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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Oct. 6. 1855. 



from the Exchequer records of that country, 

 upon which are to be found many enrolments 

 calculated to throw much light upon the value of 

 land, houses, and various kinds of merchandise 

 and chattel property, from the time of Edward I. 

 to a recent period. By the following entries it 

 would appear that but little change took place in 

 the cost of oxen, cows, sheep, and pigs, between 

 the 8th of Edward II. and the 3rd of Henry V. 

 The affrus, or bullock, which is valued, anno 

 8 Edward II., at two shillings, is appraised at the 

 same price anno 3 Hen. V. ; and the sheep appear 

 to have been of less value in the latter than in 

 the former reign, being appraised at fourpence 

 instead of sixpence each. Peas and beans appear 

 to hav^ been cultivated to a great extent in Ire- 

 land at this early period of time, and were sent to 

 Scotland in large quantities, together with wheat, 

 oats, wine, and salt, during the wars between that 

 country and England, the port at which they were 

 received by the king's receptores stauri being that 

 of Skymburness. It would appear also by these 

 entries that peas and beans were then put into 

 stacks in the same way as hay, wheat, and oats 

 ■were preserved. By the first entry it is shown 

 that the price of gold in Ireland in the year 

 1261-2 was ten shillings an ounce : 



"Alexander Bard reddit compotus de 13Z. lis. 8d., de 

 ' 50 uncias auri, precii unciae, 10s." — Pipe Roll, 46 Hen. III., 

 CO. Limerick. 



By the Memoranda Roll of the 8th Edward II., 

 it appears that Richard de Clare's chattel pro- 

 perty then consisted of (amongst other things) 

 " xiij affros in scabie," worth 2*. each ; " xxxj 

 capita equicij," worth half a mark each ; twenty- 

 eight sheep, worth Qd. each ; six lambs, worth 4c?. 

 each ; " tria peria ferrorum arratri," worth 3s. ; 

 sixty-four acres . of wheat, worth 4*. each ; 

 sixty-seven acres of oats, worth 4s. each; 

 and three acres " hasti," worth 4s. each. {Rot. 

 Mem., 8 Edw. II., mem. 12.) Amongst the goods 

 of Sir Walter le Bret, in the county of Tipperary, 

 I find that his " affros " are valued at 5s. each ; 

 his " boves " at half a mai'k each ; " septem cigni 

 precij cujuslibet x\d., sex pavones precij cujus- 

 libet, xijc/.;" the "vestura" of seventy-eight acres 

 of wheat at 9s. each ; two acres " ordei " at the 

 same price ; two acres of beans, " fabarum," at 

 5s. an acre ; nine acres of peas (pis'), at 7s. an 

 acre ; and the vesture of sixty-eight acres of oats, 

 at 5s. an acre. (Rot. Mem., 8 Edward II., mem- 

 brane 12.) 



Amongst the chattel property of John de Bone- 

 ville, anno 8 Edward II., I find " vij bobus et una 

 vacca," worth 5s. each ; " quatuor affros," worth 

 one mark ; five score of sheep (oves), worth 50s. ; 

 twenty-four pigs, worth 12s. ; the " vestura " of 

 fifty acres of land sown with wheat, worth 4s. an 

 acre ; the "vestura" of three acres of land sown 

 with oats, worth 9s. ; " uno affro," worth half a 



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mark ; " uno juvenco," worth 40d. ; " duobus 

 paribus ferrorum caruc'," worth 2s. ; "una patena 

 lavatoria et una pelvi," worth 5s. ; and " duobus 

 affris," worth 10s. (Memoranda Roll, 8 Edw. II,, 

 membrane 21.) 



The chattel property of Master Walter de Is- 

 telep, the Treasurer of Ireland, which was depo- 

 sited in the Sanctuary of Swerdes, in the county 

 of Dublin, in the 19 Edward II., was found to 

 consist of, — 

 " 2 bullocks for carts (carectis), each worth 12s. 



4 bullocks for cars (caructis), each - - 6s. 



2 oxen, each - - - - - -Ja mark 



A cow and a calf - - - - - J a mark 



A heifer (juvenca) - - - - J a mark 



36 sows and little pigs, each - - - Hd. 



40 hoggesters, each - - - - 8d. 



3 iron-bound carts, one worth - - 18s. 

 Another ------ lOs. 



The third - - - - - -Ja mark 



2 swans - - - - - - ^ a mark 



3 peacocks andl7 peahens, each - - 12d. 



4 stacks of wheat of 40 crannocks, each 

 crannock 4s. - - - - -'4$. Id. 



2 stacks of wheat of 16 crannocks - - same price 



3 stacks of oats of 30 crannocks, each 

 crannock ------ 3s. 



3 small stacks of oats of 15 crannocks - same price 

 Unum supm' of oats of 4 crannocks - same price 

 2 supm' of barley (ordei) of 8 crannocks, 



each crannock ----- 40c?. 



1 stack of beans and peas, consisting of 3 

 crannocks of beans, each worth iOd., 

 and 3 crannocks of peas, each worth 3s. 



2 stacks of hay, one worth 20s., and the 

 other 10s. 



1 colt (pullu de equit') - - - - 3s. 

 1 iron cap (capellam ferri) - - - 3s. 

 A brass pot ------ 4s. 



1 patell' 15d. 



A small brass pot ----- 6d. 

 1 pelium - - - - - - 2s. 6d. 



5 stone of hemp (petr' canabi), each - 5d. 



4 pecks of hemp seed - - - - 9d. 

 Porr' in gardino ----- 18d. 

 Turb' pro focali (turf for fires) - - 3s. 



A table 40d. 



30 acres of wheat, each - - - - os. 

 1 acre of beans ----- 40<i. 



1 acre of peas ----- 3s." 



It was found by an inquisition taken in the 

 early part of Edward III.'s reign, that one Thomas 

 of Fynglas, cepit et elongavit Falconem gentilem, 

 belonging to the treasurer, which was valued at 

 ten marks. (Rot. Mem., 5 & 6 Edward III., 

 mem. 20., dorso.) 



In the ninth year of Edward III. (Rot. Mem., 

 9 Edw. III., mem. 36.), the chattel property of 

 one of the Baggot family was found to consist 

 of — 

 "12 cows- - - - - price 4s. each 



10 boviculos 14rf. each 



A bull 2s. 6c?. 



27 pigs 6rf. each 



160 sheep (non lactiferos) - - - IQd. each 

 10 affros - - - - - - 3s. each 



2 horses 40*'- 



