Item |
Commentary |
Physick |
Medicine |
Leesing |
Gleaning, gathering waste grain from the fields after wheat
has been harvested. |
Band |
Probably a collar band. |
Land's length |
Probably one furlong (220 yards or about 200 m) |
Court-gate |
Probably a gate leading into the courtyard area of the ruins
of Campden House. See plan and notes on the Campden
House page. |
Furze |
Gorse or whin, a bushy plant that grows in high, exposed places. |
Furze-brake |
A bank of gorse bushes. |
Stiver |
A Dutch coin made of nickel worth 5 cents (1/20th of a
guilder) |