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hundred nuts for is., were brought from Paris. Henry was 

 journe3-ing towards Enghmd, and at each phice, " Arenes," 

 " Abeville/" "Gart,"' and " Bolone," he was supphed with 

 large quantities of fruit iVoni Paris daily. On April 27th he 

 was at Dover, anel the apples, pears and nuts were still 

 supplied daih' until he reached London.* From a similar 

 document for the 3'ear 1292-3, of which the following are extracts, 

 the names of several other sorts of pears can be gathered. f 



Memorandum that John the Yeoman of Nicholas the Fruiterer on Tuesday 

 next before the feast of All [Saints ?] led a certain horse-load of fruit 

 from Cambhus, where the ship .... to the Castle of Berwyk. First 

 900 " Calluewcll " pears, price of the hundred 4s. [and with] the same 

 load 500 "pas puccll,'' price of the hundred 2s. In paner (paniers?) 

 and cords 8d. In the hire of the horse and expenses of the same and 

 of one man for four days 3s. 6d. Also on Wednesday next before the 

 feast of Saint Edmund the king from the town of Berwyk to [the 

 [Castle] 700 Regul' pears, price of the hundred 3s. — also 300 costard 

 apples, price of the hundred iid In porterage 5 d. 



Sent to the Lord the King at Bernwcll, on Monday next after Palm Sunday, 

 800 and a-half of Regul' pears, price of the hundred lod. also qoo 

 apples, price of the hundred 3d. Also 1200 " Chasteyns " [price] of 

 the hundred 2d. In paniers and cords 6d. In the hire of one horse 

 and expenses of the same, and of one groom going and returning 

 2s. id. sum 13s. I id. proved 



Sent to the Lord the King by Stephen Mewe on Friday after the Lord's 

 Epiphany, 1700 Regul' pears, price of the hundred lod. Also 1400 

 and a-half of " Martin " pears, price of the hundred 8d. Also 700, 

 price of the hundred 3d. . . . 



Sent to the Lord the Kmg in the North parts, 4500 " dieyes" (or dreyes ?) 

 pears, price of the hundred 3d. also 1200 " sorell " pears. . . . 



Sent to the Lord the King at York . . . 6000 " gold knopes " pears, price 

 of the hundred 2d. also 5000 " Chyrfoll" pears. . . . 



The fruit was supplied to Edward I. at Newcastle, York, 

 Pontefract, Berwick, and various places in the North. This date 

 was the commencement of the wars with Scotland, at the time 

 of Bruce and Baliol, when Edward held his parliament at 



* " Item le VIme iour de May a la Tour de Londres pour iic. de poumes 

 lis. esterlins et pour ic. de poires ii s. esterlins et pour iii c. de nois vid. 

 esterlins." — Exchequer O.R. Miscellanea, -ij-y. 



t Extract from Exchequer. Treasury of the Receipt Miscellanea, |f. 

 20-21 Edward I. 



