ECR 52 227
Reference code
ECR 52 227
Title
Asthall and Fulbrook, Oxfordshire: Letter concerning tithes
Level
Item
Date
26 August 1774
Extent & medium
2 folios
Content description
William Lenthal, Priory, to Rev Dr Roberts concerning the same as ECR 52 226 "... the following is the best account I can give you of the usual manner of husbandry in these parts. Our common fieldsare open and extensive... divided into quarters, a certain portion of which lies annually fallow for the commoners sheep, but the farmers generally agree to take a certain quantity of land and of these fallows to sow pease, beans, dill, vetches and clover. This is called the hitching and for which they bate two or three sheep commons for every acre and in some parishes more. These lands are immediately common again as soon as the crop is off, consequently no aftermath can stand for seed. If the first crop is made into hay, it is taken up as a Great Tithe. You will please to observe this mode of husbandry, tho' extremely advantagious to the farmers and rector, is certainly a loss to the vicar, as it vastly lessens the number of sheep, consequently his tithe wool etc..."
This letter together with the foregoing as an enclosure were sent in an envelope. Seal, oval, 23 x 21mm, red wax, armorial.
This letter together with the foregoing as an enclosure were sent in an envelope. Seal, oval, 23 x 21mm, red wax, armorial.
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