SOME SURREY MANORS 6^ 



there must have been the usual pasture in addition to keep the 

 following head of stock : 13 cows, who in the winter were 

 fed from the racks in the yard ; 4 calves, bought at is. 

 each ; 1 2 oxen for ploughing, whose food was oats and hay — 

 a very large number for ^6 acres of arable, and they were 

 probably used on another manor ; i stott, used for harrowing ; 

 a goat, and a sow. 



In 1382 the total receipts of this manor were . 

 The total expenses 



Profit 



Among the receipts were : — 



For the lord's plough, let to farmers (perhaps this 



accounts for the large team of oxen kept) 



14 bushels of apples 



5 loads of charcoal 



A cow 



Among the payments : — 



For keeping plough in repair, and the wages of a 



blacksmith, one year by agreement 

 Making a new plough from the lord's timber 



Mowing 2 acres of meadow 



Making and carrying hay of ditto, with help of 



lord's servants 



Threshing wheat, peas, and tares, per quarter . 



„ oats, per quarter 



Winnowing 3 quarters of corn .... 

 Cutting and binding wheat and oats, per acre . 



On the Manor of Dorking the harvest lasted five weeks as 

 a rule ; the fore feet only of oxen used for ploughing, and of 

 heifers used for harrowing, were shod. For washing and 

 shearing sheep 10^. a hundred was the price ; ploughing for 

 winter corn cost 6d. an acre, and harrowing ^. 30^ acres of 

 barley produced 41^ quarters ; 38 acres of oats produced 38^ 

 quarters ; 13 cows were let for the season at 5j-. each. In the 

 same reign, at Merstham, the demesne lands of i66§ acres 

 were let on lease with all the live and dead stock, which was 

 valued at ;^22 9^. 3^., and the rent was £^6 or about ^s. ^d. 

 an acre, an enormous price even including the stock. 



