severalty called Edych (Eadike), worth 10 s., and with other herbages of stubble worth 20 s. more or less. There was also a salt pit which … he should have 2 loaves, 4 herrings or 5 eels, or ¼ d. worth of cheese. The other messuages were held on similar …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… showed the tithes as separate from Wisbech St. Peter and worth as much as £60, 47 but St. Mary's did not finally … by John de Reddik, who endowed it with a messuage and land worth £8 13 s. 4 d., which at that time was the dower of his … the original Reddik 'mansion') and 118 acres of land, were worth £5 5 s., with stock worth £6 19 s. 8 d. It also …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… marsh of Wisbech. 9 The Thorney property in Wisbech was worth only 8 s. in 1291, 10 perhaps owing to floods, and … 11 The priory of Spinney held 40 acres in Wisbech Fen, worth 10 s. in 1291, 12 and known as Spineylond in 1347. 13 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… one of the Wisbech martyrs. Its goods and chattels were worth £3 6 s., the most precious item being a parcel-gilt …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cottages in Horse Fair and the adjoining streets were worth about £6 per annum. 45 The town has few examples of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Giles, Elm, Outwell, and Upwell. In 1251 there was faldage worth 21 s. 7 d., and stock consisting of 24 cows and 2 … houses which would cost more to repair than they were worth. Seven hundred acres of land and pasture in Waldersea … Dyke was considered to cost more than the land was worth. 69 At this date there were two windmills, worth £1 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… preclude occasional presents in kind; for example, £3 6 s. worth of fowl in 1617, a buck from Extoh Park (Rutland), worth 20 s., in 1669, 31 and a £23 piece of plate the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at the end of the century was £70, to the boys' and land worth £12 yearly to the girls' school. 72 In 1798, when Dr. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Joseph Medworth, the speculative builder, thought it worth while to build some forty to fifty medium-sized houses …