MONASTIC GARDENING n 



Pensions and Contributions — 



In the O of the gardener, 26s. 8d. — in oblations of servants and 

 certain men of the Court, by favour, 2s. nd. — in alms, 2s. 2jd. 

 — to the Scholars of Oxford, 2s. — to the Sub-Prior for the 

 cloister, 2s. — to the cellarer for the cutting of herbs, 2s. — to the 

 Almoner for the tithe of the garden, 12s. — in one tenth to the 

 Lord the King, ijd. — to the Cardinals, £d. — in oblations and 

 " flaunis," 13d. ( =flaun —custards, or pancakes, at rogations) — 

 to the reapers of the Lord Prior, 6d. — to John de Leverington, 

 6ti. — to the Carpenter of John de Berney, 6ft. — to the "bos- 

 car " ( =woodman) of the Lord Bishop, 6d. — in gloves, 7s. — 

 sum, 60s 1 . Jd. 



Mowing and other things — 



In the mowing of the meadow for both crops and of the court and 

 paths, 3s. 5d. — in peas for pottage of the convent and servants, 

 3s. 3d. — in mustard seed, 3s. 3d. — in beans, 2s. 2d. — also in 

 beans and butter in the convent, I5d. — in cherries, 8Jd. — in 

 milk, i6d. — in forage, 12s. nd. — sum, 28s. 3jd. 



Weeding and Hiring — 



In weeding and " aids," 30s. 2d. — in the stipend of Ralph Brenetour 

 and others working upon the bank and cleaning the ditch in 

 the meadow for 12 days, 8s. — taking by the day, 8d. — in their 

 drinks and other expenses, i2d, — in the stipend for one car- 

 penter carving timber and mending other divers things, 2s. — 

 in one tiler roofing with tiles and doing other things, 3d. — 

 sum, 41s. 5d. — in " Pikerell " and roach for stock, 2s. 5d. — in 

 lard, tallow and candle, 8d. — in iron spades and fixing " bills," 

 3d. — in mending an " axes " and in one new " Hachet," 7d. — 

 in " skalerons " (? escallions =scalions —small onions), id. — In 

 dung, 3s. 3d. — in keys, 4|d. — in " Juncis " ( =rushes) for the 

 Infirmary, iod. — in 2 " tribul " (=sieves or rakes), 2 spades, 

 2 dung forks, new ironed, i2d. — in 1 scythe, id. — in " moles," 

 id. — in a wooden measure, 3jd. — in 2 " clayes " for the bank, 

 iod. — in the " dentation " of a scythe [handle], id. — in cord 

 (or string), id. — in one earthen pot, id. — 4350 tiles with car- 

 riage, 10s. 2d. — in pasture allowed from the Lord Bishop, that 

 is to say " le hundhill," 2s. 2d. — in three " limours cenonette " 

 (? whitewashes), nd. — given to the " raton " ( =rat-catcher), 

 id. — in parchment, id. — Sum, 24s. 5d. — in boots of the gar- 

 dener with repairs, 2s. 6d. — in wine sent to the Lord Prior and 

 given to the brethren with divers expenses made in blood 

 lettings and at St. Leonards at times, us. iojd.— -in divers 

 spices and almonds, 2s. 7^d. — in foreign expenses, 8d. — in 

 '* Wardecorgard," 2s. 6d. — Sum, 20s. 2d. — Sum of all the 

 expenses, £10 18s. ifd., so the receipt exceeds the expenses, 

 £6 17s. njd. 



