Hi Ian, It seemed to take a lot of work to 'lay' a hedge, splitting the hedge down to it's roots and laying the splints horizontal, branch after branch, without breaking it down to the base, interweaving it with other growth, to make the hedge stock proof, and to ensure it produced enough new growth in the spring and summer, to keep the stock in. If someone came along and 'broke' the hedge, and killed off it's base to produce the new growth, I'd have called him a lot worse than a common hedgebreaker!! Hooligan! Best regards, Yvonne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian Hancock Sent: 24 January 2007 20:30 To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] hedgebreaker Crakehall manor court roll, 1698 : Michael Grundell for being a common hedgebreaker amerced 2s6d. 7 others for the like offence all fined 2s6d. Can anyone tell me what they had done? Ian Hancock GlenLodge Crakehall History http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html

Has anyone worked out how much in today's money 2s. 6d. would be - say half a year's wage, or more? This is only a guess, but it certainly wasn't peanuts. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Purdy" <[email protected]> To: "Ian Hancock" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] hedgebreaker > Hi Ian, > > It seemed to take a lot of work to 'lay' a hedge, splitting the hedge down > to it's roots and laying the splints horizontal, branch after branch, > without breaking it down to the base, interweaving it with other growth, > to > make the hedge stock proof, and to ensure it produced enough new growth in > the spring and summer, to keep the stock in. > > If someone came along and 'broke' the hedge, and killed off it's base to > produce the new growth, I'd have called him a lot worse than a common > hedgebreaker!! Hooligan! > > Best regards, > Yvonne > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian Hancock > Sent: 24 January 2007 20:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OEL] hedgebreaker > > > Crakehall manor court roll, 1698 : Michael Grundell for being a common > hedgebreaker amerced 2s6d. 7 others for the like offence all fined > 2s6d. > Can anyone tell me what they had done? > > Ian Hancock > GlenLodge > Crakehall History http://www.glenlodge.me.uk/crakehallindex.html > > > > > > > > ==================================== > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >