24 A HISTORY OF GARDEXIXG IX EXGLAXD. 



The entry runs thus : — 



" And of 109s. 8d. of pasture and herbage sold in the vineyard 

 and elsewhere in divers places in the summer. And of 25s. 3d. 

 of fruit in two gardens and the vineyard, " besides the grapes, 

 with 21 gallons of verjuice sold. And of ^10 for gl 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, " Ely Place," of 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 60s. 



The rent of the garden alone was 20s. 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 the earliest of the rolls at EI3' : — 

 Account of Adam Vynour, gardener ("ortolani") of the Lord Bishop of Ely, 

 m his Manor of Holbourne, and collector of the rents, belonging to the said 

 manor, from Michaelmas in the 46th to 7th June in the 47 year of Edward III. 



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



f 20 March to 18 July— 30th 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 ' garcionis ' during the same time 6i bushels 

 I peck taking i quarter for 20 weeks." 



+ 131 



" In lez railes in gardino apud Faryndonesin." 



§ Ministers' Accounts, Bishops' Temporalities, J-^-g-' 



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