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Anniversariis Abbatum, viz., Joh. Cotyngham/ Thome Molton,^ 

 Alani Nesse,^ Thome Spoffurth/ Thome Wrathell,^ Johannis 



Gyllyng/ Ricardi Growsse v''. 



Et in pane de lez Mayne dato in Anniversario Domini Thome 



Spofforth, et in die Sancte Anne quolibet die ij'. iiij*. 



Summa V. iiij'. 



Stipendia famulorum. Et in stipendio famulorum, viz., Rio! 

 Symson servientis officii^ pro termino Pasche et Michaelis xl*. 



Et in precio unius paris ocrearum dati eidem ex consuetu- 

 dine pro officio camerarii vj'. 



Et in stipendio Antonii Wynzett viij'. Magistri Scissorum" 

 pro termino Pasche et Michaelis infra tempus compoti cum con- 

 vencione^ facta cum eodem in grosso pro campanagio^" xxx'. iiij**. 

 et liberatura^^ v'. quam solebat habere in Refectorio . . xliij'. iiij^. 



Et pro filo albo et nigro empto per eundem hoc anno . . viij% 



Et in stipendio Johannis Wynzett pelliparii^^ a festo Michaelis 

 usque festum Pasche cum companagio etc. ut supra xx\ 



^ John Cotyngham -was chosen Abbot in 1438, having been Prior of the Monas- 

 tery. He died in 1464. 



* Or Thomas de Molton, a Monk of St. Mary's, elected Abbot in June 1331. 

 He died in 1359. 



3 A Monk of St. Mary's, the immediate predecessor of Thomas de Molton in the 

 Abbacy, which he held from 1313 to 1331. 



* Or Spofforth. Having been Abbot of St. Mar^s from the year 1405, he -was 

 chosen in 1422 Bishop of Hereford. He volvmtarily abdicated that See after ho 

 had held it 26 years. Ho was one of the Ambassadors sent by Hen. V. to the 

 Council of Constance. 



5 Or Thomas de "Warthill, elected in 1244, died 1258. 



* John do Gyllyng, first a Monk of St. Mary's, then Prior of the Cell of 

 Wetherall, and elected Abbot of St. Mary's in 1303. He died in 1313. 



' The Accountant's own servant, who assisted him in the duties of his office. 



8 Master of the tailors. 



^ " Cum convencione" must here mean, ' according to agreement.' 



'" Campanagium (or as it should be uniformly Avritten,) 'companagium' signifies, 

 ' all kinds of food eaten with bread.' 



•' Libcratura, whence our word 'livery,' generally denotes ' cloth delivered to 

 servants and retainers as part of their wages,' but the word is also used, as in this 

 instance, in a more extended sense, implying whatever was delivered to persons so 

 situated, whether clothing or food, in part of payment. {Saine) A. Wynzett 

 received for his wages 43'. 4''. of which S*. were paid in money ; the rest, according 

 to agreement, in food, a portion of which was supplied in the Refectory. 



'* The skinner. 



