26 A HISTORY OF GARDEXIXG IN ENGLAND. 



The entry runs thus : — 



" And of 109s. 8d. of pasture and herbage sold in the 

 vineyard and elsewhere in divers places in the summer. And 

 of 25s. 3d. of fruit in two gardens and the vineyard, " besides 

 the grapes, with 21 gallons of verjuice sold. And of /lo 

 for 9I butts of wine sold, of the remainder of the preceding 

 year." 



From another passage in 1302 it appears that cherries were 

 the other fruit, besides the grapes, which grew in the vineyard,* 

 and also we find in the same year the charges for the liver}- 

 of the vine-dresser and the labourer under him, which was paid 

 for in corn.t 



The Bishops of Ely also had a vineyard attached to the 

 garden of " Ely Place," their house in Holborn, the site of 

 which the present " Vine Street " commemorates. The earliest 

 records of these gardens date from the reign of Edward III., and 

 they are preserved at Ely. They are most interesting from 

 the names of streets and houses in London mentioned in them, 

 some with gardens attached,! for which rent was paid to the 

 Bishop. But it is only in a few of the earliest ones that we find 

 any details of the garden or vineyard, for from the year 

 1379-80 to 1480-81, they were let at the yearly sum of 60s. 

 The rent of the garden alone was 20s. The accounts until the 

 year 1419 are preserved at Ely ; the continuation from 1423 

 to 1483 are in the Record Office. § Among the latter in the 

 time of Bishop John Morton, 20 to 21 Edward IV., we find 

 the garden is at last again in the Bishop's hands ; the entry 

 states that there is no rent, " quod occupatur ad vsum domini 

 proprium hoc anno." 



The following: is a translation of the earliest of the rolls at 

 Ely:— 



'h 



* " Of 2od. from cherries in the vineyard sold." 



f 20 March to 18 Jul) — 30th Edward I. "Wheat and barley— In the 

 livery of one 'vinitor' during the same time, 2 qrs. i bus., he taking i quarter 

 for 8 weeks. In the livery of his ' garcio ' during the same time 6J bushels 

 I peck taking i quarter for 20 weeks." 



X 1312. " In lez railes in gardino apud Faryndonesin." 



§ Ministers' Accounts, Bishops' Temporalities, i-j^o'- 



