346 The Customs of Four Manors of tin Abbe// of Lacoek. 



(>39) This probably refers to the "inhoc," or land specially 

 enclosed for intenser cultivation. Land in the " inhoke " is 

 frequently mentioned in the Lacock mediaeval deeds. 



(40) The "furca" seems to have been used in some way for 

 the preparation of the "summa," or bundle. 



(.'tl) For an illustration of gloves in use in reaping see the 

 illustrated edition of Green's Short History of the English P< <>/>/> , 

 p. 474. 



Usque horam terciam must surely mean 3 p.m., for three 

 hours' work seems less than would he required. 



(4$) I have ventured to suggesl "spade" as the equivalent of 

 scrobe, though "ditch" is the usual meaning given to it. The 

 context here appears to require some kind of implement. 



(44) Probably the first choice went to the bailiff: and so also 

 in the cases mentioned below. 



(J f ~>) The Latin is "bvbvlcus," as I read it. which means " neat- 

 herd," hut as the context has reference to swine only. 1 would 

 suggest that there is a slip of the pen for " subulcus," swineherd. 



(43) I can suggest no satisfactory explanation of this word 

 (evesuri), winch seems to he (dearly written. It is not " cere\ isie 

 (beer money), as has been suggested. 



(4?) Terdo sdbbati. 1 suppose that this means Tuesday, hut 

 the form is unusual. The word might he ex j >anded " tercio sahat to' 

 meaning "on the third Saturday," hut a few lines above we have 

 iii j" r sabb'i " clearly writ ten. 



(45) Album, the "white'' of a cow. as I believe is still said in 

 Wilts, cf. " le blank dun vache." of Walter de Henley. 



(49) Quubjnid ritnhts n unmet. The meaning mus1 be " leaves." 

 though the Latin is anything hut Ciceronian. 



(60) Ut jacwU rib antiquo, " as [the custom] has lam From of old. 



(61) A.UgU8t loth. The •• double " feasts were the holy-i lays of 

 greater importance. 



(,'7'j) Uichard t he fishers tenure is a kind of modified " Monday- 

 land." 



