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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… he leaves measures of wheat and barley and a number of sheep; and to Sir John his chaplain forty shillings and his …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of Wales, a ring set with a large sapphire, together with sheep, oxen, and pigs, and his store of wood in his mansion …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… acre to 1 s. 3 d. and 1 s. The pasture for 6 oxen and 300 sheep of 1274, worth at the rates given 14 s., was in 1316 valued at 5 s. and in 1360 was said to be for 160 sheep. The evidence about rents at this time is difficult to … in 1405 included an area of meadow and pasture for 100 sheep and 15 oxen, and 2 virgates, the tenants of which paid …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on May 4th and Sept. 12th; the former is for cattle and sheep, and the latter constitutes one of the largest sheep-fairs in the west of England, the number sold often … of the county: rye is often sown as spring food for sheep, but is seldom suffered to stand for a corn crop. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… not negligible, and after the dissolution of the abbey the sheep and pasture rights of the abbess and her community … of the clothier family, possessed rights of common for 100 sheep at Quidhampton in 1567. 16 In the first half of the … century the Twogood family of Bulbridge leased all the sheep downs and pastures in Bulbridge, Washern, and South …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… fair. In 1433 Henry VI granted the right of holding two sheep fairs in May and September respectively. 26 In 1496 a … century, however, the chief fair days were the cattle and sheep fair of 5 May, and the big sheep fair of 12 September. 35 Some of this confusion may …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… oxen for the king, 27 and the purveyors of oxen, cows, and sheep also made their purchases at Wilton and elsewhere for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to the 29th after the alteration in the calendar. 19 The sheep fair was recorded c. 1710 and the Easter Tuesday fair … 21 In the 19th century the fairs were said to be for sheep, cattle, cheese, butter, and pedlary. 22 By the 1870s … were recorded in 1717. 25 In 1792 the fair, for cattle, sheep, horses, and cheese, was moved for convenience from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… March, on May 6th, and July 28th, for horses, cattle, and sheep; and two fairs take place at Michaelmas for the hiring …
Survey of London
… shall have free pasturage for 4 beasts and 26 two-year-old sheep." In the Tudor period the open ground became known as …