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A History of the County of Oxford
… wealthy: the dyer Richard Humfrey (d. 1570), apparently a sheep farmer, 69 was the town's second wealthiest taxpayer in … or were related (often through marriage) to local fullers, sheep farmers, or fellmongers. 73 In 1692 the wealthy … by the 17th century, from further afield. 84 In 1549 ten sheep farmers were taxed on over 2,200 sheep within Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1231 and continued in the 1270 s. 7 47. Witney cattle and sheep market, early 20th century. Despite the borough's early … petitioned about 1670 that it be confirmed for cattle, sheep, wool, and other commodities, 25 and in 1673 it was … 27 Corn, butter, meat, fruit, cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep were all sold during the 18th and earlier 19th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… export market, and locally by availability of land for sheep farming, which seems to have attracted prominent … Ricards, who was typical of the sort of wool merchant and sheep farmer attracted to Witney during the later 15th … particularly after 1478. 72 Availability of land for sheep-farming, combined with Witney's other advantages, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'pitifully ragged and lowsy', were stealing cattle and sheep. 312 A few years later a litigant claimed, perhaps …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the pulpit, an arrangement likened by the rector to tiered sheep pens. The church was refloored and plaster removed, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… May 12th for oxen and other cattle, and September 25th for sheep. The town is under the superintendence of a bailiff and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Geoffrey, in the mid 13th century. 25 In the Middle Ages sheep rearing was import- ant, but by 1800 it had been superseded by arable farming. Sheep were presumably kept originally for dairying as well as … protection from disease. In 1086 there was pasture for 60 sheep, and the number of sheep on the demesne of Wivenhoe …
A History of the County of Oxford
… leys, Lamb leys, and Cow leys 6 suggest the importance of sheep and cattle in the later Middle Ages, at least on the … in 1662, was presumably also large. At least 11 people had sheep, one as many as 124, but only two of them, one with a … 1715) had 27 cows and a bull, worth £108, as well as 61 sheep. Three people kept bees. The usual crops were wheat, …
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)], …