fyrst viii Oxen price the yoke 1^s x^li
Itm iiii Steres price the yoke xl^s xl^d iiii^li vi^s viii^d
Itm xi bolocks whereof ix be yerelyngs and ii be ii }
yerelyngs price } l^s
Itm iii Steres of iii yeres of age price xl^s
Itm ten kene (kine) & a bull vii^li vi^s viii^d
Itm vi sukkyng Calves x^s
Itm v wenyers (weaning calves) x^s
Itm iiii yewes & iii lambes vi^s viii^d
Itm ii old geldyns pry^d (priced for) saddell xxvi^s viii^d
Itm an old horse v^s
Itm a lame horse to go to myll v^s
Itm iii mares ii grey & i bay xx^s
Itm a grey ii yere colt gelded price vi^s viii^d
Itm ii sowes and a bore vii^s
_Corne._
Itm whete in the mowe price xvi^s
Itm old Barley in the chaff v^s iiii^d
Itm xii acres of whete price the acre vi^s viii^d
Itm xxxiiii acres of ots price the acre ii viii^d iiii^li viii^d
_The Garnard._
Itm di (half) a quart of Barley xvi^d
Itm halff a quart of Ots xvi^d
Itm a busshell & a shald (sholl, scoop) iiii^d
Itm in the barn a pfan and a Shald iiii^d
Itm xx^c of hertlatth (? heart of oak laths) vi^s viii^d.
Warriors and statesmen though the Cobhams were, one of their women folk
has made more history than they. It was Eleanor, daughter of the founder
of Lingfield College, who married the Lord Protector, the "good duke
Humphrey" of Gloucester, and who was convicted of dire misdemeanours.
Edward Hall, the old historian, writing of 1441, tells the story:--
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