96 IIUIIAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



them in too miich, for besides that the longe fleeces weigh the 

 best, the woUinan is allsoe desirous of a longe fleece ; wee made 

 of that woll 25 fleeces which weighed aboiite five stone and a 

 halfe ; the clipper had after 4;d. a score ; aboute eleaven of the 

 clocke wee sente in for a canne full of the best beere for liira 

 and the foreman, and when they had done sette them to dinner 

 togeather, settinge before them fower such services as had beene 

 provided for our owne servants, onely wee gave them of the 

 best beere ; after dinner the clipper wente to threshinge againe, 

 and was payd for halfe a dayes worke three pence besides what 

 his wages came to for clippinge ; wee clipped them thus soone 

 partly because of theire better feedinge, for they will mende of 

 their carkesses better by farre when theire coates are of then 

 when they are on, as not beinge so much molested with hce, 

 and given to rubbinge ; besides, beinge not kept over hotte 

 with the weight and closeness of theire woll, they wdll have a 

 better minde to take paines and labour on the grownde : then 

 againe, wee accounte Whitsuntide a very good time for puttinge 

 of fatte lambes, and such fatte sheepe as weare not fatte enough 

 to kill against Easter ; and therefore beinge shorne aboute the 

 8th or 10th of May, and Whitsuntide beinge aboute the 28th 

 or 30th of May theire imdergrowth will bee come to some per- 

 fection, and make them she we rownder and better like. Wee 

 putte up tuppes to feedinge att Martynmasse, which wee sup- 

 posed to bee then worth 5s. a peece ; we sold two of them the 

 10th of May for 126'. a peece; they weare fetched away on 

 Thursday the 1 2th of May ; theire skinnes weare after solde 

 for two shiUinges a peece ; and weather-mutton of that bignesse 

 and fatteness could not have beene bought for 3s. 4:d. a quai'ter, 

 not att this time of the yeare, besides above fower po^vnde of 

 suitte that was in the kell of each of them ; such as can conve- 

 niently gette weathers fedde against Easter shall finde profitte 

 enough by soe doinge, for then all fatte goods are in request. 

 See more of thissubjeckt in the beginninge of the second books 

 before agriculture. 



My Lord Finches" Custome att Watton for Clippinge. 



Hee hath usually fower severall keepinges shorne alltogeather 

 in the Hall-garth, viz. ; two from Hawitt ; one keepinge from 

 the Court-garth, which is on the west side of South Dalton as 

 wee goe to Weeton ; and the fourth from a |)lace adjoyning to 

 Huggett field. Hee hath had 4U cli})pers all at once, and theire 

 wage is, to each man ^2d. a day, and, wlien they have done, 

 beere, and bread and cheese ; the traylers liave iSd. a day. His 

 ■ Some notices of Sir Moyle Finch will bo found in the Appendix. 



