1 gen 1667 anni - plough

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Although ‘plough’ itself needs no explanation it could have unusual spellings. 1552 <i>such instrumenttes as belongithe unto the pleght</i>, Beckwithshaw (SS104/64) and it was the specific when these ‘instruments’ were listed: <i>c</i>.1535 <i>twelue plowght hedes, xij beames, xij plowght shethes</i>, Stillingfleet (YRS45/129); 1551 <i>a ploughe foote, shakill, a tugwithe and a plewbyeme</i>, Altofts (Th19/266); 1580 <i>Item 2 plowe soles taken of John Cawthroppe</i>, Beverley (YRS84/33); 1667 <i>plew beames ... plewstillts, moulboards & plewheads ... 1 plewfootboult</i>, Brayton (YRS47/31). The plough-beam was the central longitudinal beam or bar to which other parts were attached; the head was a wood frame to which the share was fixed and the foot was an attachment to the beam which regulated the depth of ploughing; the stilts were handles. Less straightforward are plough-sole, possibly an alternative of ‘beam’ and plough-sheath, described by Fitzherbert as a thin piece of wood, set fast in the plough-beam and also into the share-beam, which was ‘the keye ... of all the plough’ (FH10).

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