26 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IX EXGLAXD. 



The entry runs thus : 



" And of logs. 8d. of pasture and herbage sold in the 

 vineyard and elsewhere in divers places in the summer. And 

 of 255. 3d. of fruit in two gardens and the vineyard, " besides 

 the grapes, with 21 gallons of verjuice sold. And of 10 

 for 9^ butts of wine sold, of the remainder of the preceding 

 year." 



From another passage in 1302 it appears that cherries were 

 the other fruit, besides the grapes, which grew in the vineyard,* 

 and also we find in the same year the charges for the livery 

 of the vine-dresser and the labourer under him, which was paid 

 for in corn.f 



The Bishops of Ely also had a vineyard attached to the 

 garden of " Ely Place," their house in Holborn, the site of 

 which the present " Vine Street " commemorates. The earliest 

 records of these gardens date from the reign of Edward III., and 

 they are preserved at Ely. They are most interesting from 

 the names of streets and houses in London mentioned in them, 

 some with gardens attached, J for which rent was paid to the 

 Bishop. But it is only in a few of the earliest ones that we find 

 any details of the garden or vineyard, for from the year 

 1379-80 to 1480-81, they were let at the yearly sum of 6os. 

 The rent of the garden alone was 2os. The accounts until the 

 year 1419 are preserved at Ely; the continuation from 1423 

 to 1483 are in the Record Office. Among the latter in the 

 time of Bishop John Morton, 20 to 21 Edward IV., we find 

 the garden is at last again in the Bishop's hands; the entry 

 states that there is no rent, " quod occupatur ad vsum domini 

 proprium hoc anno." 



The following is a translation of the earliest of the rolls at 

 Ely:- 



* " Of 2od. from cherries in the vineyard sold." 



f 20 March to 18 July 3<Dth Edward I. "Wheat and barley In the 

 livery of one ' vinitor ' during the same time, 2 qrs. I bus., he taking i quarter 

 for 8 weeks. In the livery of his ' garcio ' during the same time 6$ bushels 

 i peck taking i quarter for 20 weeks." 



1312. " In lez railes in gardino apud Faryndonesin." 



Ministers' Accounts, Bishops' Temporalities, -43". 



