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Trade and Town Life in Anglo Saxon England
- Trade
- 2 most important commodities
- Salt
- Used to preserve meat and fish
- Used to preserve meat and fish
- Metals
- Used to make essential tools
- Used to make essential tools
- Salt
- 2 most important commodities
- Salt
- Obtained from
saltpans, coastal
areas
- 285 saltpans in Sussex
- Salt Districts - Worcestershire
and Cheshire
- 2/3 of toll (tax) went to King
- 1/3 to Earl
- Payment varied
- 4p on cart drawn by oxen
- 2p on horse-load
- 4p on cart drawn by oxen
- 1/3 to Earl
- Obtained from
saltpans, coastal
areas
- Iron
- Traded all over country
- Made into fishhooks and tools
- Small scale
- Kent, Sussex, Northamptonshire,
Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Forest of
Dean
- Kent, Sussex, Northamptonshire,
Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Forest of
Dean
- Made into fishhooks and tools
- Early Times
- Specialisation in production of
finer goods
- Ornamental Helmets
- Inlaid swords
- Ornamental Helmets
- Specialisation in production of
finer goods
- Ordinary smith
- Spear heads
- Shield rims
- Spear heads
- Traded all over country
- Lead
- Sources
- Derbyshire
- Wirksworth
- Annual render -
300 shillings
- Annual render -
300 shillings
- Derbyshire
- Sources
- Luxuries
- Walrus Ivory = Arctic
- Elephant Ivory = Africa
- Elaborate Jewellery = Kent
- Glassware = Rhineland
- Silk = China
- Walrus Ivory = Arctic
- Exports
- Cloaks
- Wool
- Cloth
- Cheese
- Slaves
- Cloaks
- Stone
- Quarries = Sussex
- Roman Site of Cambridge
- Annual values
- 10p to 4 shillings
- 10p to 4 shillings
- Quarries = Sussex
- Kings
- Church doesn't trade on Sundays
- Weights and
measures the
same at all
locations
- May forbid exports of
certain goods
- Church doesn't trade on Sundays
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