Table S4.
Sample details of English archival documents held at the Borthwick Archive, York
| Sample no. | Shelf-mark | Date | Country | Type of document | Species |
| BA 61 | YM/D/CAMP 1 | 1322–1322 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 26 | MOR 2 | 1326–1326 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 81 | YM/D/PO | 1330–1330 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 41 | YM/D/ASK 1 | 1332–1332 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 141 | YM/D/HAT 1 | 1376–1376 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 06 | YM/D/BAL a. 1 | 1377–1377 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 27 | MOR 3 | 1380–1380 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 01 | YM/D/BAL(M) 1 | 1382–1382 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 28 | MOR 4 | 1392–1392 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 21 | BED 1 | 1393–1393 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 42 | YM/D/ASK 2 | 1404–1404 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 29 | MOR 6 | 1415–1415 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 62 | YM/D/CAMP 2 | 1427–1427 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 30 | MOR 7 | 1443–1443 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 82 | YM/D/PO | 1447–1447 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 31 | MOR 8 | 1448–1448 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 32 | MOR 10 | 1455–1455 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 63 | YM/D/CAMP 3 | 1456–1457 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 136 | YM/D/YOR 1 | 1466–1466 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 33 | MOR 11 | 1481–1481 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 142 | YM/D/HAT 2 | 1484–1484 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 43 | YM/D/ASK 4 | 1492–1492 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 44 | YM/D/ASK 7 | 1494–1495 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 83 | YM/D/PO | 1503–1503 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 64 | YM/D/CAMP 4 | 1507–1507 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 34 | MOR 12a | 1511–1511 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 09 | YM/D/BAL a. 5 | 1513–1513 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 161 | YM/D/OUS 1 | 1518–1518 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 137 | YM/D/YOR 2 | 1520–1520 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 10 | YM/D/BAL a. 6 | 1525–1525 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 22 | BED 2 | 1529–1530 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 35 | MOR 13 | 1534–1534 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 139 | YM/D/YOR 6 | 1537–1537 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 65 | YM/D/CAMP 5 (b) | 1540–1540 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 101 | YM/D/LANC 1 | 1542–1542 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 102 | YM/D/LANC 2 | 1546–1546 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 66 | YM/D/CAMP 10 | 1547–1547 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 144 | YM/D/HAT 5 | 1549–1550 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 121 | YM/D/KIRK 1 | 1552–1552 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 67 | YM/D/CAMP 13 | 1554–1554 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 46 | YM/D/ASK 11 | 1556–1556 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 84 | YM/D/PO | 1557–1557 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 85 | YM/D/PO | 1558–1558 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 103 | YM/D/LANC 3 | 1561–1561 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 68 | YM/D/CAMP 16 | 1563–1564 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 02 | YM/D/BAL(M) 4 | 1565–1565 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 11 | YM/D/BAL a. 9 | 1567–1568 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 47 | YM/D/ASK 13 | 1571–1571 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 70 | YM/D/CAMP 21 | 1573–1573 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 107 | YM/D/LANC 9 | 1574–1575 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 03 | YM/D/BAL(M) 10 | 1576–1576 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 124 | YM/D/KIRK 4 | 1577–1577 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 109 | YM/D/LANC 14 | 1579–1580 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 127 | YM/D/KIRK 8 | 1580–1581 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 48 | YM/D/ASK 16 | 1581–1581 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 87 | YM/D/PO | 1582–1582 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 169 | YM/D/OUS 9 | 1586–1587 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 170 | YM/D/OUS 10 | 1589–1589 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 14 | YM/D/BAL a. 18 | 1591–1591 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 130 | YM/D/KIRK 12 | 1592–1593 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 153 | YM/D/HEN 5 | 1595–1596 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 154 | YM/D/HEN 6 | 1596–1597 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 115 | YM/D/LANC 24 | 1598–1598 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 52 | YM/D/ASK 21 | 1599–1599 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 116 | YM/D/LANC 25 | 1600–1600 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 05 | YM/D/BAL(M) 21 | 1601–1601 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 131 | YM/D/KIRK 13 | 1603–1604 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 15 | YM/D/BAL a. 28 | 1605–1605 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 16 | YM/D/BAL a. 33 | 1607–1607 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 73 | YM/D/CAMP 44 | 1608–1608 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 117 | YM/D/LANC 27 | 1610–1610 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 74 | YM/D/CAMP 46 | 1611–1611 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 118 | YM/D/LANC 28 | 1611–1612 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 133 | YM/D/KIRK 16 | 1614–1615 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 18 | YM/D/BAL a. 44 | 1615–1615 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 75 | YM/D/CAMP 50 | 1619–1619 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 20 | YM/D/BAL a. 49 | 1621–1622 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 93 | YM/D/PO | 1624–1624 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 58 | YM/D/ASK 40 | 1629–1630 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 77 | YM/D/CAMP 56 | 1632–1632 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 59 | YM/D/ASK 42 | 1633–1633 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 134 | YM/D/KIRK 20 | 1635–1636 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 78 | YM/D/CAMP 58 | 1650–1650 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 90 | YM/D/PO | 1661–1661 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 96 | YM/D/PO | 1669–1669 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 37 | MOR 45 | 1677–1677 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 135 | YM/D/KIRK 22 | 1678–1678 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 25 | BED 14 | 1691–1691 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 147 | YM/D/HAT 10(b) | 1699–1699 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 148 | YM/D/HAT 11 | 1717–1717 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 97 | YM/D/PO | 1726–1726 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 39 | MOR 48 | 1744–1744 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 98 | YM/D/PO | 1754–1754 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 79 | YM/D/CAMP 59 (a) | 1765–1765 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 80 | YM/D/CAMP 60 | 1767–1767 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 99 | YM/D/PO | 1775–1775 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 100 | YM/D/PO | 1790–1790 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 60 | YM/D/ASK 44 | 1794–1794 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 149 | YM/D/HAT 12 | 1818–1818 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |
| BA 40 | MOR 49 | 1819–1819 | England | Legal deed | Sheep |