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was also a payment to Agnes, the laundress, of twelvepence ; and 

 there was an outlay of sevenpence, p'O trihus urinalibus for the use of 

 the king ; there is another entry, pro urinalibus et chassiis ad urinalia 

 imponendi. An entry a little later, not specially relating to 

 Bath, but giving an idea of what must have been the case, accounts 

 for fifty-five stable boys who had between them six shillings and 

 fourpence per day, and sixty-two horses costing for foriige, hay, 

 corn, and shoeing for the night, sixteen shillings and fourpence 

 halfpenny. Six carters divided twelvepence per day, and fifteen 

 horses consumed sixteen bushels of oats ; the charge for a night's 

 livery, hay, oats, forage, lights and litter, being three shillings 

 and twopence. 



In 1213, March 13th, John was again at Bath, but the expen- 

 diture is only briefly recorded. Five shillings were paid for fowl 

 for the falcons, and five pounds were given between the head 

 falconer and his associates. A day or two later the falconers were 

 paid ten marcs for flying their birds. Eighty tonells of wine were 

 obtained from Bristol, thirty-seven at 26/-, and forty-three at 24/-* 



This roll is unique, and of extreme interest ; no other record 

 affords such minute information, even down to the loss of five 

 shillings when the king played at " Tables." To dwell too long 

 on it would be out of place, yet, besides the insight into prices, the 

 picture is ever curious, with the cavalcade, the incessant move- 

 ment, usually twenty or thirty miles a day ; the hounds and 

 huntsmen ; ihe falconers and falcons ; then the preparation in 

 advance, and the hubbub and arrival of the party in the little — 

 very httle city. 



In 1216, John was again at Bath, and for the last time. Going 

 from Bristol to Hinton, then to Sherbourn, he was at Wells, 

 27th August ; Bath, 28th ; Bradford, 29th ; and Chippenham, 

 1st September. t There is no record of the expenditure. 



In 1223, Henry III. apparently had an intention to visit the west, 



* Kotulua Misse, 14 John. t Close, 18 John. 



