Cheese rents from tenants in Wiltshire were not unusual (see, for
example, Marjorie Morgan, _The English Lands of the Abbey of Bec_), so
if this was a royal manor - which may be the case, I think - the
cheeses may have been rents due to the Queen as lady of the manor.
D.
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Tony Singleton
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> I have been transcribing the will of a farmer of Chilcompton, Somerset
> (probated 1587) who obligingly listed his creditors and debtors at the end;
> I was intrigued by the following:
>
> "The Parrishoners of Compton doe owe me ... for halfe a hundred of Cheese
> delivered to John Hill to the use of the Queene Eleaven shillings eighte
> pence Of which som(m)es I have receaved Two shillings"
>
> This would suggest that there was some obligation on this community (and
> perhaps a wider area of the county?) to provide cheese or a monetary
> equivalent to the crown.
>
> Does anyone on the list have more knowledge of this levy?
>
> Tony Singleton
>
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