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PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND Park without cost from 1550 to the early seventeenth century and it is probable that supplementary purchases were made by the Manciple throughout the period. In the sixteenth century cheese was purchased at annual local fairs held at Magdalen Hill, at Wayhill, 18 miles distant, and at Andover, 15 miles from Winchester. Carriage charges from Wayhill were 7 1/2d. or 8d. a cwt. In 1582 and 1584 cheese was bought in Salisbury and brought to the College at 1s. a cwt., which appears to have been 112 lb. cheese, though the evidence is nowhere conclusive. From 1547 to 1550 cheeses were priced by number at varying rates probably dependent on weight. Purchases
DOI link for PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND Park without cost from 1550 to the early seventeenth century and it is probable that supplementary purchases were made by the Manciple throughout the period. In the sixteenth century cheese was purchased at annual local fairs held at Magdalen Hill, at Wayhill, 18 miles distant, and at Andover, 15 miles from Winchester. Carriage charges from Wayhill were 7 1/2d. or 8d. a cwt. In 1582 and 1584 cheese was bought in Salisbury and brought to the College at 1s. a cwt., which appears to have been 112 lb. cheese, though the evidence is nowhere conclusive. From 1547 to 1550 cheeses were priced by number at varying rates probably dependent on weight. Purchases
PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND Park without cost from 1550 to the early seventeenth century and it is probable that supplementary purchases were made by the Manciple throughout the period. In the sixteenth century cheese was purchased at annual local fairs held at Magdalen Hill, at Wayhill, 18 miles distant, and at Andover, 15 miles from Winchester. Carriage charges from Wayhill were 7 1/2d. or 8d. a cwt. In 1582 and 1584 cheese was bought in Salisbury and brought to the College at 1s. a cwt., which appears to have been 112 lb. cheese, though the evidence is nowhere conclusive. From 1547 to 1550 cheeses were priced by number at varying rates probably dependent on weight. Purchases
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74 PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND Park without cost from 1550 to the early seventeenth century and it is probable that supplementary purchases were made by the Manciple throughout the period.