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the stipends of divers [men] working in the garden, as well for 

 the vines as for herbs, leeks, and other curtilages [and] for 

 carrying and spreading dung. And 5s. yd. in two bushels of beans 

 [and] seed of hemp, onions, and garlic bought for planting. And 

 22d. in the stipend[s] of [men] helping to make verjuice with salt 

 bought for the same. And 3s. 2»d. " in 2 insitis (= grafts) de Rule, 

 2 de Martin, 5 de Caloel, et 3 de pesse pucele," bought for planting. 

 And 2s. 6d. in mending the paling of the garden. And 44s. 4|d. 

 in one " kay " newly made for the support of the paling from the 

 stable to the north head of the greater ditch in the garden. And 

 8s. Did. in small fish, small frogs, and eels bought for the sustenance 

 of the pikes (luporum aquaticorum) . 27s. in loo "caloels," loo 

 " pesse puceles," 200 " Rules," 300 " Martyns," [and] 300 " quoynz," 

 bought and sent to the Earl at Ambr' (Amesbury, Wilts?) with 



the carriage of the same 17s. ojd. in 1500 onions [and] 



l| load of garlic bought and sent to Camford : and lis. in the 

 carriage of the same. 



Many of the pears mentioned in this and other accounts 

 appear to be of French origin. The ''caloel" occurs in 

 other places as " cailloel " for " caillou," a pebble, so called, 

 let us hope, from its shape and not from its hardness. The 

 "pesse," or "passe pucelle " is also evidently French. The 

 "S. Rule" pear was probably named after St. Regolo, or 

 Rule, who was Bishop of Aries, and first Bishop of Senlis. 

 Rochelle, in France, was celebrated for its pears, and one year 

 the Sheriffs of London imported some from thence to present 

 to Henry III. Further information regarding these varieties of 

 pears, and the prices paid for them, is to be gained from some 

 other most interesting documents preserved in the Record Office. 

 These papers are bills for the fruit bought for Henry III. and 

 Edward I. at different times. The earliest is probably for 

 the year 1223 ; the beginning of the document is missing, but 

 it is dated in the seventh year of some king unnamed. From 

 the internal evidence afforded by the names of places and 

 dates, it appears that Henry III. is the king. He was still a 

 minor, and his movements during the seventh year of his 

 reign are uncertain, but the itineraries of all the other 

 possible kings in their seventh year are known, and do not 

 correspond with the dates in this document. The first entry 

 is for April 20th, at " Pois," when six hundred apples, costing 

 I2S., one hundred pears of " S. Rule," for los., and five 



