SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY 



Nothing comparable to these conditions is revealed in the Tedding- 

 ton manor accounts for the years after the plague. 73 There is no account 

 for the years 13479, but as there is a gap in the series from 13 & 14 till 

 23 & 24 Edward III, it does not by any means follow that the account 

 was not kept in those years. In the account for the year, Michaelmas 1 349 

 to Michaelmas 1350, five custumers out of fifteen are reported as dead, 

 and evidently left no heirs, for their holdings remain in the lord's hands 

 and an allowance is made for their share of services. The number of 

 hesebonders decreases in this year from fifteen to nine, but it is not stated 

 that they are dead. There is also a decrease from five or six to only three 

 and a half in the plough-teams owned by the tenants, as if they were 

 not so well off. So far as we can see the manor was in its usual working 

 order; tallage i I3J. zd. was paid in full, and all the works, with 

 the exception of those of the five dead tenants, are rendered as due. 

 Nevertheless, as may be seen from the following table, the profits of 

 the manor show a decrease of over 11 compared with those realized 

 in 1339-40 (from 13 iSs. $d. to 2 2J. 8j</.), and of 9 compared 

 with the average of all the preceding years on record. The profits of 

 the manor of Paddington for the same year 74 are very small, 2 3^. 



YEARLY PROFITS OF THE MANOR OF TEDDINGTON 



but as we only possess this one compotus for the manor, there are no 

 figures for comparison. There are three holdings in the lord's hand at 

 Paddington, no reason being given, and it is remarked in accounting for 

 the servants' expenses at Christmas and Easter that there were fewer 



n P.R.O. Mins. Accts. 23-26 Edw. Ill, bdle. 918, Nos. 22-24. 

 Ji Ibid. 23 & 24 Edw. Ill, bdle. 917, No. 25. 



79 



