But, why, 3 days Math? Sounds a bit close together>
Regards, Penny
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From: "Dave Matthews" <matt42(a)westnet.com.au>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [POWYS] deeds/wills of interest to all
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:56:26 +1000
Hi Alison,
Sorry to hear you've not been well - thanks for your
continued interest in the affairs of John Watkins of
Kington. I think your original assessment that what was
going on needs to be figured from the original documents
at Llandrindod is about right.
A bit of on-line research has revealed a couple of things,
though. One is that Richard Owen Cambridge - the
purchaser - was a poet, author and socialite who had a
country seat at Whitminster in Gloucestershire.
Presumably he wasn't planning on farming Blaencerde
himself. The other relates to Penny's question, ie the
meaning of '3 days math'. I've found a couple of sources
that define 'math' as 'mown grass' or a certain quantity
of it. One also says that so many 'days math' indicates
the number of times land was able to be mown in a season,
so it was a measure of the quality of the land rather
than its quantity.
Dave
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