THE OFFICE OF SENESCHAL 111 



The office of ploughmen. 



The ploughmen ought to be men of intelligence, - and 

 ought to know how to sow, and how to repair and mend 

 broken ploughs and harrows, and to till the land well, and 

 crop it rightly ; and they ought to know also how to yoke 

 and drive the oxen, without beating or hurting them, and 

 they ought to forage them well, and look well after the 

 forage that it be not stolen nor carried off ; and they ought 

 to keep them safely in meadows and several pastures, and 

 other beasts which are found therein they ought to 

 impound. And they and the keepers must make ditches 

 and build and remove the earth, and ditch it so that the 

 ground may dry and the water be drained. And they 

 must not flay any beast until some one has inspected it, 

 and inquired by what default it died. And they must 

 not carry fire into the byres for light, or to warm them- 

 selves, and have no candle there, or light unless it be in a 

 lantern, and for great need and peril. 



The office of waggoners. 



The waggoner ought to know his trade, to keep the 

 horses and curry them, and to load and carry without 

 danger to his horses, that they may not be overloaded or 

 overworked, or overdriven, or hurt, and he must know how 

 to mend his harness and the gear of the waggon. And the 

 bailiff and provost ought to see and know how many times 

 the waggoners can go in a day to carry marl or manure, or 

 hay or corn, or timber or firewood, without great stress ; 

 and as many times as they can go in a day, the waggoners 

 must answer for each day at the end of the week. No 

 waggoner or other shall cause a cart-horse or aver to be 

 flayn without inspection and the command of his superior, 

 until it be known why and for what default it died, as is 

 said above. And no waggoner shall carry fire or candle into 

 the stables, unless the candle be in a lantern, and this for 

 great need, and then it must be carried and watched by 



