#EelRent exploration! at https://historiacartarum.org/eel-rents-project/english-eel-rents-10th-17th-centuries/

#Sudbury in 1086 owed rent of 100 #eels to Henry de Ferrers.

#Chesterton near #Cambridge c.1250 owed 1,000 eels to its vicarage.

#Lakenheath in 1020 owed 4,000 eels to the Abbey at #BuryStEdmunds. In 1315 it instead owed 4,300 eels to the #EarlOfGloucester - but the last earl had just died at the Battle of #Bannockburn. His widow claimed to be pregnant with an heir - so probably took delivery of the eels?

#medieval #medievodons @medievodons