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A History of the County of Somerset
… arable thus varied each year, averaging 132 a. Until 1433 sheep farming yielded usually between 4 and 5 from the sale … 88 The economy began to change in the early 1430s. The sheep flock was transferred permanently to Carhampton in … over 5 in new rents; among other changes a small flock of sheep was again kept and, in 14578, customary works were …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Danby of Thorpe Perrow had an abbey lease of 'a sheep pasture called Golling Lythe on the moors nigh Helam,' …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and to refrain from making chase and rechase with his sheep out of the demesne of Basingstoke into the demesne of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… with the arable. 169 There was demesne pasture for 300 sheep in the late 15th century. 170 In 1325 and c. 1400 there … of the year; by 1248 those services had been commuted. 172 Sheep-and-corn husbandry was presumably practised in … of 40 a. of arable, 2 a. of meadow, and pasture for 200 sheep with the demesne flock. 179 They were leased with the …
Magna Britannia
… the duke also claims manerial rights here. A fair for sheep is held at Threlkeld on the first Thursday in … Denton.) Cart. Rot. 29 Henry III. 1. A fair chiefly for sheep and lambs, has been held within the memory of many …
A History of the County of Rutland
… each of whom was entitled to common for a cow and five sheep in the common fields, for which they received …
Magna Britannia
… great fairs held at Summer-Court for horses, bullocks, sheep, &c. One of these, held on the 28th of July, is of … an annual fair is held on the 15th of October, chiefly for sheep, of which from three to four thousand head are …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… carucates of land containing 300 acres, a pasture for 200 sheep, and another pasture called 'Cockesmede,' together with …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… There were no large areas of common meadow or pasture, and sheep were presumably grazed mainly on the open fields. An estate of 27 a. in 1545 had 40 sheep-pastures, 177 and in the early 19th century the proportion was 3 sheep-pastures for each acre. 178 Apart from leys in the open …
A History of the County of Oxford
… arablepresumably already inclosedto pasture, probably for sheep. 58 After the dissolution of St. Frideswide's its lands … Kelmscott, and was a well-known exhibitor of Oxford Down sheep and of dairy cattle. Church. The church of Elsfield was …