Note 18 — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.
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Braham Hall was in 1460 the residence of Sir John Braham, and is about a mile and a half from Manningtree, and in the parish of Brantham, where Tusser first introduced the culture of barley;
"In Brantham where rye but no barley did grow, Good barley I had, as a many did know. Five seam of an acre, I truly was paid, For thirty load muck of each acre so laid." —Chapt. 19, st. 9.
The field where barley first grew at Brantham is still pointed out by tradition.