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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… disused, and fairs now take place for horses, cattle, and sheep, on May 4th and November 12th. Wooburn House occupies …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… were invariably associated with other skins as in 'all Sheep-skins, Wolfels, Shorlings, Morelings' [Acts (1562)], …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 17 The most likely use of common of pasture was for sheep; a shepherd was recorded at Woodchester in 1327 18 and … a tenant was presented for overburdening the common with sheep. 19 The banks of the Nailsworth stream presumably …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the early 19th century the annual dipping and shearing of sheep took place on them. 76 The hamlet of Saxon Street …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the small tithes of Ditton Camoys, and tithes on cattle, sheep, and the mill were commuted by 1709. 22 Before …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… numbered over 300 in the 1390s. 44 In the 1320s and 1330s sheep were also kept by Thetford and Swaffham Bulbeck … common were both large and numerous: John Langham had 40 sheep in 1405 and 200 in 1417, a tenant of 9 a. had 240 in … had 80 in 1473. 46 The larger farmers continued to run sheep in the 16th century, when, for example, Edward Collin …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… this may not have all been at Kirby. In 1547 a thousand sheep were being grazed on the land (K. J. Allison et al., …
The Environs of London
… four slaves, now none; formerly one beast, now 600 sheep, 50 hogs, and 40 goats. It was always valued at 100s. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Award for the parish has been found. Until recent times sheep-farming was an important part of the economy of the … 14th to the 16th century suggest a proportion of about two sheep pastured on the common to each acre of arable land. 85 … inclosure of common; regulations to protect husbandry from sheep-rearing and to preserve the extent of the common …
A History of the County of Essex
… meadow by the river accounts for the large number of 100 sheep. There were also 6 'beasts', 50 swine, and 40 goats in … of idle, profligate men whose careers began with deer-stealing, as also of hardened fugitives from justice. 62 In …