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MONASTIC GARDENING.
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gard,” 2s. 6d.—Sum, 20s. 2d.—Sum of all the expenses, £10. 18s. ifd.,
so the receipt exceeds the expenses, £6. 17s. ujd.
a.d. 1402. Account of brother Thomas Rughton of the office of gardener,
22nd year of Prior Alexander, Michaelmas to Hilary.
Receipts—
Excess of the account of the year preceding, 43s. rod.—for pears and nuts
(“ avelanis ”), 4s. 4d.—for apples, i6d.—-for herbage, 13d.—for dry
trees, 18s. 3d.—“pro faggots and Astel” (— shavings'), us. 3d.—for
willows, pd.—for plants of herbs, 2s. 3d.—for cock and hens, i8d.—for
onions, 3s. iod.—for osiers, 3s. 4d.~for leeks, 6d.—for “ tasel”
(—teasel), 5s. iod.—for trees sold to the Master of the Cellar, 35s. 4d.
—for “ lawyr of crabthorn” and other things sold to the Master of
the Cellar, 35s. 4d.—“ pro lawyr of wythis,” iod.—Sum, £4. 18s. yd.
—Sum total of the receipts, £y. 2s. 3d.
Expenses—
First for rushes and carriage of the same, 5s.—-for garlick and onions,
2s.—for mustard seed, 8s. 6jd.—for beans, 3d.—for planting beans,
I2d.—for parchment, 3d. In stipends of the servants to one of them,
ios. 6d.—to the other of them, 10s.—for their “tunics,” 8s.—to the
labourers in the garden, 2s. 4d.—to other labourers about “tasel,”
3s. 3d.—to the scholars of Oxford, i8d.—in the presence of the Lord
Prior for small things and other recreations, 2s. 6d.—for milk for the
convent, 2s. 2d.—to the cellarer for knives, 2s.—in oblations at
Christmas, 3s.—for the boots of the gardener, 13d.—for spades,
shovels and other utensils, 133d.—in gifts, 6d.
Sum of all expenses, £3. 8s. id.
And so the receipts exceed the expenses, £3. 14s. 4d.
a.d. 1403. Extract from the account of brother Thomas de Corpsty,
Michaelmas, 5th year of Henry IV., to the same feast in the 23rd year of Prior
Alexander.
Receipts—
“Pro albell ” (= abele, white poplar), 8s. 8d.—for timber, 6s. 8d.—“pro
crabdractis and ok ” (? crab draughts, cartloads of crab-trees and
oak), 3s. pd.—“pro tasles,” 6s. 8d.—“pro star” (= sedge) and reed,
i6d.—“prolillys” (— lilies), Jd.—for the small garden, 8d.—for the
meadow demised, 37s. 8d.—sum of Receipts, -£10. 3s. pd.
Expenses—
Arrears, 5ps. 4d.—seed of onion bought, I2d.—for nails and keys, 6d,—
tenths of the Lord the King, i|d.—gloves, yd.—“Pro tribul ”
(=rake), spades, &c., 3s. pjd.—for O O of the gardener, 26s. 8d.—
stipends of the servants : To one of them, 165., to the other of them
15s. 2d.—for their tunics, 8s. iod.—on the day of the account, I2d.
Sum of the expenses, ff>. 8s. 6d.—with the arrears, £11. ys. iod.
The expenses exceed the receipts, 24s. id.
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gard,” 2s. 6d.—Sum, 20s. 2d.—Sum of all the expenses, £10. 18s. ifd.,
so the receipt exceeds the expenses, £6. 17s. ujd.
a.d. 1402. Account of brother Thomas Rughton of the office of gardener,
22nd year of Prior Alexander, Michaelmas to Hilary.
Receipts—
Excess of the account of the year preceding, 43s. rod.—for pears and nuts
(“ avelanis ”), 4s. 4d.—for apples, i6d.—-for herbage, 13d.—for dry
trees, 18s. 3d.—“pro faggots and Astel” (— shavings'), us. 3d.—for
willows, pd.—for plants of herbs, 2s. 3d.—for cock and hens, i8d.—for
onions, 3s. iod.—for osiers, 3s. 4d.~for leeks, 6d.—for “ tasel”
(—teasel), 5s. iod.—for trees sold to the Master of the Cellar, 35s. 4d.
—for “ lawyr of crabthorn” and other things sold to the Master of
the Cellar, 35s. 4d.—“ pro lawyr of wythis,” iod.—Sum, £4. 18s. yd.
—Sum total of the receipts, £y. 2s. 3d.
Expenses—
First for rushes and carriage of the same, 5s.—-for garlick and onions,
2s.—for mustard seed, 8s. 6jd.—for beans, 3d.—for planting beans,
I2d.—for parchment, 3d. In stipends of the servants to one of them,
ios. 6d.—to the other of them, 10s.—for their “tunics,” 8s.—to the
labourers in the garden, 2s. 4d.—to other labourers about “tasel,”
3s. 3d.—to the scholars of Oxford, i8d.—in the presence of the Lord
Prior for small things and other recreations, 2s. 6d.—for milk for the
convent, 2s. 2d.—to the cellarer for knives, 2s.—in oblations at
Christmas, 3s.—for the boots of the gardener, 13d.—for spades,
shovels and other utensils, 133d.—in gifts, 6d.
Sum of all expenses, £3. 8s. id.
And so the receipts exceed the expenses, £3. 14s. 4d.
a.d. 1403. Extract from the account of brother Thomas de Corpsty,
Michaelmas, 5th year of Henry IV., to the same feast in the 23rd year of Prior
Alexander.
Receipts—
“Pro albell ” (= abele, white poplar), 8s. 8d.—for timber, 6s. 8d.—“pro
crabdractis and ok ” (? crab draughts, cartloads of crab-trees and
oak), 3s. pd.—“pro tasles,” 6s. 8d.—“pro star” (= sedge) and reed,
i6d.—“prolillys” (— lilies), Jd.—for the small garden, 8d.—for the
meadow demised, 37s. 8d.—sum of Receipts, -£10. 3s. pd.
Expenses—
Arrears, 5ps. 4d.—seed of onion bought, I2d.—for nails and keys, 6d,—
tenths of the Lord the King, i|d.—gloves, yd.—“Pro tribul ”
(=rake), spades, &c., 3s. pjd.—for O O of the gardener, 26s. 8d.—
stipends of the servants : To one of them, 165., to the other of them
15s. 2d.—for their tunics, 8s. iod.—on the day of the account, I2d.
Sum of the expenses, ff>. 8s. 6d.—with the arrears, £11. ys. iod.
The expenses exceed the receipts, 24s. id.