Palewood Domain

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Palewood Domain
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  • Terrain: Hills
  • Features: Lightly Wooded, Hamlet, River

Communities

Estates

Anderbridge

Population: 104
Households: 21
* Craftsmen: 1
* Villeins: 13
* Cottars: 7
  • Manor: Ander Manor. The manor is itself currently unlived in, with its keys kept by the Reeve and made ready should any of House Wisent require it.
  • Notable Persons: Mandon Ander, reeve and patriarch of the oldest family in Anderbridge. Sullon Bole, woodcrafter who maintains the Anderbridge proper.

Yields

  • Produce: Almond Trees (10%), Barley (30%), Oats (10%), Gooseberry and Raspberry Bushes (20%), Herbs (10%), Rye (10%), Peas & Beans (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Swine (10%), Cattle (20%), Goats (30%)
  • Craftsmen: Woodcrafter

A fair-sized manor alongside a stream that leads down to the river, Anderbridge is populated mostly by goat- and cattle-herders, with ample pastureland. The important Anderbridge itself is maintained by the estate's sole craftsman, the carpenter Sullon.

Barishire

Population: 94
Households: 21
* Craftsmen: 2
* Villeins: 13
* Cottars: 6
  • Manor: Barishire Manor.
  • Notable Persons: Addam Marlowe, master of the estate.

Yields

  • Produce: Apple Trees (30%), Rye (40%), Herbs (10%), Flax (10%), Peas (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Sheep (10%), Swine (60%)
  • Craftsmen: Salter, Timberwright

Barishire is known for not only producing apples, but also for the apple-wood that comes from its older orchards.

Davyr Pond

Population: 72
Households: 17
* Craftsmen: 3
* Villeins: 8
* Cottars: 6
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons: Colver, reeve and innkeep of the Swan & Carp.

Yields

  • Produce: Barley (40%), Blueberry Bushes (10%), Chestnut and Pinenut Trees (10%), Herbs (10%), Oats (20%), Rye (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Goats (20%), Swine (50%)
  • Craftsmen: Timberwright, Metalsmith, Innkeep

A pig and barley croft, Davyr Pond's only real noteworthy landmarks are the Swan & Carp, a small inn, and the large pond in which so much of the lumber produced here is floated, before being dragged by horse-drawn barges downstream to be transported along the river.

Heighbridge

Population: 104
Households: 22
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 10
* Cottars: 8
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons: Hotho, beadle of Heighbridge and yeoman member of the Wise.

Yields

  • Produce: Barley (20%), Pinenut and Almond Trees (10%), Oats (30%), Peach Trees (20%), Peas and Beans (10%), Rye (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Goats (10%), Swine (60%)
  • Craftsmen: Woodcrafter, Miller, Metalsmith, Charcoaler

Heighbridge's namesake bridge is a large, well-constructed affair, made of fieldstone and thick oak. Directly on the other side of the bridge, across the stream from Heighbridge are the ruins of an old settlement of some kind, from the early days of the coming of the Andals.

Latham

Population: 141
Households: 29
* Craftsmen: 5
* Villeins: 18
* Cottars: 6
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons: Alesander, reeve of Latham and pig farmer. Orten Tanner, a successful tanner. Rickard Tanner, a leatherworker and Orten's brother.

Yields

  • Produce: Turnips and Onions (20%), Beans (20%), Herbs (20%), Rye (20%), Strawberries and Squash (10%), Walnuts and Pistachios (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (20%), Goats (20%), Swine (40%)
  • Craftsmen: metalsmith, hideworker, woodcrafter, miller, tanner

Latham can be smelled before it is seen. Home to a fair-sized tannery, many of the surrounding estates sell their cowhides to Orten, who works closely with his brother, who is a leatherworker.

Ololton

Population: 145
Households: 31
* Craftsmen: 5
* Villeins: 18
* Cottars: 8
  • Manor: Sheafhold. The manor is itself currently unlived in, with its keys kept by the Reeve and made ready should any of House Wisent require it.
  • Notable Persons: Ramsay the Tall, reeve and farmer. Carolei, widow and innkeep of the Green Cup inn.

Yields

  • Produce: Herbs (10%), Rye (40%), Barley (10%), Oats (10%), Hazelnut Trees (10%), Pear and Cherry Trees (10%), Squash (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (20%), Sheep (10%), Swine (50%)
  • Craftsmen: woodcrafter, salter, miller, innkeep, metalsmith

The largest of the Palewood estates, Ololton is marked by its large fields of rye and numerous pig wallows, as well as the Green Cup inn which has rooms for visitors, but is more of a defacto town-hall for Ololton. The Sheafhold Manor itself is set on a small island in the small lake that abuts the estate.

Pamner

Population: 133
Households: 29
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 17
* Cottars: 8
  • Manor: Pamner House
  • Notable Persons: Valarr and Shirei Pamner, master and mistress of the estate.

Yields

  • Produce: Oats (10%), Raspberry and Blueberry Bushes (10%), Turnips (20%), Barley (20%), Beans (10%), Rye (10%), Lettuce and Cabbage (10%), Pinenut Trees (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (20%), Goats (20%), Sheep (10%), Swine (30%)
  • Craftsmen: salter, miller, metalsmith, charcoaler

An estate run by hereditary masters given the right to use the Pamner name as their own, Pamner has a variety of livestock and crops.

Riverham

Population: 77
Households: 19
* Craftsmen: 3
* Villeins: 10
* Cottars: 6
  • Manor: The River House.
  • Notable Persons: Luceon, master of the estate. Vardis Miller, river-miller and reeve.

Yields

  • Produce: Rye (50%), Oats (10%), Barley (10%), Flax (20%), Currant Bushes (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (20%), Goats (30%), Sheep (10%), Swine (20%)
  • Craftsmen: miller, salter, timberwright

Built alongside the large river in the northern portion of the domain, half of Riverham's field grow a hardy rye. The River House is built on an artificial hill overlooking the river and rest of the estate. There is something of a rivalry between Master Luceon and the miller Vardis.

Warisham

Population: 94
Households: 19
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 10
* Cottars: 5
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons: Benfrey Forgeman, smith and reeve of Warisham.

Yields

  • Produce: Peas and Beans (30%), Carrots (10%), Melons and Cabbage (20%), Oats (30%), Herbs (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Sheep (40%), Swine (30%)
  • Craftsmen: metalsmith, woodcrafter, miller, hideworker

A tiny, secluded estate, Warisham is a sheep-herding estate, with fair-sized fields of both peas and beans, and oats.

Woodfork

Population: 102
Households: 20
* Craftsmen: 7
* Villeins: 10
* Cottars: 3
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons: Norne of Woodfork, reeve and orchardsman.

Yields

  • Produce: Herbs (10%), Rye (40%), Barley (10%), Oats (10%), Walnuts (10%), Apple and Quince Trees (10%), Cabbage (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Goats (30%), Sheep (10%), Swine (30%)
  • Craftsmen: metalsmith x2, miller, woodcrafter, timberwright x3

Goats, swine and rye are the order of the day in Woodfork, although that is not its most notable trait. A generation ago, the reeve was a man of foresight, who took up contributions from the tenants to send off a handful of their young to apprenticeships with craftsmen elsewhere. In a few years time, those young men returned, bringing decent skills with them; Woodfork has a pair of blacksmiths and a woodcrafter who takes advantage of the ample timber available. What he does not use is hauled to Heighbridge, to be put in the stream there and transported downstream.