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A. master plasterer was paid 4^. a-day, and his man S**. A 

 tiler and his man 6"^., on one occasion 10*^. A carpenter 6**. 



The mowing of an acre of grass-land cost 6^. ; the making of 

 the hay 6**. and the carting of it to the Monastery from Clifton 6^. 



The felling of two trees cost 4*^. ; the sawing of them 6^. ; and 

 the carting of them, in four cart loads from Deighton to the 

 Monastery, a distance of about five miles, 16"^. The price of 

 100 tiles was 3'. and of 1000 fagots 20'. 



A garment (tunica) given annually as a gratuity to the 

 Chamberlain, cost 6\ 8**. ; a pair of boots for the Chamberlain's 

 servant, 2\ ; linen for towels, 10*^. an ell. A lock and key cost 

 6^ One sort of nails, 2\ 6'^. a thousand, another 1'. 6*^., 

 another 12**. and one 10^. a hundred. A bridle cost Q''. A 

 gallon of oil for lamps, 12^. 



From this roll we gain little information concerning the price 

 of cattle. One horse was sold from the Monastery for 10'., and 

 another was purchased from one of the brethren for the Cham- 

 berlain's office for 12'. 



From the bills of fare at the obits provided by the Custos 

 Anniversariorum, we learn that the price of a capon was 6^., of 

 a joint (a leg or shoulder) of veal 3**., of a breast of mutton 3*^. 

 A turbot cost 6'*., a stick, or quarter of a hundred of eels 4"*., a 

 small pike 12^., 60 roaches 15**., 7 gallons of honey 16^. Pepper 

 cost 3^ a tb. Sanders 2\ a lb., raisins 4*^. a lb., and small 

 raisins, or currants 4''. a lb. The price of a gallon of red wine 

 was 12"*. 



Such lists of the members of religious houses as are contained 

 in the preceding roll, are not common ; they may be considered 

 therefore as forming a remarkable and interesting portion of this 

 document. More than half of the names are names of places, 

 chiefly in the county and neighbourhood of York ; " doubtless 

 the places of birth or of former residence of the party." It is 

 observeable that the particle " de " prefixed to the names of 

 place, in the earlier list copied from the annals of the Monastery, 

 is wholly dropped in these later lists. 



Many other names beside those of the brethren, occur in this 

 roll ; names of persons connected with the Monastery as servants. 



