THE COURT ROLLS OF BASLOW. DERBYSHIRE. 03 



meadow, and turn & cock & load hay in the aforesaid 

 meadows until all shall be carried with the aid of the cattle 

 of the natives, and the work shall be valued at ij*^ each. And 

 the lord shall give to the aforesaid natives xviij'' for the afore- 

 said mowing called ' Mathale ' (' Math' = viowing, d^ ^ ak') 

 " exciirialitate." And he shall carry the whole hay of the 

 said meadow unto the grange of the manor until all shall be 

 carried with the help of the aforesaid natives, the carts of the 

 lord assisting. And he shall 'pick' the whole of the said hay 

 on to the stack at tlie grange or elsewhere at the will of the 

 bailiffs, the other natives assisting. And he shall mow the 

 lord's meadow in Goseholm, and a piece of Bolandesmedewe 

 with the aid of the other natives : and the lord shall give the 

 mowers iij" for their mowing, because the said meadow of 

 Goseholm is outside the manor of Horlaston. And he shall 

 carry the whole of the aforesaid hay of Goseholm unto the 

 manor of Horlaston with the aid of the other natives, with 

 the help of the lord's carts. And he shall with the other 

 natives mow all the meadows which the lord will have for 

 store at the manor of Herlaston, as well within the demesne 

 as without, for a satisfactory and reasonable reward. And 

 he shall measure [mete?-) the whole growing corn of the lord 

 of the manor of Herlaston with the assistance of the other natives 

 without meat or drink at one price, called the Metebene 

 (? meat-boon). Assigned to each dish shall be ij loaves price 

 i'' and 3 white herrings price one halfpenny and sisezam to 

 drink : and the work of each shall be estimated at ij' vj. And 

 he shall bind together the whole of the straw or corn blade 

 with the aid of the natives into sheaves, and shall stack the 

 said sheaves in the field — and he will carry with the help of 

 the natives until all is gathered in during summer, the 

 lord's carts assisting. And he shall fork the blade* upon 

 * Blade — The straw having the corn in the ear 



" Sunt segetes, dum seminantur ; 

 messes, dum metuntur ; 

 friiges, dum fruunter ; 



blada dum in horreis triiurantur. (Lindewode.) 

 Certe apud priscus Saxones hiada seu blseda omneni fructum significat 



etiam arborum et vitis. \Spelmati.) 



