Sheep were washed and shorn in June and the wool sorted for sale.
The only evidence for Henry the hermit is found in a Patent Roll, one of a series of official documents recording government business.
Customary tenants made up the largest group, and also the lowest group of tenant farmers.
To medieval parishioners, heaven and hell were not abstract ideas but reality, reinforced by the wall paintings which adorned most parish churches.
Medieval houses were built according to a specific plan.
Like many medieval towns, Burford's earliest shops were probably market stalls.
