THE OFFICE OF SENESCHAL 91 



instruction about everything connected with his baillie, 

 unless it be an extraordinary matter, or of great danger ; 

 for a bailiff is worth little in time of need who knows 

 nothing, and has nothing in himself without the instruction 

 of another. The bailiff ought to rise every morning andf c or\s 

 survey the woods, corn, meadows, and pastures, and see V( 3 1 ' 

 what damage may have been done. And he ought to see 

 that the ploughs are yoked in the morning, and unyoked at 

 the right time, so that they may do their proper ploughing 

 every day, as much as they can and ought to do by the 

 measured perch. And he must cause the land to be marled, 

 folded, manured, improved, and amended as his knowledge 

 may approve, for the good and bettering of the manor. 

 He ought to see how many measured acres the boon-tenants "\ 

 and customary-tenants ought to plough yearly, and how 

 many the ploughs of the manor ought to till, and so he may 

 lessen the surplus of the cost. And he ought to see and " 

 know how many acres of meadow the customary-tenants 

 ought to mow and make, and how many acres of corn the 

 boon-tenants and customary-tenants ought to reap and 

 carry, and thereby he can see how many acres of meadow 

 remain to be mowed, and how many acres of corn remain 

 to be reaped for money, so that nothing shall be wrongfully 

 paid for. And he ought to forbid any provost or bedel or 

 hayward or any other servant of the manor to ride on, or 

 lend, or ill-treat the cart-horses or others. And he ought 

 to see that the horses and oxen and all the stock are well 

 kept, and that no other animals graze in, or eat their 

 pasture. 



The bailiff ought to be just in all points and in all his 

 doings, and he ought not, without warrant, to take fines 

 or relief from the land, nor enfranchise a woman without , 

 the seneschal, nor hold pleas touching fees or freehold or 

 franchise which turn to the loss of the lord. And he must 

 not remove or make a provost without the seneschal ; but 

 if he have trespassed or done wrong, let him be put in good 

 surety, he and his goods, to answer for his doings before 

 the seneschal. He must not in any wise bake or brew 



