346 The Customs of Four Manors of the Ahhcy of Lacoek. 



(39) This probably refers to the " mhoc," or land specially 

 enclosed for intenser cultivation. Land in the "inhoke" is 

 frequently mentioned in the Lacoek luediteval deeds. 



(40) The " furca " seems to have been used in some way for 

 the preparation of the " summa," or bundle. 



{4i) For an illustration of gloves in use in reaping see the 

 illustrated edition of Green's Short History of the English People, 

 p. 474. 



(4-2) Usque horam tercimn must surely mean 3 p.m., for three 

 hours' work seems less than would be required. 



(4'j) I have ventured to suggest " spade " as the equivalent of 

 scrohe, though " ditch " is the usual meaning given to it. The 

 context here appears to require some kind of implement. 



{44) Probably the first choice went to the bailiff: and so also 

 in the cases mentioned below. 



(4^5) The Latin is " huhulcus," as I read it, which means " neat- 

 herd," but as the context has reference to swine only, I would 

 suggest that there is a slip of the pen for " sul)ulcus," swineherd. 



(.^6') I can suggest no satisfactory exi>lanation of this word 

 [evesuri), which seems to be clearly written. It is vot " cerevisie " 

 (beer money), as has been suggested. 



(47) Tercio sahhati. 1 sup})ose tliat this means Tuesday, but 

 the form is unusual. The word might Ijc expanded " tercio sabatto" 

 meaning "on the third Saturday," Ijut a few lines al)ove we have 

 iiij°'' sabb'i " clearly written. 



(48) Album, the " white " of a cow, as I believe is still said in 

 Wilts, cf. " le blank dun vache," of Walter de Henley. 



(49) Quidquid vitulus rcvuiHii. The meaning must be " leaves," 

 though the Latin is anything Ijut Ciceronian. 



(50) Ut jacuit ab mitiquo, " as [the custom] has lain from of old." 



(51) August loth. The " double " feasts were the holy-days of 

 greater importance. 



(52) Richard the fisher's tenure is a kind of modified " Monday- 

 land." 



