By John Watson-Taylor. 



85 



Account of John de Weston from July 15th to Septemler \&th, 1809.' 



RECEIPTS. £ *. 



By sale of garden herbage 1 

 ,, ,, pasturage in Pudnell, 

 The Marsh, on the 

 Hill, and in the 

 Grove 

 ,, 1418J days services of 



customary tenants 5 

 ,, pleas and perquisites of 

 courts 



[iV^o^e.] — " For pasture 

 of 459 acres of land he 

 does not answer, because 

 no one has wished to hire 

 the said pasture as he says 

 nor of rent of tenants be- 

 cause no payment falls 

 within the said time as 

 he says." 



6 8 



7 6 



£5 17 4 



EXPENDITURE. £ «. d. 



To 56 acres fallowed, 10 



acres re-ploughed, by 



agreement @ 6'/. 1 13 8 



,, Stipend of carter with 



his cart and two horses 



drawing manure, 52 



days @ 3jrf. 15 2 



,, Expenses of 23 plough- 

 men fallowing 10 acres 



and re-ploughing 12 



acres 8 8 



,, Stipend of 1 ploughman 



and 1 driver ploughing, 



fallowing, and re- 

 ploughing demesne 



lands with oxen of 



John de Weston @ 9rf. 



per wk. each 12 



„ Stipend of a bailiff 57 



days @ 2d. 9 6 



,, Lime-washing grange, 



stables, and ox-sheds, 



with cost of lime 4 6 



Total £4 3 6 

 Balance due 1 1 3 10 



£5 17 4 



(In these accounts there is further proof that the customary 

 services could be redeemed, and the item on the receipt side shows 

 with what exactness the escheator carried out his duties, for from 

 the contents of the document following it can be calculated that 

 of the period during which the manor was under his charge the 

 maximum number of days the tenants could owe would be seven 

 days each up to August 1st, and twenty-eight days each for the 

 remainder of the time, and if all but half a day of the cottiers' dues 

 be added the number thus arrived at corresponds in days exactly 

 and in value very nearly with that given in the account. It is to 

 be presumed that the escheator held a court for the collection of 

 these payments, and gathered in at the same time a small sum in 

 fines for absence. On the expenditure side good management is 

 also shown in the fact that of the sixty-four days involved, every 



' Pipe Roll (173), 2 Edw. III., Ro. 33 dorso. 



