> The benchmark from TR is for carls:
>
> "Full ... must have a plow and a whole ox-team (eight oxen)...
> receives about 120 acres (of which 40 acres lie fallow each year).
> Full carls require a herd of at least 42 cattle (including the oxen)
> to maintain this standard of living."
Ah, good man! We might add a certain fudge-factor to this, since his total wealth will be more.
Then again: this is not so much the personal wealth of an individual, but wealth that would support an entire hearth (I assume); and it's certainly not very "disposable", since it's required to maintain his status. (But it is certainly renewable.)
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