SC - rice as meat filler

[Kiriel & Chris]

Lady Allison said:

>The peasants who owed and paid food tithes did it 'in the raw'--the food,
>that is.  So many bushels of grain, so many chickens, perhaps so many
>eggs every so often.  The lord's steward, or reeve, would be the one to
>receive these tithes at specific times.  

I had a lady ask me a month of so ago, if I knew when these specific times
were. I believe they conincided with some of the seasonal holidays but I
don't have any specific documentation. Does anyone out there?

>  Sylvia Landsberg's book,
>The Medieval Garden, is great for giving us the picture of what was grown
>in a yeoman's garden, a church garden, a retired peasant's garden (how do
>you 'retire' as a peasant?) a noblewoman's herber, etc.  

Actually, retiring as a peasant was not that uncommon. Basically when a
peasant was getting old enough so that he could not manage the land, he
might sell off parts or all of it. Sometimes part of the agreement was
that the new landowner would care for the seller until the seller's
death. There are court cases alleging that the seller did not keep up
their side of the bargain, at least in the seller's eyes. I can dig
out the book if anyone is interested. Although it concentrates on the
peasant, it draws on quite a wealth of court records and such showing
the life of the peasant in various stages from birth to death.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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