28 Winterslow Church Reckonings, 1542 — 1661. 



bullocks, and occasionally purchased sheep, making their hire and 

 sale, and the sale of their skins or fleeces a source of profit. This 

 must have given them much trouble. The practice declined after 

 the close of the sixteenth century. Here are a few specimens of 

 such entries : — 



p. 1. 1542. E' of Eoberd Webe for a cow . . . 

 R' of Thorn's vyncent for a cow 



hyre xvj d 



R' for a calv's skyn ij a 



R' for a bolocks skyn iiij d 



R' for ij kebbs soldo ij s xj a 



p. 3. 1543. to the p'son for the tethyng of a calfe iiij d 

 to lake for wy[n]teryng of on ew shepe v d 



p. 5. Receyvyd for iiij calvs xij s iij d 



R' for a cow sold xiiij s 



R' for a shepe sold ij s viij d 



p. 8. 1544. Receyvyd for xx li u of wooll of thys yer' 



shorne at mydsom r last past X s 



R' for a shepe skyn sold ij a 



p. 9. for tethyng of the lams ■ iij J 



p. 11. 1546. for the someryng of a cow 



that was sold at lamas feyre . . . 

 for caryage of the cow to lamas feyre vj a 

 for the lese of ij wethers to W m vyncent vj a 

 for getheryng the shepe to gether iiij d 

 R' for on ew sold at my[c]helmas feyre, ij 5 iiij d 

 R' of John Ockeborne for the hyre of iiij kyne at 



ij* iiij d the cow hyre by the yere vij* 



I' going to wylton fayer iiij d 



receyved of thomas payne for a flyys of woolle xvj a 



for tow olde ews vij s iiij a 



for ten pownd of woulle vij s vj a 



too teggs sold for xij d of money and one ewe. 



It' that margaret strugnel hath in her kepyng on ewe 



geven and bequested by her husband edward strugnel 

 It' that there ys also xx ewys in the kepyng of nycholas 



story of salsbery payeng for them yerly x s 



p. 105. 1584. It' y t is agreed by the consent of the whole p'yche that the new 

 churche wardens shall w l the church stocke bye a skore 

 of ewes by the feast of S' mychell next 



p. 137. [?1607] Receved of Jhon best for iij ship for two yeres ij s 



p. 157. 1616. The stock remayneing to the Church is fower sheepe & ij yeere 

 (? ewes) in the hands of W m Beste & John Best & they doe 

 paie iiij d a yeere for evre sheepe by the yeare & W m Beste 

 hathe paid for this yeare & John is behind. 



p. 12. 





p. 13. 





p. 18. 



1549. 



p. 28. 



1555. 



p. 29. 



1556. 



p. 31, 





p. 59. 



1567. 



p. 66. 



1569. 



