| Title | Wymeswold: Articles of agreement between William Barrett of Wyneswold, gent., William Shuttlewood of Wyneswold gent., Hugh Blunt, William Fox, Edward Thompson, Edward Blunt, Richard Fisher, Edward Longley (all of Wymeswold) and William Leeke of Wymeswold, gent., by which they agree to improve and inclose Wyneswold Cow Pasture and three out of every twenty acres of their respective estates because of the shortage of hay and pasture in the parish : farmers have found it necessary to joyce out all their milk cows at excessive rates for want of sufficient enclosure, all their pasture lying so far from them that not only do their cattle suffer from going to it, but also adjacent lordships eat up and destroy all or most of it. Dated 11 Feb 1651/1652 |