NOTES FROM THE PIPE ROLLS OF KING HENRY THE SECOND. 135 



In 26 Henry II. the enclosing the park at Clipston cost ,£36, 

 and the works on the king's chamber at the castle of Nottingham 

 ^20. The same year there was spent 21s. 6d. for the birds 

 (aves) of the king and for one appenticium, and 12 great caldrons 

 with tripods which cost ^4 7s. od. 



Ten marks were spent 27 Henry II. in repairing Nottingham 

 bridge, and in 28 Henry II. the King's hall at Nottingham cost 

 ;£8o, the works on the gaol ^15, and 7s. 7d. upon the burgesses' 

 gaol at Nottingham : the whole expense thus given was £2 16 12s. 



In 6 Richard I., on that king's return from captivity, 

 ^22 16s. 6d. was spent on the stables at the castle of 

 Nottingham, upon the park, on the hall, on the buttery, on 

 the high chamber {lunarioritm, lunarii — serfs), on the windows 

 of the hall, on the postern, in the moat. 



AVe learn also the value of the goods and chattels of the period, 

 especially in a return respecting the estate of William de Heriz, 

 the lord of Winfield, who was a true Harcourt, and possibly in his 

 family will be found the ancestors of the Harcourts who came 

 into note in England about the time of King John. In 18 Henry 

 II. the Sheriff accounted for ^4 19s. 4d. for corn sold off the 

 land of this William in the previous year, and ^31 10s. for the 

 present year ; for 28 oxen and three affris, ^4 14s. ; for 400 

 sheep, £6 13s. 4d. ; for 15 ruscis, 10s. ; for five cows, 10s. ; and 

 for 20 scrophis and 3 verribus,* 15s. 4d. In 20 Henry II., 

 William de Heriz was restored to his estates on paying a fine of 

 100 marks. He seems to have died childless before 28 Henry II., 



* Affrus was a coarsely-bred farm horse, as opposed to the eqiuts, and was 

 usually half the price of the latter. 



Rusca, or ruscka, a term occasionally met with signifying apiarium, or 

 bee-hive, or perhaps more correctly the swarm-hive. 



Scropha and Verres, unusual terms of Norman-French origin only met with 

 in early chartularies or rolls, meaning respectively pig and boar. 



With these agricultural prices of the twelfth century it is interesting to 

 compare the prices of the next two centuries. 



About 1292 the average cost of the affrus or stott was 12s., and of the ox 

 10s. ; of cows, 8s. ; of sheep, is. 3d.; of pigs, 3s. 3d.; of boars, 4s. A hive 

 of bees were sold in 1281 for is. 6d. , and in 1328 for is. 8d. About 1282 the 

 average cost of the affrus was 21s., and of the ox 16s. ; of cows, us. 6d.; of 

 sheep, is. gd. ; whilst pigs were about the same price as a hundred years 

 before. — Ed. 



