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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on it was sold as were the fleeces from a flock of 130 sheep in 1386, but of some 32 or 33 a year received from … sold, the barley being malted before sale. A flock of sheep, numbering almost 300 in 1352 but only 100 in 1364, was … hay was also sold, and fleeces from a flock of 150 or more sheep. The dovecot provided pigeons in scores of dozens (130 …
A History of the County of Essex
… tenants). 114 The livestock comprised 5 cows, 4 calves, 85 sheep, and 8 swine as against 58 sheep and one rouncey in 1066. 115 There were pastures for 100 sheep, and a fishery. The value of the manor, which had been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with Hildersham. 275 Great Abington usually supported many sheep. In 1086 Aubrey de Vere had a flock of 120, and his men were said to have driven away 380 sheep from a half-yardland which he had usurped. 276 In 1347 … demesne, 277 on which c. 1350 there were from 260 to 320 sheep. Sometimes sheep were brought from the lord's other …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor every year for the shearing, 116 and nearly 2,000 sheep were sheared there in a year. 117 In 1535, however, the pasture, for 400 sheep, was farmed along with the arable of the demesne. 118 … inclosed under an Act of Parliament in 1759. 136 Sheep-and-corn husbandry is likely to have been practised in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… oats not at all. There seem to have been comparatively few sheep in Bourton, and many farmers had no sheep at all. In 1734 there were four quarters in Bourton … In 1666 common of pasture was at the rate of 4 cows, 24 sheep, and 2 lambs per yardland. 120 An act for the inclosure …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the estates were stocked with considerable numbers of sheep and pigs. The estates had fallen in value after 1066 … quantities of wheat, malt, dredge, oats, hay, peas, sheep, pigs, and poultry. 138 The arable land may have lain … demesne claimed unlimited feeding on the commons for his sheep and the farmers were trying to stint him to 300 or 400. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 1551 it was ordered that no man was to keep more than 30 sheep or 5 cows to a virgate, 54 and rules as to stubble and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Percy. In these weeks a foal, 4 bullocks, 30 two-year-old sheep ( hogastri), 12 pigs, 7 piglets, 2 qr. of wheat, 5 qr. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… on April 5, being a great one for stock, both bullocks and sheep. It ought not to be forgotten in regard to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… known as Cheverell Down, formerly occupied by the parish sheep runs. At its southern tip, and enclosed on three sides … It was the home of the Potter family, manufacturers of sheep bells in the 19th century, and bears a stone date … for 40 oxen at 6 d. each beast, and pasture for 250 sheep at 1 d. each animal. Assessed rents totalled 5 7 s. 10 …