Note 400 — Chapter I · THE NEW RURAL ECONOMY
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Here is an example from a lease of 1562. The farmer pays “yearly to the lord for the aforesaid farm—
10 quarters of corn, per bushel, 12d.£4
20 quarters of barley, per bushel, 8d.106s. 8d.
10 quarters of oats, per bushel, 3d.26s. 8d.
20 capons, per caput, 4d. 6s. 8d.
20 pigeons, per caput, 4d.6s. 8d.
12 great fish called trouts, per caput, 3d.3s.”
(Survey of South Newton, ibid.).