The total number of horses disposed of at this fair was 44, while 6 were exchanged; the prices of two are not given; the remaining 36 average £2 0s. 0½d. each, the highest price paid being £4 5s. for “one bay nagge,” and the lowest 10s. for the bay mare sold by the Bristol dealer.
At fairs in other years the business done in horses was as follows:—
| Average price. | ||||
| No. of horses sold. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1629 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 1630 | 97 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 1631 | 60 | 2 | 19 | 8½ |
| 1632 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 1633 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1634 | 29 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1635 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 1636 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
| 1637 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| 1638 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1639 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 1641 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| 1642 | 3 | — | ||
| 1643 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| 1647 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1648 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 1649 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 10 |
| 1650 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 1651 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
The absence of sales during the years 1644–46, and the small number disposed of in 1641–3, may be accounted for by the following entry in the Parish Register:—
1647. The Regester of the Towne and Burrough of Barnestaple, by the cause of the troubles and the contagion [plague] was not kept from the year anno 1642 till the year anno 1647.
The following prices were realized for cattle sold at the various fairs mentioned above:—
8 heifers, black like, price £30 10s. 0d.
2 black oxen, topp cutt on farther eare. Price £13.
2 heifers and 1 steward. Price £6 13s. 4d.
1 red ox. Price £4 3s. 4d.