10 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND. 



apples &■ pears, 13s. 4id. — of " Sandice " (Smidal ivood?), 5s. 6d. — 

 of eggs, 14s. — of "hempsede," id.— of wax, gs. /d. — of "forage," 2s. — 

 of " lapp," 3s. 



Sum of receipts, ^8. 19s. 6d. 



Of I cow, 3 bullocks, 27s. — of calves, 8s. 2d. — of milk, 65s. gd. — of the farm 

 of I cow demised to farm, 2s. — sum, 102s. iid. 



Sum of whole receipts, ^^'17. 16s. i jd. 

 Expenses — 



In the wages of servants, 13s. — in their stipends, los. — in the wages of 

 the "garclonem," 14s. iid.— in stipends, 2s. — also given to the same 

 of favour, 20s.— given to a certain " pageto " by the year, 2s. 3d. 

 Pensions (ind Coitfribiifions — 



In the O of the gardener, 26s. 8d.---in oblations of servants and certain 

 men of the Court, by favour, 2s. iid. — 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, 12s. — in one tenth to the Lord the King, i^d. — to the 

 Cardinals, ^d. — in oblations and "fiaunis," 13d. (^=flain! = c/isfards, 

 or pajicakes, 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 " (= ivoodinaii) of the Lord Bishop, 6d. — in gloves, 7s. 

 — sum, 60s. \d. 

 Mo-ii.'ii/gs and other things — 



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

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

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

 the convent, I5d. — in cherries, S^d. — in milk, i6d. — in forage, 12s. lid. 

 — sum, 28s. 3id. 

 Weeding and Hiring — 



In weeding and "aids," 30s. 2d. — in the stipend of Ralph Brenetour and 

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

 for 12 davs, 8s. — taking bv 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, 41s. 5d. — in " Pikcrcll " 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" {? escaUions=scalio)is— small onions), 

 id. — In clung, 3s. 3d. — in kevs, 4id. — in " Juncis " (^rushes) for the 

 Infirmary, lod. — in 2 "tribal" (^^ sieves or rakes), 2 spades, 2 dung 

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

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

 "dentation" of a scvthe Thandle], 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 " i f ivhitewashers), i id. — given to the 

 " raton " (^rat-catcher), id. — in parchment, id. — Sum, 24s. 5d. — in 

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



