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yere in auginentac' of his pencion as long as he wolde s'ue 

 tlie sayd eure. Who nowe refusith to s'ue the same eure 

 for soe small a stipend." The reader will remember in 

 explanation of thls note the memorandum appended to 

 the list of the Canons' pensions at the period of the dis- 

 solution, already given in a preyious page. Lower down 

 on the same margin the very natural query appears " No^ 

 Who shall s'ue the eure here (?)" 



Similar tithes of the Chapel of Staplegrove, deducting 

 vj"for the stipend of the Chaplain there; amounting to. . xl» 



The whole amounting to . . . . xj" xij^ x]^ 



7. The Eectory of Pytmyster, with the Chapel of 

 Corff annexed to the same. 



Similar tithes of grain, wool, lambs, &c., amounting to 

 viij'i yjs yjjjd_ ^]^Q entry, however, is cancelled, as the 

 item had already figured in the Survey under No. 3. 



The sum total of the value as given by the return is 

 Ixxiij^' ix' vlj''. And the declarations of its authenticity, 

 eon-ectness, and force are appended : — " ex* p' ^Mathiam 

 Colteh[irste?]," "fiat diss' John Ogan, Rychard Eyche."* 



This aceount, though so eircumstantial in the description 

 of the localities, furnishes us with but little information on 

 the value of produee, stoek, wages, and other matters eon- 

 nected with the agriculture of that day or the history of 

 prices. The land near the Priory, however, seems to have 

 been estlmated at about an average rent of xiij'' per acre ; 

 while at Pitminster the average would appear to have 

 been somewhat less. 



We will now proceed to the summary of the " Ministers' 

 Accounts," which were compiled, as we have already re- 

 marked, from the foregoing Survey and other similar 

 returns : — 



* Monasteries' Paper Surveys, in Off. Rec. vol. Zb. 



