Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

by Various

1526. Payd for otts to same, viij^d; payd for wod led to same, j^d ... ix^d

1527. Payd the halffe mark, j^d; paid to the Comon, to (two) bussells otts, ix^d, and

a j^d in lieu of a henne ... xj^d

1539. Payd to same for the task ... x^d[^[3]]

1541. Payd to Thomas Lubard, for ij bs. of otts to Saham ... viij^d

Payd to y^e seyd Thomas for j heyn (hen) to Saham ... ij^d

On looking through the town accounts of Shipdham, I find entries of—

Payd to the half mark to Saham j^d

Ij bushells oates, and in lieu of a hen ij^d

The only entry in which I find anything at all apparently relative to the common is that under 1527. Whether the court books of Saham would throw any light on the subject, I know not. Should an opportunity offer for my searching them, I will do so.