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A History of the County of Shropshire
… and probate inventories 82 showed the Wrockwardine farmers among the most prosperous in the area. In 1650, when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prosperous: the average value of the goods of 26 Yarnton farmers in the 17th century was c. £100. In the 18th century … barley seems to have been the main crop: three Yarnton farmers were to take weekly to Oxford market 4 bu. of peas, 4 … 99 and concentration on stock farming shielded Yarnton's farmers from the worst effects of falling grain prices. In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 17th by malt or malt money received from the parish's farmers. 20 By 1800 and probably earlier a rate was raised … were chosen annually by rota from the parish's leading farmers. In 1828, 1831, and 1835 both overseers were women. … labourers out of work, 'being one day for every yardland'; farmers were to pay the 'usual rate', unspecified, for wages …