A country merchant, 1495-1520: trading and farming at the end of the Middle Ages

Abstract

1. Introduction: Living in 1495-1520 2. Family and household: John Heritage and his Contemporaries 3. John Heritage's Country 4. John Heritage's Wool Business 5. Pasture, Sheep, Wool, and People 6. Beyond the Account Book: Changing the Countryside 7. Individuals and Communities 8. Conclusion Appendix 1: Sample pages from the account book Appendix 2: Tables of gathered wool, Heritage's own wool, and wool prices Appendix 3: Deserted Villages Bibliography Index