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  1. #EelRent exploration! at historiacartarum.org/eel-rents

    #Sudbury in 1086 owed rent of 100 #eels to Henry de Ferrers.

    #Chesterton near #Cambridge c.1250 owed 1,000 eels to its vicarage.

    #Lakenheath in 1020 owed 4,000 eels to the Abbey at #BuryStEdmunds. In 1315 it instead owed 4,300 eels to the #EarlOfGloucester - but the last earl had just died at the Battle of #Bannockburn. His widow claimed to be pregnant with an heir - so probably took delivery of the eels?

    #medieval #medievodons @medievodons

  2. #EelRent exploration! at historiacartarum.org/eel-rents

    #Sudbury in 1086 owed rent of 100 #eels to Henry de Ferrers.

    #Chesterton near #Cambridge c.1250 owed 1,000 eels to its vicarage.

    #Lakenheath in 1020 owed 4,000 eels to the Abbey at #BuryStEdmunds. In 1315 it instead owed 4,300 eels to the #EarlOfGloucester - but the last earl had just died at the Battle of #Bannockburn. His widow claimed to be pregnant with an heir - so probably took delivery of the eels?

    #medieval #medievodons @medievodons