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Edgefield Advertiser
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
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Historical document from year 1000 details compensation values in England: horse at 30 shillings, mare or colt at 20 shillings, mule or young ass at 12 shillings, compared to ox at 30 pence, cow at 24 pence, pig at 8 pence, and a man at 1 pound. Welsh laws of Hywel Dda value foals from 4 pence to broken horses at 120 pence.
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"In a document of the year 1000, we find the relative value of horses in this kingdom, directing—if a horse was destroyed or negligently lost, the compensation to be demanded was thirty shillings: a mare or colt, twenty shillings; a mule or young ass, twelve shillings: an ox, thirty pence; a cow, twenty-four pence; a pig, eight pence; and a man, one pound!
"In the laws of Hywel Dda, Sovereign of Wales, dated a few years before this period, a foal not fourteen days old is valued at four pence; at one year and a day, four pence; this evidently to the native horses, for there it is ordered to tame them with the bridle; and rear them as palfreys or serving-horses, but the war-horse is not mentioned. When completely broken in, the value rose to one hundred and twenty pence, but lest wild, or an unbroken mare, was worth only sixty pence."
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Relative Values Of Horses And Other Livestock In Ancient England And Wales
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England, Wales
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Document from year 1000 sets horse value at 30 shillings if destroyed or lost, mare or colt at 20 shillings, mule or young ass at 12 shillings; ox at 30 pence, cow at 24 pence, pig at 8 pence, man at 1 pound. Laws of Hywel Dda value foal under 14 days at 4 pence, one-year-old at 4 pence; broken horse at 120 pence, unbroken mare at 60 pence.