Two wills and three inventories survive for this period. They indicate that Newnham had a mixed farming economy with cattle and crops.
There are three surviving wills for this period which reveal a farming community.
Ellisfield is a village of just under 2,350 acres.
The two wills and three inventories reveal a sheep and corn farming community.
This period is interesting as it contains the inventories of two of the Orpwood family who were the rectors of Steventon in this period.
Woodruff’s will from just before the outbreak of the English civil war is interesting for its indication of a local commercial woollen industry.
The will and four surviving inventories indicate a mixed farming economy of crops, sheep and cattle.
Two wills and four inventories survive for this period, of which the Ansell and Crook families were copyholders of the manor of Steventon.
William Lover was a substantial freeholder with 60 acres. The three inventories reflect mixed farming of mainly sheep with wheat and barley.
The three surviving wills and inventories reflect a mixed farming community in which sheep and wheat dominated.
