jan 1, 1549 - work

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In 1549 a clause in the lease of Bradley Wood granted the lessees <i>lawfull egresse and regresse for theym there workemen and theyr carreges for to worke and cary away the sayd Woodes at theyre pleasures </i>(WBD/8/60). This was permission to carry out all the separate stages of ‘work’ within the three-year period specified, that is barking, charcoal-burning, felling and sawing. See sager, saw-pit.

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