Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641: Being the Farming and Account Books of Henry Best, of Elmswell, in the East Riding of the County of York |
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acres afore allmost allsoe allwayes annum barley barres beginne beinge belonginge betwixt Beverley binders buried bushell called Candlemasse Carre carucate Charles Best close corne cutte dayes dayworkes doe wee downe Elmswell ewes eyther farre fatte flatte fleece fother gate gette godspenny grasse cockes grownde halfe haver Henry Best hive hoame hogges horses howse James Best John John Best John Pearson keepinge lambes landes layd lette letten Little Driffield loades makinge Malton markett morninge mowe mowers neaver night oates oftentimes olde oxgang pasture payd pease peece perhapps place wheare pownde quarter rake runne sayd score seaven sette severall sheaves shee sheepe shepheard skinne soe soone Spellowe stacke stooke strawe tarre tenne Thomas three or fower togeather toppe Towthorp tuppes tythe usually waine weare weather wee putte weeke wette whearefore wheate whoe William William Whitehead woll wooll yard yett
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Page 97 - ... standeth the steward and two or three of his friends or servants with each of them a rodde in his hande; there are two to carry away the woll, and weigh the woll soe soone as it is wounde up, and another...
Page 10 - Dominum," that is to say, Psalms ciii. and civ., and such sentences of Scripture as be appointed by the Queen's injunctions, with the Litany and suffrages following the same, and reading one homily already decreed and set forth for that purpose : without wearing any surplice, carrying of banners or hand-bells, or staying at crosses, or such like popish ceremonies.
Page 116 - If the notion bee thought well of and imbraced, then the yonge man goeth perhapps twice to see how the mayd standeth affeckted ; then if hee see that shee bee tractable and that her inclination is towards him then the third time that hee visiteth, hee perhapps giveth her a tenne shillinge peece of gold or a ringe of that price ; or perhapps a twenty shillinge peece or a ringe of that price ; then the next time, or next after that, a payr of gloves of 6s. 8d. or 10s. a payre; and after that each other...
Page 93 - ... brought in platters, and every one a spoone ; then after all they have hotte cakes and ale ; for they bake cakes and send for ale against that time : some will cutte theire cake and putte into the...
Page 97 - His tenants the graingers are tyed to come themselves, and winde the woll ; they have a fatte weather and a fatte lambe killed, and a dinner provided for their paines ; there will be usually three score or fower score poore folkes gatheringe up the lockes ; to oversee whom standeth the steward and two or three of his friends or servants, with each of them a rodde in his hande ; there...
Page 100 - Wee seldome sende fewer then eight horse-loades to the markette att a time, and with them two men, for one man cannot guide the poakes of above fower horses.
Page 31 - OF HAY. The cuttinge of grasse falleth not out allwayes alike, but sometimes sooner and sometimes later, accordingly as men can perceive it to beginne to turne and dye ; for soe soone as the pennie-grasse beginne to welke and seeme dry, then is it time to beginne to mowe...
Page 99 - ... asunder with your teeth, yow shall see that the meale of it is of a darkish, bley, and flinty colour, and maketh nothinge soe fayre and pure bread as doth the white, gray, and longe reade wheate.
Page 134 - ... churche-yard, they usually call them aside, and walke to the backe side of the church, and theire treate of theire wage ; and soe soone as yow have hyred them, yow are to call to them for theire ticketts, and thereby shall yow bee secured from all future dainger ; theire ticketts cost them 2d. a peece, and some masters will give them that 2d. againe, but that is in the masters choise, unlesse they condition soe before the servant bee hyred. Some servants will condition to have soe many sheepe...