212 THE CERNE CARTULARY. 



If corn shall be sold for 3s. 6d., white bread ought to weigh 

 42s., and wholemeal bread 52s. And six gallons of good beer for 

 id. 



If corn shall be sold for 2s. 6d., white bread ought to weigh 

 54s., and wholemeal bread 72s. And eight gallons of good beer 

 for id. 



If corn shall be sold for 2s. white bread ought .... 

 [end of f. 18 3.] 



[ff 19a— 23a contain a prayer of S. Augustine, of which no copy has been 

 taken.]. 



In the 33rd year of the reign of King Henry, son of King John 

 on the Tuesday next before the feast of Saint Margaret the 

 itinerant justices of our Lord the King came to Sherborne, 

 namely, Lord Roger de Turkeley, Gilbert de Preston, and John 

 Cobham, and there sat till the Sunday next after the feast of S. 

 Mary Magdalene. And before them there a plea was moved 

 between John of Caux Prior of St. Swithin of Winchester 

 plaintiff and Lord Richard de Siwell Abbot of Cerne defendant 

 concerning a carucate of land with its appurtenances in 

 Melcombe and the said Abbot put himself upon the great assise 

 and the great assise passed in favour of the said Abbot there at 

 Sherborne in the presence of the aforesaid justices, and the said 

 land with its appurtenances was adjudged to the said abbot and 

 his successors for ever. Now the names of the knights who 

 were in the said assise were as follows, Adam Gerard, Geoffrey 

 of Wermwelle, William de Boys, Philip Germain, William of 

 Salisbury, Laurence the son of Robert, Adam of Wootton, 

 Robert Chantmerle, Robert of Godmanstone, William of Paris (?), 

 Richard of Langford. Moreover at the same time before the 

 aforesaid justices at Sherborne a plea was moved between the 

 aforesaid abbot of Cerne as plaintiff and William de Stokes 

 defendant concerning 1 2 acres of land with the appurtenances in 

 Garston which is near Winterbourne of the same William. At 

 last leave to settle was sought and obtained from the justices and 



