A Hertfordshire Demesne of Westminster Abbey; Profits, Productivity and Weather

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• ISBN13: 9780900458927
• ISBN10: 0900458925
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: University Of Hertfordshire Press

Table of Contents

Studies in Regional and Local History
Figures
Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements to original doctoral thesis
Publication grants
Illustration and copyright acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Method of analysis
The manorial account as an agricultural record	p. 1
The manorial account as a source of weather evidence	p. 21
The manorial account as a record of financial profit	p. 39
The manor of Kinsbourne
General background	p. 47
The demesne from 1273 to 1397	p. 59
Productivity and weather evidence
Arable productivity	p. 77
Livestock productivity	p. 85
Weather references and 'proxy data'	p. 91
Profit
Definitions	p. 107
Arable profits	p. 115
Livestock profits	p. 135
Profitability before and after 1397	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 157
Ploughing dates, seed yields and sowing rates	p. 195
Mortality rates for sheep and lambs	p. 211
Net profits from arable and livestock husbandry	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 243
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