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Marshall, Geoffrey: The 'Rotherham' plough: new evidence on its original manufacture and method of distribution
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G. MARSHALL
N.E. of Bury St. Edmunds. Here in verse he
lists several attributes claimed by the advocates
of the ‘Rotherham’ plough.
2. These prices agreed by Foljambe and Stany-
forth agree remarkably well with the prices
quoted by Marshall nearly 40 years later for
the cost of making a ‘Rotherham’ type plough
in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He claimed
that the woodwork alone would cost 7 shil-
lings and 6 pence whilst the ironwork, includ-
ing the land-side and mould-board plates,
would cost less than 20 shillings (Marshall
1778, 277). Foster of County Durham cor-
roborates the price of construction of a
‘Rotherham’ plough in the late 18th century.
He estimates a total cost of I1/? guineas (31
shillings and 6 pence) (Grainger 1794, 72).
N.B. 12 pence was worth 1 shilling, 20 shil-
lings = £1, and 21 shillings = 1 guinea.
3. An accurate date for this document is difficult
to assess. There is no clue as to its date in the
text, apart from it obviously being post Janu-
ary 1730/31, and the watermark is rather com-
plicated and partly covered by printing but it
appears to be very similar to a probable 18th
century watermark used by Durhams of Post-
lip Mills, Gloucestershire (Shorter 1971, 249).
4. If the prices quoted by Walker are for a yearly
rental it would appear that the initial 2 shillings
and 6 pence charge was an introductory offer,
for even at 7 shillings and 6 pence per annum it
would be only after the 3rd year of rental that
Stanyforth would be making a profit.
Literature
Bloomfield, Robert: The Farmer’s Boy. London
1798.
Grainger,].: General View of the Agriculture of
the County of Durham 1794.
Marshall, G.: The Rotherham Plough. A Study of
a Novel 18th Century Implement of Agricul-
ture, in: Tools and Tillage Vol. 111:3 1978.
Marshall, Mr.: The Rural Economy of Yorkshire
1788.
Maxwell, R. (ed.): The Select Transactions of the
Honourable Society of Improvers in the
Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland 1743.
Miller, E.: The History and Antiquities of Don-
caster 1804.
Mingay, G. E. (ed.): The Agricultural Revolu-
tion, Changes in Agriculture 1650-1880, Adam
and Charles Black 1977.
Rennie, Brown and Shirreff: General View of the
Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1794.
Shorter, A. H.: Paper Making in the British Isles,
David and Charles 1971.
Wyndham Hulme,E.: Privy Council Law and
Practice of Letters Patent for Invention from
the Restoration to 1794, in: Law Quarterly
Review Vol. XXXIII 1917.
Documents
County Aecord Office, Oxford: Document no.
Wi.IX/l(a).
County Record Office, Wakefield: Registry of
Deeds, 1731 Book CC Page 472, Number 626.
Page 474, Number 628. Page 475, Number
630.
“Patents of Invention, A.D. 1730, No. 518,
Ploughs, Stanyforth and Foljambes Specifica-
tion”.
Sheffield City Library: Firbeck Hall deeds,
Numbers: 6,29,30,77 and 78.
Sheffield City Library: Tibbits Collection,
Number 1010.
G. MARSHALL
N.E. of Bury St. Edmunds. Here in verse he
lists several attributes claimed by the advocates
of the ‘Rotherham’ plough.
2. These prices agreed by Foljambe and Stany-
forth agree remarkably well with the prices
quoted by Marshall nearly 40 years later for
the cost of making a ‘Rotherham’ type plough
in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He claimed
that the woodwork alone would cost 7 shil-
lings and 6 pence whilst the ironwork, includ-
ing the land-side and mould-board plates,
would cost less than 20 shillings (Marshall
1778, 277). Foster of County Durham cor-
roborates the price of construction of a
‘Rotherham’ plough in the late 18th century.
He estimates a total cost of I1/? guineas (31
shillings and 6 pence) (Grainger 1794, 72).
N.B. 12 pence was worth 1 shilling, 20 shil-
lings = £1, and 21 shillings = 1 guinea.
3. An accurate date for this document is difficult
to assess. There is no clue as to its date in the
text, apart from it obviously being post Janu-
ary 1730/31, and the watermark is rather com-
plicated and partly covered by printing but it
appears to be very similar to a probable 18th
century watermark used by Durhams of Post-
lip Mills, Gloucestershire (Shorter 1971, 249).
4. If the prices quoted by Walker are for a yearly
rental it would appear that the initial 2 shillings
and 6 pence charge was an introductory offer,
for even at 7 shillings and 6 pence per annum it
would be only after the 3rd year of rental that
Stanyforth would be making a profit.
Literature
Bloomfield, Robert: The Farmer’s Boy. London
1798.
Grainger,].: General View of the Agriculture of
the County of Durham 1794.
Marshall, G.: The Rotherham Plough. A Study of
a Novel 18th Century Implement of Agricul-
ture, in: Tools and Tillage Vol. 111:3 1978.
Marshall, Mr.: The Rural Economy of Yorkshire
1788.
Maxwell, R. (ed.): The Select Transactions of the
Honourable Society of Improvers in the
Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland 1743.
Miller, E.: The History and Antiquities of Don-
caster 1804.
Mingay, G. E. (ed.): The Agricultural Revolu-
tion, Changes in Agriculture 1650-1880, Adam
and Charles Black 1977.
Rennie, Brown and Shirreff: General View of the
Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1794.
Shorter, A. H.: Paper Making in the British Isles,
David and Charles 1971.
Wyndham Hulme,E.: Privy Council Law and
Practice of Letters Patent for Invention from
the Restoration to 1794, in: Law Quarterly
Review Vol. XXXIII 1917.
Documents
County Aecord Office, Oxford: Document no.
Wi.IX/l(a).
County Record Office, Wakefield: Registry of
Deeds, 1731 Book CC Page 472, Number 626.
Page 474, Number 628. Page 475, Number
630.
“Patents of Invention, A.D. 1730, No. 518,
Ploughs, Stanyforth and Foljambes Specifica-
tion”.
Sheffield City Library: Firbeck Hall deeds,
Numbers: 6,29,30,77 and 78.
Sheffield City Library: Tibbits Collection,
Number 1010.