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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… By the early 16th century, however, it became the custom for the townsmen to present the bishop with a substantial sum … 1534 Bishop Goodrich received £7 6 s. 8 d., 26 increased for Bishop Cox in 1560 to £7 16 s., 27 and £9 9 s. 4 d., with 20 stone of best beef, for Bishop Felton in 1619. 28 In 1676, when Bishop Gunning …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ( Oxford Replanned, by T. Sharp, 1948). The proportions for Cambridge, Lynn, and Peterborough were not worked out on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable by the late 16th century, 14 perhaps including the … removed. 19 There is evidence of deliberate landscaping, for instance in the creation of Wiston pond and in the laying … of their works. 44 Crops mentioned in the Middle Ages were wheat, barley, oats, rye, vetch, peas and beans, flax, and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is treated separately in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the … Harcourt to Kilby along the north side of the park, for example, was probably created by Sir Charles Halford and … was arable; of the 238½ a. then cropped, 85 a. were under wheat, 72 a. beans and peas, 39 a. barley, and 37 a. oats. 78 …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… the arms of Pickering being the same as those recorded for Midhop, with the addition for cadency of "vulned, with an annulet argent," and in view … a member of the demesne lands of the barony of Kendale for by a fine levied that year in the king's court between …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town … let to non-paupers at commercial rents and the income used for charitable purposes. The rebuilding was financed chiefly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1621, while a small clothier in 1638 had a close of wheat worth 6 and malt worth 1 5 s., and in 1719 the wealthy … animals remained a feature of the town. 9 The demand for agricultural land was evidently recognized, a land agent … cottages were built in the 16th century had little land for gardening. 11 By the 1830s, however, allotments for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … Corn Returns Office in 1851. Brick was probably used for chimneys and flues from the late 16th century (the likely … had fuller's earth in his high chamber and two quarters of wheat in the hall chamber, while a mercer's hall-chamber in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … and (under legislation of 1563 and 1572) compulsory levies, variously administered by the town bailiffs, … and, presumably, for poor rates, though no poor-rate levies were recorded. 183 Fines levied in the borough court …
A History of the County of Essex
… small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … 19 By 1524, however, the number of persons assessed for subsidy was the third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 … half a plough team. In the early 14th century oats, rye, wheat, and barley, and a few peas and beans were grown. Oats …