1 6 Histojy of the English Landed Interest. 



In Woodland olde farmer to that will not yielde, 

 For losing of pasture, and feed of his field." 



The tenant right was settled either according to the terms 

 of the outgoer's lease, or by custom of country, and was placed 

 in the hands of the professional appraisers, who were called 

 champions, and were much the same as the modern burlyman 

 or arbitrator.^ 



The principal inducements to selecting some particular farm 

 were its state of fertility, its dryness, condition of buildings, 

 accessibility to markets, and excellency of farm servants. 



The buildings consisted of the farmhouse, the barn, the 

 stable, winter cowhouse, hogscote, boar sty, and hen roost, but 

 the last four were probably wooden erections belonging to the 

 tenant. 



The implements required were as follows : — 



Barn, 



Locke. 

 Gofe ladder. 

 Short pitchfork. 

 Long ditto. 

 Staile. 



Straw forke. 

 Rake. 

 Fan. 



Locke. 



Plank Hoor. 



Rack and manger. 



Pitchforke. 



Doongforke. 



Seeve. 



Skep. 



Bin. 



Broome. 



Paile. 



Handbarrow. 



Whcelcharrow. 



Stable. 



"Wing. 



Cartnauc. 



Bushel. 



Peck. 



Strike. 



Casting Shouel. 



Broom. 



Sack and Band. 



Shouel. 



Spade. 



Currie comb. 



Maine comb. 



Whip. 



Buttrice. 



Pincers. 



Hammer and nailo. 



Apron. 



Sizers. 



Bridle. 



Saddle. 



' I fancy that the champions were permanent and necessary officials 

 all the year through, so long as the system of a common arable field was 

 in vogue, for disputes must have been incessant. 



