Household and farm inventories in Oxfordshire 1550-1590
1965, 1st edition. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Library copy. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Library marks remain. Item #397719
Series: Historical Manuscripts Commission; Joint publication series, 10. Physical description: 365 p., 25 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Contents: Social position of people leaving inventories -- Geographical distribution -- Occupations and wealth in personal estate -- The gentry -- The yeomen -- The husbandmen, craftsmen, tradesmen and labourers -- The size of farms -- Houses -- Comparison of living standards between the 1550s and 1580s -- Crops -- Livestock. Subjects: Church of England. Diocese of Oxford; Oxfordshire Archival resources; Country life Great Britain; Agriculture England Oxfordshire History, Sources; 16th century; Social History; Economic History; Oxfordshire (England) Social conditions 16th century; Rural History of Western Europe.
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