Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642 - With a Glossary and Linguistic Commentary By Peter Mcclure

Zusammenfassung In the early 1640s Henry Best, a gentleman farmer of Elmswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, composed an account of his farming practices. The resulting Farming Book provides a unique account of seventeenth-century farming, of the marketing of agricultural produce, and of rural customs. It is here published in a new transcription by Donald Woodward. In addition, a complete transcript of Henry Best's Memorandum Book is published for the first time; this volume gives details of a wide range of day-to-day transactions mainly during the period 1617 to 1645. The editor adds greatly to our knowledge of Henry Best, his family and estate in a substantial introduction, and much ancillary documentary evidence is provided in a series of appendices. The volume is rounded off by an extensive new glossary prepared by Peter McClure.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Best, BEST HENRY, Donald Woodward
• Assisted by: Donald Woodward (Editor), Woodward Donald (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.1984
• EAN: 9780197260296
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726029-6
• No. of pages: 422
• Series: Records of Social and Economic History; Records of Social and Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic history, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700