Two (2) days mowing? Kind Regards Roy ----- Original Message ---- From: Barbara Walker <msbwalker@tiscali.co.uk> To: old-english@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 21 October, 2008 11:15:15 PM Subject: [OEL] two days mathe of meadow grounde Hi Everyone Is anyone able to confirm or add to my understanding of the following item from a will written in 1570 please? 'I bequeath to my said sonnes as aforesaid two days mathe of meadow grounde' Am I right in thinking that this refers to a system of strip farming on a flood meadow where certain farmers own the right to take the first math ie the first cut of hay, measured not in acreage but in day's work. After the first cut then the land reverts to common grazing land until the first floods of winter. Was this sytem wide spread throughout Britain I wonder? Thanks Barbara ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message