1 gen 1634 anni - bent

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A term for a range of coarse, grass-like reeds, rushes, sedges, etc, found on moorland. 1562 <i>before the first ploughing it was for two thirds faire and good grene girse grounde and bent and swerthe grounde ... ther is one pece of bentishe grounde,</i> Rawdon (YRS114/101); 1634 <i>noe person ... dwelling out of the Lordshipp ... shall grave any bent swarthe ... ground</i>, Meltham (G-A). Angus Winchester has shown that bent was used for thatching (AW138) and it was clearly valued as a commodity in the West Riding: the Meltham court roll had an amerciament of 2d<i> pro bentis falcatis … et asport</i>., as early as 1372, that is for illegally cutting and taking bent. In fact Benty Lee is a locality in Meltham, recorded as<i> bentylegh </i>in 1432 (WBD7/62).

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