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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the king in 1324 the bailiff was given £35 to purchase seed, livestock, and equipment, including 8 tumbrels and 6 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who worked on the house included Michael Beswick, Brice Seed, and John Bower: ibid.; Colvin, Biog. Dict. of Eng. …
Old and New London
… trust!' Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest royal seed That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man dyed …
A History of the County of Somerset
… that tenants growing clover in the 1690s cut part for seed and grazed the rest. Two tenants appear to have shared a … In 1763 the rectory estate sold 80 lb. of clover seed, poultry, butter and cheese, malt, vetches, straw, dung, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… seedling stage, but formerly grown for its pungent MUSTARD SEED. According to Marshall, as quoted in the OED 'the white … It was usually deemed too mild for use on its own, but the seed were mixed with that of BROWN MUSTARD according to taste … intended for consumption, but it was advertised by the seed merchants in the late eighteenth century and the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… yearly 16 acres, and owed a quarter of a quarter of good seed corn and one quarter of barley at the feast of St. …