BEFORE AND AFTER THE PLAGUE. 6jl 



their tenure by the copyholders. The farm is that of two mills, 

 one a corn-mill, let at 1 ios. a-year, in quarterly payments 

 of \is. 6</., the other a fulling-mill, let at 135-. 4^., in quarterly 

 payments of 3*. 4^. The wheat sold amounts to ^27 iSs. 3^., 

 the drage to ^3 45-. 8*/., the malt to j^Pa 7*. n^., the stock 

 to 6 41. 8^., the exits of the manor to 2 os. ^\d. (this 

 head including commuted payments for customary labour), the 

 dairy j^i 9*. IT|^., the proceeds of the court 19*. 2^., and 

 four hides 17^. 4^. This account only contains the sale of 

 one petra of wool, the produce of the farm being eleven stones 

 each of 16 Ibs. The wool therefore is worth, at the price 

 realized from the single stone sold, ^2 ly. 4^., and the sum 

 is ^53 3*. 1 1*/. To these may be added 1 10*., the value 

 of five tuns of cider, and about 1 in provisions sent to the 

 college; making the total sum tfl 13^. nd. 



The expenses are as follows: Ploughs and their appli- 

 ances, ^i IDS. id.; carts, \ 13^.5^.; necessary expenses, 

 ^7 1 3 S * I 2^5 repairs, ^2, Js. 8^/. ; seed and other corn, . 

 \ i8/. id. ; stock, ^4 i$s. i\d.^ agricultural labour, ( 

 $ ijs. 10^. ; small payments, 15*. $%d. j extraordinary pay- 

 ments, including taxes, cost of entertaining servants of the 

 college, &c., ^2 i6s. $d. Total, ^27 7^. 5^., leaving a 

 balance of receipts ^30 6s. 5!^., the profits on the stock, 

 labour, and land for the whole year, including the ^4 los. 

 mentioned above. 



The land under cultivation is as follows: 87 acres of 

 wheat, 8 acres i rood of barley, 20 acres of drage, 10 acres 

 T rood of grey peas, 48 acres i rood of oats; and the seed 

 sown on this area is 26 quarters 5 bushels of wheat, 3 quarters 

 2 bushels of barley, 10 quarters of drage, 3! quarters of peas, 

 20 quarters of oats; that is, the wheat is worth 6 13^. \\d.^ 

 the barley 135-., the drage \ 6s. 8d., the peas 14*., the oats 

 ^2, these prices being taken from the November rates of 

 1332, in or near Cuxham itself. The breadth sown is 174 

 acres b . 



b The reader will find the produce of the seed sown, supra p. 38. 



