By the Rev. W. G. Clark- Maxwell, F.S.A. 



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other returning, at his own charges. Further he is bound to give at three 

 terms of the year two pence (37) and at Michaelmas one penny half-penny. 

 Further if he shall thresh corn, the maid who cleans the corn shall have 

 the straw under her sheet from the abbess' barn. If he carries corn from one 

 place to another he shall carry half-a-quarter of winter-corn, six bushels of 

 oats. Further if he thresh wheat, he shall thresh half a vat (38) ; if barley, 

 the same ; if oats, one full vat ; if beans, the same. Further, if he fence 

 round (32) the enclosure or corn, he shall have as much of the old hedge as 

 he can lift with his " byl." Further if he gather [osier] rods he shall have 

 five rods and the stick which is called Wreth-sca*ff, and he shall make two 

 bundles of the rods which shall be gathered on this side of the river [Avon] . 

 Further he is bound to make two bundles of the thorns which grow beyond 

 the river, and three which grow on this side of the river, and he shall have 

 the fork (40) and the rope with which the bundle is tied. Further if he reaps, 

 he shall reap a half-acre before dinner, and half a half-acre after dinner, and 

 he shall receive thence as much as he can hold between his two gloves (41). 

 Further if he mows the meadows, he shall come thither on a horse or a mare, 

 and shall mow till the third hour (42). Further he shall pay church-shot, 

 if he is married, he shall pay two bushels of wheat, if he has no wife, one 

 bushel. Further if he ditches on level ground, he shall do one perch of four 

 feet in depth and five feet wide ; if he is renewing an old ditch, he shall lift 

 and clean as much as he can twice reach in depth with his spade (43), and 

 thus shall he do one perch and a half. Further if he spreads manure, he shall 

 spread one line on a half-acre. Further if he shall plough, he shall plough a 

 half-acre, and seek seed at the court, and sow it, and cover it with a harrow. 

 Further if it be that he does not work, he shall give five shillings for his work, 

 and yet shall do the autumn work. Further if he is made reeve, he shall 

 have four oxen with the lady's oxen, and a horse or mare, and two parts of 

 meadow, one in Kudinge, and the other in Aldecrofte. Besides this he shall 

 have his meals, whenever the lord or the lady comes unto the town. He 

 shall also be at the lady's table from Midsummer till Michaelmas, and he shall 

 have the inside of the best ox but one (44) at Martinmas. 



Kalph the smith, Ralph King, Walter King, shall do all the aforesaid 

 customs, and receive whatever the aforesaid Ralph de labroc is to receive, 



Cotesetl. Now we will speak of those who are called cotsetV, whose names 

 are these : Reginald Withberd, Martin upehulle, John le Neet, larjgeman, 

 Godefray parax, John de la Hele, Hugh the tailor, William Trug, Ralph 

 prodome, Robert prodome, Richard uppehulle, Walter uppehulle. If any of 

 these be swineherd, (45) he shall have the plough of the lady on the fourth 

 day of the week. Further at the year's end he shall have the second best 

 porker. Further he shall receive at Martinmas from the second best pig the 

 whole residue ; that is, whatever comes from it except the ham. If he goes 

 outside the town with his swine, he shall receive one pig for journey -money (46), 

 Besides he shall receive half-a-quarter of wheat. 



If he be cowherd, he shall have the lady's plough on the third day of the 

 week. (47) He shall have the milk (48) of one heifer for fifteen days, whatever 

 the calf leaves. (49) And the milk of one cow for eight days, whatever the 

 calf leaves. Further he shall have his cow among the lady's cows and a calf 



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