20 



MEDIE VAL A GRIC UL TURE. 



to the bailiffs of the estates contained in the subjoined table 

 is, for the year 1333, j^ioo 115-. 9^.; for 1334, ^121 i/. 6\d.-^ 

 for 1335, ^120 135-. 3!^. ; for 1336, jgizo 45-. 3^. In the last 

 three years the amount of indebtedness is increased by the de- 

 ficiency in the accounts of the Elham officer. In 1337, the 

 debt due from this bailiff, which had stood for some time at 

 upwards of ^47, reached nearly ^62, and formed one of the 

 grounds of complaint embodied in the Scrutiny printed in 

 vol. ii. pp. 670-674. On the whole, however, apart from the 

 capital value of the stock, the society of Merton College were 

 constrained to leave at least a sixth part of their net income 

 in the hands of their farm agents. 



DEBITS. 



On an estate like that of Maldon, which, during the three 

 years contained in the subjoined account, cropped 273, 269. 3, 

 264, and 277. 2 acres and roods respectively, the capital 

 necessary for carrying on operations must have amounted to 

 upwards of j^ioo in money of that time. The corn used for 

 seed was, at the average price of corn, worth about ^19: 

 the live stock, from similar averages, must have reached about 

 and the dead stock would have been worth from 



