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A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
Of I cow, 3 bullocks, 27s.—of calves, 8s. 2d.—of milk, 65s. pd.—of the farm
of 1 cow demised to farm, 2s.—sum, 102s. nd.
Sum of whole receipts, £17. 16s. ijd.
Expenses—
In the wages of servants, 13s.—in their stipends, 10s.—in the wages of
the “garcionem,” 14s. nd.—in stipends, 2s.—also given to the same
of favour, 20s.—given to a certain “ pageto ” by the year, 2s. 3d.
Pensions and Contributions—
In the O of the gardener, 26s. 8d.—in oblations of servants and certain
men of the Court, by favour, 2s. nd.—in alms, 2s. 2jd.—to the
Scholars of Oxford, 2s.—to the Sub-Prior for the cloister, 2s.—to the
cellarer for the cutting of herbs, 2s.—to the Almoner for the tithe of the
garden, 12s.—in one tenth to the Lord the King, i^d.—to the
Cardinals, Jd.—in oblations and “flaunis,” 13d. (—flaun — custards,
or pancakes, at rogations}—to the reapers of the Lord Prior, 6d.—to
John de Leverington, 6d.—to the Carpenter of John de Berney, 6d.—
to the “ boscar ” (= woodman} of the Lord Bishop, 6d.—in gloves, 7s,
—sum, 60s. Jd.
Mowings and other things—
In the mowing of the meadow for both crops and of the court and paths,
3s. 5d.—in peas for pottage of the convent and servants, 3s. 3d.—in
mustard seed, 3s. 3d.—in beans, 2s. 2d.—also in beans and butter in
the convent, 13d.—in cherries, 83d.—in milk, i6d.—in forage, 12s. nd.
—sum, 28s. 3ad.
Weeding and Hiring—
In weeding and “aids,” 30s. 2d.—in the stipend of Ralph Brenetour and
others working upon the bank and cleaning the ditch in the meadow
for 12 days, 8s.—taking by the day, 8d.—in their drinks and other
expenses, I2d.—in the stipend for one carpenter carving timber and
mending other divers things, 2s.—in one tiler roofing with tiles and
doing other things, 3d.—sum, 41s. 3d.—in “ Pikerell ” and roach for
stock, 2s. 3d.—in lard, tallow and candle, 8d.—in iron spades and
fixing “ bills,” 3d.—in mending an “ axes ” and in one new
“Hachet,” yd.—in “skalerons” escallions= scalions=small onions},
id.—In dung, 3s. 3d.—in keys, 4Jd.-—in “ Juncis ” (= rushes} for the
Infirmary, lod.—in 2 “ tribul ” ( sieves or rakes}, 2 spades, 2 dung
forks, new ironed, I2d.—in 1 scythe, id.—in “moles,” id.—in a
wooden measure, 3W.— in 2 “ clayes ” for the bank, iod.—in the
“ dentation ” of a scythe [handle], id.—in cord (or string), id.—in
one earthen pot, id.—4350 tiles with carriage, 10s. 2d.—in pasture
allowed from the Lord Bishop, that is to say “ le hundhill,” 2s. 2d.—
in three “ limours cenonette ” (? whitewashers}, lid.— given to the
“ raton ” (= rat-catcher}, id.—in parchment, id.—Sum, 24s. 3d.—in
boots of the gardener with repairs, 2s. 6d.—in wine sent to the Lord
Prior and given to the brethren with divers expenses made in blood
lettings and at St. Leonard’s at times, ns. lojd.—in divers spices
and almonds, 2s. 7^d.—in foreign expenses, 8d.—in “Wardecor-
A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
Of I cow, 3 bullocks, 27s.—of calves, 8s. 2d.—of milk, 65s. pd.—of the farm
of 1 cow demised to farm, 2s.—sum, 102s. nd.
Sum of whole receipts, £17. 16s. ijd.
Expenses—
In the wages of servants, 13s.—in their stipends, 10s.—in the wages of
the “garcionem,” 14s. nd.—in stipends, 2s.—also given to the same
of favour, 20s.—given to a certain “ pageto ” by the year, 2s. 3d.
Pensions and Contributions—
In the O of the gardener, 26s. 8d.—in oblations of servants and certain
men of the Court, by favour, 2s. nd.—in alms, 2s. 2jd.—to the
Scholars of Oxford, 2s.—to the Sub-Prior for the cloister, 2s.—to the
cellarer for the cutting of herbs, 2s.—to the Almoner for the tithe of the
garden, 12s.—in one tenth to the Lord the King, i^d.—to the
Cardinals, Jd.—in oblations and “flaunis,” 13d. (—flaun — custards,
or pancakes, at rogations}—to the reapers of the Lord Prior, 6d.—to
John de Leverington, 6d.—to the Carpenter of John de Berney, 6d.—
to the “ boscar ” (= woodman} of the Lord Bishop, 6d.—in gloves, 7s,
—sum, 60s. Jd.
Mowings and other things—
In the mowing of the meadow for both crops and of the court and paths,
3s. 5d.—in peas for pottage of the convent and servants, 3s. 3d.—in
mustard seed, 3s. 3d.—in beans, 2s. 2d.—also in beans and butter in
the convent, 13d.—in cherries, 83d.—in milk, i6d.—in forage, 12s. nd.
—sum, 28s. 3ad.
Weeding and Hiring—
In weeding and “aids,” 30s. 2d.—in the stipend of Ralph Brenetour and
others working upon the bank and cleaning the ditch in the meadow
for 12 days, 8s.—taking by the day, 8d.—in their drinks and other
expenses, I2d.—in the stipend for one carpenter carving timber and
mending other divers things, 2s.—in one tiler roofing with tiles and
doing other things, 3d.—sum, 41s. 3d.—in “ Pikerell ” and roach for
stock, 2s. 3d.—in lard, tallow and candle, 8d.—in iron spades and
fixing “ bills,” 3d.—in mending an “ axes ” and in one new
“Hachet,” yd.—in “skalerons” escallions= scalions=small onions},
id.—In dung, 3s. 3d.—in keys, 4Jd.-—in “ Juncis ” (= rushes} for the
Infirmary, lod.—in 2 “ tribul ” ( sieves or rakes}, 2 spades, 2 dung
forks, new ironed, I2d.—in 1 scythe, id.—in “moles,” id.—in a
wooden measure, 3W.— in 2 “ clayes ” for the bank, iod.—in the
“ dentation ” of a scythe [handle], id.—in cord (or string), id.—in
one earthen pot, id.—4350 tiles with carriage, 10s. 2d.—in pasture
allowed from the Lord Bishop, that is to say “ le hundhill,” 2s. 2d.—
in three “ limours cenonette ” (? whitewashers}, lid.— given to the
“ raton ” (= rat-catcher}, id.—in parchment, id.—Sum, 24s. 3d.—in
boots of the gardener with repairs, 2s. 6d.—in wine sent to the Lord
Prior and given to the brethren with divers expenses made in blood
lettings and at St. Leonard’s at times, ns. lojd.—in divers spices
and almonds, 2s. 7^d.—in foreign expenses, 8d.—in “Wardecor-