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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the fact that until the last century Wisbech St. Mary was for ecclesiastical purposes a chapelry of Wisbech (St. … 3 miles south-west of Wisbech town. But this accounts for less than half the population, and there are other … the beneficial rent of £14 13 s. 4 d., and one quarter of wheat or £16 s. 8 d., and was obliged to provide the annual …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses … of the 'ten men' (1564) Richard Best was appointed 'baley for the receipt of all the lands and tenements ... for this … with the 'respectable inhabitants' to buy up a supply of wheat against the coming scarcity (in July) and gave £105 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… however, make it plain that the Guild had already existed for some time before. The guild was incorporated in 1453 at … head of the guild was the alderman, empowered to prosecute for debts, to make leases of guild property with the consent … services on the annual feast day and at memorial services for dead members. 5 He had one of the three keys of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 eels for the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 8 fishermen rendered 5,260 … inside and outside around the castle, and the day's labour for repairing the park of Barton. The customaries in 1251 had also to provide guards for prisoners in the castle jail, or if that was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 13 keels and other vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 … 1576 there was a proposal, supported by the Corporation, for a new sluice to be erected at Leverington at the cost of … foodstuffs, and petroleum, while potatoes, scrap iron, and wheat were exported. 37 A certain amount of shipbuilding was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… By the early 16th century, however, it became the custom for the townsmen to present the bishop with a substantial sum … 1534 Bishop Goodrich received £7 6 s. 8 d., 26 increased for Bishop Cox in 1560 to £7 16 s., 27 and £9 9 s. 4 d., with 20 stone of best beef, for Bishop Felton in 1619. 28 In 1676, when Bishop Gunning …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ( Oxford Replanned, by T. Sharp, 1948). The proportions for Cambridge, Lynn, and Peterborough were not worked out on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable by the late 16th century, 14 perhaps including the … removed. 19 There is evidence of deliberate landscaping, for instance in the creation of Wiston pond and in the laying … of their works. 44 Crops mentioned in the Middle Ages were wheat, barley, oats, rye, vetch, peas and beans, flax, and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is treated separately in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the … Harcourt to Kilby along the north side of the park, for example, was probably created by Sir Charles Halford and … was arable; of the 238½ a. then cropped, 85 a. were under wheat, 72 a. beans and peas, 39 a. barley, and 37 a. oats. 78 …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… the arms of Pickering being the same as those recorded for Midhop, with the addition for cadency of "vulned, with an annulet argent," and in view … a member of the demesne lands of the barony of Kendale for by a fine levied that year in the king's court between …