Source 11
Data
Description - Information about farming and fishponds in Worcestershire in Tudor times
Chart to show the type of bones found in Abbey
Ditch Excavation , Malvern
Animal |
Number
of bones collected |
Animal |
Number
of bones collected |
|
Cattle |
34 |
Bird |
0 |
|
Sheep/Goat |
9 |
Cod |
10 |
|
Fallow
Deer |
1 |
Hake |
5 |
|
Deer |
1 |
Ray |
2 |
|
Horse |
0 |
Herring |
45 |
|
Rabbit |
2 |
Eel |
45 |
|
Pig |
6 |
Pike |
2 |
|
Chicken |
1 |
Chub |
1 |
|
Goose |
0 |
Gudgeon |
1 |
|
Duck |
0 |
Other
fish |
15 |
This chart above could be made into a graph to show you clearly what people in Abbey Ditch, Malvern must have eaten during Tudor times.
Look
closely and ask yourself why Herring and Eel 
should
be so popular.
Are they eaten a lot today?
Why did
people eat such a lot of fish?
Where did they get them from?
Look at the chart opposite and see if the price of fish gives you a clue
to who was buying which fish.
opposite to see the of fish
Chart showing price of fish
Salt Fish |
8d |
Pickerel |
8d |
Stock Fish |
3d |
Bream |
5d |
Herring
|
1/4d |
Tench |
6d |
Plaice |
1/2d |
Chub |
41/2d |
Pike |
12d |
Eel |
11/2d |
Prior More's Fishponds
This
account tells you about fishponds in a Worcestershire village called
Crowle.
Fish was much more important as food in Tudor
times than it is now, and fresh fish was very expensive.
William
More, prior of Worcester from 1518-1536, had several fishponds in his
granges at Battenhall, Grimley and Hallow and he built a moat around
his manor at Crowle in 1533 at a cost of £8 19s 3d. In summer
time he stocked his ponds with eels and in winter and early spring with
other fish.
Table of fish stored
Yeles |
6,486 |
Tenches |
2,254 |
Pickerels |
318 |
Bremes |
413 |
Peerches |
324 |
Rotches |
1,200 |
Here
is a picture of the pond in Grimley as it is today.
