36 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 



in their seventh year are known, and do not correspond with 

 the dates in this document. The first entry is for April 20th, 

 at " Pois," when six hundred apples, costing 12s., one hundred 

 pears of " S. Rule," for los., and five hundred nuts for 2s., were 

 brought from Paris. Henry was journeying towards England, 

 and at each place, " Arenes," " Abeville," " Gart," and 

 " Bolone," he was supplied with large quantities of fruit from 

 Paris daily. On April 27th he was at Dover, and the apples, 

 pears, and nuts were still supplied daily until he reached 

 London.^ From a similar document for the year 1292-93, of 

 which the following are extracts, the names of several other 

 sorts of pears can be gathered :^ 



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 " Calluewell " pears, price of 

 the hundred 4s. [and with] the same load 500 " pas pucell," 

 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 St. 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 i2d. . . . In porterage |d. 



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

 Sunday, 800 and a half of Regul' pears, price of the hundred 

 lod. also 900 apples, price of the hundred 3d. Also 1200 

 r " 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. iid. 

 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 King 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. . . . 



^ " Item le VIme iour de May a la Tour de Londres pour ii c. de 

 poumes ii s. csterlins et pour i c. de poires ii s. cstcrlins et pour iii c. do 

 nois vi d. esterlins " (Exchequer Q. R., Miscellanea, -^)- 



2 Extract from Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt Miscellanea, ||^, 

 20-21 Edward I. 



