12 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND. 



Of i cow, 3 bullocks, 275. of calves, 8s. 2d. of milk, 655. gd of the farm 



of I cow demised to farm, 2s. sum, IO2S. lid. 

 Sum of whole receipts, 17. i6s. id. 



Expenses 



In the wages of servants, 135. in their stipends, IDS. in the wages of 

 the "garcionem," 145. nd. in stipends, 2s. also given to the same 

 of favour, 2os. given to a certain " pageto " by the year, 2s. 3d. 



Pensions and Contributions 



In the O of the gardener, 265. Sd. in oblations of servants and certain 

 men of the Court, by favour, 2s. lid. in alms, 2s. 2^d. to the 

 Scholars of Oxford, 2s. to the Sub-Prior for the cloister, 2s. to the 

 cellarer for the cutting of herbs, 2s. to the Almoner for the tithe of the 

 garden, I2s. in one tenth to the Lord the King, id. to the 

 Cardinals, d. in oblations and "flaunis," I3d. (=flaun = custards, 

 or pancakes, at rogations} to the reapers of the Lord Prior, 6d. to 

 John de Leverington, 6d. to the Carpenter of John de Berney, 6d. 

 to the " boscar " (== 'woodman) of the Lord Bishop, 6d. in gloves, 75. 

 sum, 6os. id. 



Mowings and other things 



In the mowing of the meadow for both crops and of the court and paths, 

 35. 5d. in peas for pottage of the convent and servants, 35. 3d. in 

 mustard seed, 35. 3d. in beans, 2s. 2d. also in beans and butter in 

 the convent, i$d. in cherries, 8d. in milk, i6d. in forage, 123. lid. 

 sum, 28s. 3d. 



Weeding and Hiring 



In weeding and " aids," 305. 2d. in the stipend of Ralph Brenetour and 

 others working upon the bank and cleaning the ditch in the meadow 

 for 12 days, 8s. taking by the day, 8d. in their drinks and other 

 expenses, I2d. in the stipend for one carpenter carving timber and 

 mending other divers things, 2s. in one tiler roofing with tiles and 

 doing other things, 3d. sum, 415. 5d. in " Pikerell " and roach for 

 stock, 2s. 5d. in lard, tallow and candle, 8d. in iron spades and 

 fixing " bills," 3d. in mending an " axes " and in one new 

 "Hachet," 7d. in "skalerons" (? escallions= scalions small onions), 

 id. In dung, 35. 3d. in keys, 4^d. in " Juncis " (= rushes) for the 

 Infirmary, lod. in 2 " tribul " ( = sieves or rakes), 2 spades, 2 dung 

 forks, new ironed, I2d. in i scythe, id. in "moles," id. in a 

 wooden measure, 3Jkl. in 2 " clayes " for the bank, lod. in the 

 " dentation " of a scythe [handle], id. in cord (or string), id. in 

 one earthen pot, id. 4350 tiles with carriage, los. 2d. in pasture 

 allowed from the Lord Bishop, that is to say " le hundhill," 2s. 2d. 

 in three " limours cenonette " (? whiteivashers), i id. given to the 

 " raton " (= rat-catcher), id. in parchment, id. Sum, 245. 5d. in 

 boots of the gardener with repairs, 2s. 6d. in wine sent to the Lord 

 Prior and given to the brethren with divers expenses made in blood 

 lettings and at St. Leonard's at times, us. iod. in divers spices 

 and almonds, 2s. 7^d. in foreign expenses, 8d. in " Wardecor- 



