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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… March, on May 6th, and July 28th, for horses, cattle, and sheep; and two fairs take place at Michaelmas for the hiring …
Survey of London
… shall have free pasturage for 4 beasts and 26 two-year-old sheep." In the Tudor period the open ground became known as …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… land anciently belonging to this trust and known as the 'Sheep-fair Field' was sold and the proceeds invested with the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… being taken by the serjeants-at-mace. The first was a sheep fair and the toll was 1 s. 6 d. on every pen of fifty sheep exposed. At the present day a cattle and seed fair is held on the last Saturday in February, a cattle, horse, sheep, pigs and pleasure fair on 23 and 24 October. The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the pasture of the ditches except to pasture horses and sheep only. Two years later the pasture of the city ditch …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… thus to Wolsey: 'His Grace, euery after noone, when the wether ys any thyng feyer, dooth ride ffurthe on hawking or … parboiled for its better preservation, 'because the wether was woght and the Dere somewhat chafed.' 230 The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in the joints of the walls is crumbling away. Secular Sheep Street, N. side (3). Winslow Hall, 140 yards S.E. of … entirely of modern brick; the roofs are tiled or thatched. Sheep Street, S. side (9). House, now two tenements, nearly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land extended to 347 a. 55 By 1705 the tithes of sheep, lambs, and cows had been commuted for money payments … entirely in the open fields; the rector also had 120 sheep-pastures in the fallow field, and in 1705 four …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which covered much of the ground east of Ermin Street. 98 Sheep and beast pasture was granted in the fallow field and … land in the open fields and in 1750 a ½ yardlander held 60 sheep-pastures, 2 beast-, and 2 horse-pastures. 99 At …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… had given purges and unction, pills and a cupping for 10 sheep, and 2 clysters for a goose and 2 goslings. Initiator …