I have Googled for Plough Day and the day seems to have varied slightly, but "the Monday after Twelfth Day" seems to feature mostly. The fields around here seem to get ploughed in the middle of winter too. See the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough_Monday http://www.folk-now.co.uk/info/traditions/plough_stotts.html Margaret -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of yorksgen-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 11 August 2012 08:01 To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 368 Today's Topics: 1. Some queries on Lease Registers (Colin B. Withers) 2. Some queries on Lease Registers (Colin B. Withers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:08:10 +0200 From: "Colin B. Withers" <Colin.Withers@eumetsat.int> Subject: [YORKSGEN] Some queries on Lease Registers To: "yorksgen@rootsweb.com" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <B293F9025AB9DF4BBD3BC3403F25DA450165507DAA38@EXW10.eum.root.eumetsat.int> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, I am currently transcribing my way through the Lease Registers of the Archbishops of York and I have a few queries which the list might be able to throw some light on. 1. In the list of leases for a particular property the lease states 'for 11 years' but almost all the renewals (over a two hundred year period) are dated 5 years later, rather than 11 years later. Why is this? 2. Some of the properties that the Archbishop acquired from other parties (the Crown for example) were already encumbered with leases for a term of years, so the marginal note says that the only income the AB can expect from these properties until the lease expires is the 'Reserved Rent'. What is the definition here of 'Reserved Rent'? 3. Some rents were payable on the usual Lady Day and/or Michaelmas, but others were payable on Plow-day. Anyone know when 'Plow-day' was? Thanks Colin ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:09:41 +0200 From: "Colin B. Withers" <Colin.Withers@eumetsat.int> Subject: [YORKSGEN] Some queries on Lease Registers To: "YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com" <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <B293F9025AB9DF4BBD3BC3403F25DA450165507DAA39@EXW10.eum.root.eumetsat.int> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, I am currently transcribing my way through the Lease Registers of the Archbishops of York and I have a few queries which the list might be able to throw some light on. 1. In the list of leases for a particular property the lease states 'for 11 years' but almost all the renewals (over a two hundred year period) are dated 5 years later, rather than 11 years later. Why is this? 2. Some of the properties that the Archbishop acquired from other parties (the Crown for example) were already encumbered with leases for a term of years, so the marginal note says that the only income the AB can expect from these properties until the lease expires is the 'Reserved Rent'. What is the definition here of 'Reserved Rent'? 3. Some rents were payable on the usual Lady Day and/or Michaelmas, but others were payable on Plow-day. Anyone know when 'Plow-day' was? Thanks Colin ------------------------------ To contact the YORKSGEN list administrator, send an email to YORKSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the YORKSGEN mailing list, send an email to YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 368 ****************************************