Mapping Coggeshall from the 1575 Rental Survey

1. Mapping Coggeshall from the 1575 Rental Survey

2. Survey Review • At least two to three Surveyors were deployed • Writing styles and spelling vary • Survey broken down • By street • By property • With linear boundary dimensions • Coggeshall Hall land excluded • No dimensions at all

3. Typical text used 2s 3d, The Fre Schole, hows with a garden, west to the streat 3p, esate to Thomas Paycock 2p, 3/4,1/8, north to Thomas Clarck 5p, 3/4, south to Thomas Paycock 5p, 3/4, estemat 17p mor or les

6. Typical West Street text 5s 4d Thomas Paycock one parcel of land with tenements be longyng to the same callyd Mattares and Lady Wodes on the north on the hey way towards Brantre on the south on horse les howlden in fee farme on the est of Fynsents of Thomas Peaycock on the west of young Enwew conteynyng 2 ackers.

7. Process undertaken for each Street • Reformat the survey, retaining only key data • Review the English Heritage Listings for each property • Draw a 1575 plot overlay • Cross reference original survey, plot overlay dimensions, listing information and current street house numbers

8. Survey measurements used • Basic units of measurement used, • perch or rod, rood and acre • 1 perch = 16.5 feet = 5.03 meters • A perch can be a linear or area measurement • 40 perches (area) = 1 rood • 4 roods = 1 acre • Map scale chosen 1:500 or 10mm :approx. 1 perch

9. Scope of the Rental Survey

10. Data Base • Survey key information has been compiled into a Data Base comprising; • 230 line entries • One for each Survey plot • Each entry is given a unique reference number • 25 fields • Name, street, tenement, close, mead, area, etc • In excess of 5000 individual cells

11. Data Base • Visibility into key elements of the survey • Various reports can easily be produced • How many tenements did Thomas Paycocke own? • Who were the major land owners? • How many orchards are there and what is the acreage? • Key input document for digitising the map

12. Data Base Statistics • Land Title • Number % Cum % • Freehold 86 39 39 • Convent Seal 48 22 61 • Copy Hold 36 16 77 • Indenture 12 5 82 • Fee Farme 3 1 83 • Unknown 37 17 100

13. Data Base Statistics • Tenement, single 122 • Tenement, multi 58 • Garden 140 • Parcel of land 23 • Orchard 18 • Close 15 • Croft 9 • Mead 8 • Others, stable, yard, barn etc 12

14. Data Base Statistics • Names and property ownership • 95 different names • 74 individual family names • 180 tenements • Analysis • 27 individual clothiers 28% • 14 clothier families 19% • 79 tenements owned 44%

15. Data Base Statistics • Pareto analysis of land owners • Thomas Paycocke 15 6.7% 6.7% • John Paycocke 10 4.5% 11.2% • William Fuller 9 4.0% 15.2% • Richard Sammes 8 3.6% 18.8% • Robert Jagon 7 3.1% 21.9% • George Copsheff 6 2.7% 24.6 • William Saunders 6 2.7% 27.3%

16. Digitising the map • The draft hand drawn maps have been digitised by ECC • The maps are digitised as additional layers referenced to the Ordinance Survey Master Map (OSMM) • ECC have agreed to “curate” the maps and they will be stored on their computer

17. Digitising the map • Digitising • Each plot is represented by a “polygon” • Each polygon is cross referenced to the Data Base unique number • For each plot all of the information relating to the relevant Data Base line entry is recorded within the mapping computer system

19. Digitising the map • Map Layers, select from a “pick list” • OSMM current plot and building layer • Water • Roads • Contours • 1575 plot layer etc • Text including the Data Base

24. Who wants a map? • The “market” for a 1575 map • Comparison between RS map and OSMM • Analysis of RS map and Data Base • Representative RS map • Bespoke • Large display format • Appropriate size paper copies • Internet and download facilities

25. Proposed Map Format 1 • For in depth detail research and comparison with current town plan • 1575 plots with reference numbers in red overlaid on the OSMM in black at scale of 1:500 on large A0 paper size by six sheets • As above but a town plan overview at scale of 1:1500 on a single A0 sheet. • As above but at a scale of 1:5000 on a single A3 sheet

27. Proposed Map Format 2 • For detail research of the 1575 town plan and RS Data Base • 1575 town plan overview, plots with reference numbers at a scale of 1:5000 digitised on A3 paper size • 1575 town centre plan, plots with reference numbers at a scale of 1:1250 digitised on A3 paper size

29. Proposed Map Format 3 • A representative map of the 1575 RS • At a scale of 1:1500 on a large A0 paper size • At a scale of 1:5000 digitised on a A3 paper size

31. Proposed Map Format 4 • Bespoke and specials • Anything (within reason) any researcher wants

33. The C16 Cloth Industry Statistics Working population of Coggeshall, 900 Males in cloth industry, 56%, 251 heads Females in cloth industry, 52%, 234 heads Males in support industries, 34%, 153 heads Males in farming/clergy etc, 10%, 45 heads Broadcloths produced per annum, 1000 Where did all this activity go on?

34. The C16 Cloth Industry • Compressed manufacturing process for Coggeshall Whites and Broadcloths • Fleece storage, preparation and spinning • Weaving • Fulling, washing and tentering • Finishing • Point of sale Coggeshall Whites • Dyeing • Final point of sale Broadcloth

37. Outstanding work • Still to complete • Finish A0 size maps (ECC printer problems) • Develop on line interactive access • Review field areas and show on map

38. Acknowledgements • All the Discovering Coggeshall Team members • Leigh Alston and Chris Thornton • Sally Gale • Sarah Howard and Viv Bell • Sorry if I have forgotten anyone else

39. Summary • Things to do after the talk • Visit the Discovering Coggeshall web site • www.discoveringcoggeshall.co.uk • View the maps • Download the maps • View the Data Base • Look up who lived in your house in 1575