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Wulfiic of Creigull

Found in the 13th century household accounts for the Countess of Leicester: a primer on comparative worth.

The amount of bread allotted to feed her greyhounds, and the hunting dogs of Henry and Guy de Montfort over ten days: about sixteen hundredweight of bread.

The amount allotted to feed the poor over two months: three hundredweight of bread. (And fourteen gallons of beer.)

 



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