jan 1, 1629 - swine root

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Manorial by-laws obliged tenants to ‘ring’ their swine at certain times of the year, in order to control their rooting for food. 1548 ‘If any person keep his swine unringed [<i>si aliquis custod porcos suos non anulat</i>]<i> ... </i>after 3 May he will be fined 4d for each animal’, Lepton (WB/M); 1609 <i>that every man doe ringe and yoke his swine before the tenth day of May next and soe kepe them ringed until the 29 day of September</i>, Upperthong (WCR11/185). In 1629 <i>for the maintenance of good ... neighbourhood</i> a lease threatened distraint <i>for anie ... ofence or default Except for Swynewroot,</i> Buckden (GRD).

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