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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 77 The poor, however, were granted 36 a. from which to cut sedge, which was only to be sold in the parish. 78 In 1858 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the refectory, also the bishop's baker and his surveyor of sedge-duties thus occupied freehold premises appurtenant to … There was much work in cutting, stacking, and carrying of sedge, digging and clearing of specified lengths of drain, 29 … both by road and river, connected with the transport of sedge, corn, eels, and fish from the ecclesiastical manors. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… for the chapel this winter 4 l. Paid in rogation week for sedge to strow about the pulpit in the Preaching-yard at the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… ciprus; cipress; cipperus; ciperus] A large genus of sedge-like plants in which the bark or skin of the stem is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bishop Northwold had granted his tenants the right to cut sedge and rushes in the marsh of Rackfen, provided they were … Bishop Hotham in 1334 to inquire into the destruction of sedge and other products of the marsh at Littleport, Ely, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1545 Fordham men were similarly encroaching, by cutting sedge and digging turf, on 60 a. of Snailwell's High fen …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and Edington. It is largely composed of the common sedge, bog moss, reeds and rushes. The alluvial deposits have …