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What can probate inventories tell us about grain storage in the early modern period?

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  • UserLiam Brunt (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) and Edmund Cannon (University of Bristol)
  • ClockThursday 13 February 2025, 17:00-19:00
  • HouseHistory Faculty Room 11.

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We use probate inventories to measure grain storage and ascertain how and where grain was stored. A key issue is the method of estimating the proportion of carryover when only stored quantities are observed directly (i.e. we observe the numerator of the ratio, but not the denominator) and we discuss two methods to resolve this issue. There are also the standard issues of selection and heterogeneity. We show that carryover was typically small and predominantly the preserve of large farmers. There is an absence of evidence for millers or grain merchants.

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