The farming and memorandum books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642 - Donald Woodward

In the early 1640s Henry Best, a gentleman farmer of Elmswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, composed an account of his farming practices.
The resulting Farming Book provides a unique account of seventeenth-century farming, of the marketing of agricultural produce, and of rural customs.
It is here published in a new transcription by Donald Woodward.
In addition, a complete transcript of Henry Best's Memorandum Book is published for the first time;
this volumegives details of a wide range of day-to-day transactions mainly during the period 1617 to 1645.
The editor adds greatly to our knowledge of Henry Best, his family and estate in a substantial introduction, and much ancillary documentary evidence is provided in a series of appendices. The volume isrounded off by an extensive new glossary prepared by Peter McClure.