^ro\Asrlc gardexixg. ii 



Prior and <^ivcn to the brethren with divers expenses made in blood 

 lettings and at St. Leonard's at times, lis. lo^d. — in divers spices 

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

 gard," 2s. 6d.— Sum, 20s. 2d. — Sum of all the expenses, ^"10. i8s. I'id.r 

 so the receipt exceeds the expenses, ^6. 17s. ii|d. 



A.D. 1402. Account of brother Thomas Rughton of the ofKce of gardener, 



22nd year of Prior Alexander, IMichaelmas to Hilar}-. 



Receipts — 



Excess of the account of the year preceding, 43s. lod.^for pears and nuts 

 (" avelanis "), 4s. 4d. — for apples, i6d. — for herbage, I5d. — for dry 

 trees, i8s. 3d. — "pro faggots and Astel " {=^ shavings), lis. 3d. — for 

 willows, cjd. — for plants of herbs, 2s. 3d.— -for cock and hens, iSd. — for 

 onions, 3s. lod. — for osiers, 3s. 4d.— for leeks, 6d.— for "tasel" 

 {^=: teasel), 5s. lod. — for trees sold to the Master of the Cellar, 35s. 4d. 

 — for " lawyr of crabthorn " and other things sold to the Master of 

 the Cellar, 35s. 4d. — " pro lawyr of wythis," lod. — Sum, ^4. iSs. /d. 

 — Sum total of the receipts, ^]. 2s. ^d. 



Expenses — 



First for rushes and carriage of the same, 5s. — for garlick and onions, 

 2s. — for mustard seed, 8s. 6id. — for beans, 3d. — for planting beans, 

 1 2d. — for parchment, 3d. In stipends of the servants to one of them, 

 ic)s. 6d. — to the other of them, los. — for their "tunics," 8s — to the 

 labourers in the garden, 2s. 4d. — to other labourers about "tasel," 

 3s. 5d. — to the scholars of Oxford, i8d. — in the presence of the Lord 

 Prior for small things and other recreations, 2s. 6d. — for milk for the 

 convent, 2s. 2d. — to the cellarer for knives, 2s. — in oblations at 

 Christmas, 3s. — for the boots of the gardener, i5d. — for spades, 

 shovels and other utensils, ij^d. — in gifts, 6d. 

 Sum of all expenses, £7,. Ss. id. 

 And so the receipts exceed the expenses, ^3. 14s. 4d, 



A.D. 1403. Extract from the account of brother Thomas de Corpsty, 



Michaelmas, 5th year of Henry I\'., to the same feast in the 23rd year of Prior 



Alexander. 



Receipts — 



"Pro albell " {^abele, iv/iite poplar). 8s. Sd.— for timber, 6s. 8d.— "pro 

 crabdractis and ok " (.'' crab draughts, cartloads of crab-trees and 

 oak), 3s. 9d. — " pro tasles," 6s. 8d. — '' pro " star (= sedge) and reed, 

 i6d. — "pro lillys" (^ lilies), id. — for the small garden, 8d. — for the 

 meadow demised, 37s. 8d. — sum of Receipts, ^'lo. 3s. gd. 



Expenses — 



Arrears, 595. 4d. — seed of onion bought, I2d. — for nails and keys, 6d. — 

 tenths of the Lord the King, i.^d. — gloves, 7d. — "Pro tribul " 

 (= rake), spades, Ike, 3s. 9M. — for O O of the gardener, 26s. 8d. — 

 stipends of the servants : To one of them, i6s., to the other of them 

 15s. 2d. — for their tunics, 8s. lod. — on the dav of the account, I2d. 



