TAUNTON PRIORY. 



99 



Salaeies. 

 For the Salary of Sir Nicholas 

 "Wadara, Chief Steward of the 

 Possessions aforesaid ... cvj^ viij' 



For the Salary of Roger Yorke, 

 Sergeant at law and Steward 

 of the Manor of StafFordell 

 with its members under the 

 Conventual Seal ... ...iüj'' 



For the Salary of John Sooper, 

 Auditor of the Possessions 

 aforesaid 

 For the Salaries of divers officials, 

 bailiffs, or collectors of certain 

 rents, viz., Taunton Extra 

 Portam, Canon Street, StafFor- 

 dell, Föns Georgij, Gauldon, 

 and other places, viz., 

 George Speake 

 Eichard Grey 

 John Alford 

 Sum of the Allowances 

 And so now there remains clear after 



all deductions ... ... cciiij 



Ixvjs viij' 



Ixvj^ viij"^ 

 xP 



XXV 



Xix^' yS iJJjC 



clij" — ' 



^vj'^ viij^ 



The Tenth from thence 



xxviij" xij^ x"* ob' q'.* 



We have here a balance-sheet for every part of the pro- 

 perty, an exaet return of income and expenditure, giving 

 US without difficulty and at a single glance the proeeeds of 

 the several estates, the deductions to which they were 

 subject, and the surplus that, after all the issues were 



* Val. Eccl., vol. I., pp. 168, 169, 170. 



