Mr. R. Embleton on Zoologica et Botanica. 219 



chests and bouffettis of Flanders work appear,* and in the 

 kitchen, a pair of quernes for miistard-f In 1446, occurs a 

 list of vessels and books for the Church, among which is a 

 book containing the Proverbs of Solomon with prologue, the 

 Text of the Book of Canticles, the Prophecies of Merlin, and 

 many other treatises in the same volume. J 



In 13T0, a payment is made of 18s. lOd. for the purchase 

 of an image for the Resurrection, another image of St. Blase, 

 with other works of the painter.§ 



The tenure by which the bondager held his lands may be 

 gathered from these Rolls. Every one who had a carrucate 

 of land, had to perform stated services of sowing, harrowing, 

 reaping, and the like. Under Simon, the first Prior, there 

 is an early example of the manumission of a bondager, who, 

 in time coming, was to hold his land free of all such services, 

 for which he was to pay a fixed yearly sum, with a fixed sum 

 for his forfeiture, marchet, and heriot. 



It appears from the Rolls, that the ploughland was not 

 always of the same extent. In Upper Ayton, the carrucate 

 contained 8 oxgates of 13 acres each. In Lower Ayton, 14 

 acres went to an oxgate, of which 8 still made a ploughland. 

 In Edenham, 10 acres made an oxgate. In Swynton, some 

 of the oxgates contained 13} acres, and others 11^ acres. 



In 1354, the wages of a servant (unius famuli) was 16s. 

 per annum, with a robe. 



In a deed relating to the excambion of part of Oldcambus 

 for part of Coldingham,|| witnessed by Patrick, Earl of Dun- 

 bar, reference is made to ten acres of ground in Coldingham 

 under culture of flowers, as part of the consideration. 



It does not appear that any part of the Church dedicated 

 in the time of Edgar now remains. The architectural style 

 of the existing building proves it to be of a later date. The 

 style is that of the transition from Romanesque to Early 

 English, showing it to have been erected towards the end of 

 the twelfth century. 



* P. Ixxv. f P. Ixxvi. X p. Ixxxiii. § P. Ixi. 



II North Durham, App., p. 100. lb., p. 4L 



Miscellanea Zoologica et Botanica. 

 By R. Embleton, Surgeon. 



Delphinium Ajacis ; Branching Larkspur. A single 

 specimen was collected in a field at Tuggall. 



MusTELA Martes ; Pine Martin. This is one of the 

 rarest of the weasel tribe ; and I cannot ascertain whether it 



