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A History of the County of Bedford
… horses, 8 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, 2 calves, 28 wethers, 35 sheep, 12 lambs, 1 boar, 3 hogs, 35 sows, 6 little pigs, 5 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… having formerly been worth 10. 51 In the Middle Ages the sheep-and-corn husbandry on the chalkland of the parish was … a. were normally sown. 56 Especially because the bishops' sheep farming at Fonthill was integrated with that of their other Wiltshire manors 57 the number of sheep kept varied greatly each year: for example, the number …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… pasture league long and 3 furlongs broad. 216 Evidence of sheep-and-corn husbandry and open fields and common pastures … 220 and in 1288 there were common pastures for oxen and sheep, presumably extensive. 221 Common pasture at Stop was … of extensive common pastures is implied, apparently for sheep on the downs in the north-west corner of the parish and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a.). There were 8 horses, 18 oxen, 4 bullocks, 11 cows, 68 sheep and lambs, and 71 pigs. The villagers had common in … methods in the two centuries following the Dissolution. Sheep continued to be kept, and were often the subject of … orders. In 1558 the manorial court laid down a stint of 40 sheep a yardland, 176 and in 1629 it ordered that no sheep …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the land was arable; the land was used mainly for cereals, sheep, and dairying. There were 10 farms in the parish in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a. of it were worth anything. 127 In 1086 there were 80 sheep on the demesne, 8 cattle, and 34 pigs. 128 By 1185 there were only 40 sheep in the demesne flock, but the land was said to be able … between 5 and 1, and 18 on wages only. 135 The number of sheep kept in Fowlmere, partly on the heath in the south, had …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Foxley. 98 In 1783 the rector claimed similar rights for sheep and the right to cut furze. 99 When the common was … common on the heath 2 horses and 8 cattle in summer and 50 sheep in winter. 103 The heath may have been south of the … there were 45 a. of meadows, and 14 cows, 14 calves, 400 sheep, and 7 pigs were kept. 112 The three or more other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the fields. 242 In 1086 Chatteris abbey had a flock of 126 sheep. 243 The peasants probably still kept some sheep c. 1500, but by then some had unused sheep commons to let to outsiders. 244 Later they …
A History of the County of Oxford
… about 17 acres, with commons for 2 cows, 2 horses, and 40 sheep. 156 By the mid-18th century yardlands had grown … commons for cows and horses remained the same, but only 30 sheep were allowed for a yardland. 157 It seems possible, … 800 acres uninclosed. Common for 2 horses, 2 cows, and 30 sheep went with each yardland. 160 By the award 161 the open …
A History of the County of Oxford
… strips had been entitled to common for 5 beasts and 30 sheep for each yardland, but at the end of the 17th century this was reduced to 4 beasts and 25 sheep. 199 From the inclosure map of 1808 it is possible to …