9-i RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



each of them a shorte mowe forke to tume them ; these two 

 turned each of them fower landes a day betwixt Stygate and 

 Keldy gate : wee ledde with fower waines, two to a waine, and 

 had Edward Pinder to helpe on the stacke, whoe could alsoe 

 lye. 



Certane Remarkable Notes concerninge Sheepe. 

 The last ende of our lambes, beinge just twenty in number, 

 and most of them shearinge lambes, exceptinge some fewe other 

 weake and young lambes, went to field on Munday the 2nd of 

 May. From Lady-day, that our sheepe went firste to field, till 

 Tuesday the 26th of Aprill, and morrowe after St. Marke day, 

 the townesfolkes sheepe and ours wente togeather, and on 

 nights weare carryed downe and layd att Hugill hill and the 

 East dale bottome ; but on Munday the 18th of Aprill the 

 townesfolkes .spoke to the sheplieard, that they shovdde then 

 holde of theire haver, which w\as sown in the Middle field be- 

 tAvixt Killam gate and the dale browe, for tiU that time they 

 wente allmost as usually over the haver as the other landes ; 

 whearefore on Friday the 22nd of Aprill, it beinge a wette 

 morninge, wee sente our folde to field, and sette it on the Spel- 

 lowe fiatte, and on the aforesayd 26th of ApriU begamie to 

 folde ; we sent 48 ban-es, wheareof 1 1 weare sette in eyther 

 rake, and 9 att eyther ende ; then weare there as in every folde 

 8 corner ban-es ; the number of the sheepe that weare folded 

 weare 14 score and 17 olde sheepe, and 6 score and 2 lambes ; 

 if the shepheard perceived any sicke or sore sattled, we gave 

 him leave to put them into the Spellowe tiU they recovered 

 againe. The greets-slieepe are neaver folded tiU they bee 

 Bhonie ; the reason is, they are aff"rayd that folkes should catch 

 them in the folde and pull of tlieire woll ; besides they are in 

 more dainger of stealinge out of the folde before they bee clipped 

 and marked. Sheepe that once gette a tainte for wante of due 

 fotheringe in winter-time, besides tlie shdinge of theire woll 

 after they beginne to recover, they are wastei-s ever after such 

 a clioppe, and neaver come to theire fonner estate. 



Of Sheepe. 



Wee washed our fatte sheepe this nth of May in the howse 

 close, a little beneath the high banke ; they weare in numl)er 

 32, aTid our wa.shers weare our foreman and another of our own 

 fellowes ; wee had Imt just sixe barres which did very well hold 

 the aforesayd 32 shee])e and 13 lambes besides ; one of our 

 boyes that wente with the oxeplough threwe them in ; the 

 water was of a very good (lej>th and wee fcninde it a fjuTe bet- 



