Walter of Henley, p. 29.
Apparently, it is only within the last hundred years that the cow has ceased to be a normal possession of the agricultural labourer. See Slater, “English Peasantry and Common Fields,” pp. 122-128.
Eddy, “English House,” p. 133.
England at that time possessed her own vineyards, e.g. near Gloucester, and produced white wine.
Rules of S. Robert as given in “Walter of Henley,” p. 145.