Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George IIIReilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
The same render account of 13 sides of bacon, arrears of the
previous year. And of 5 oxen and 1 quarter of old beef from
arrears of the previous year. And of 84 hogs from Downton. And of
71 hogs from Mardon. And of 10 hogs from Overton. And of 9 hogs
from High-Clere. And of 14 hogs from Harwell. And of 7 hogs from
Knoyle. Sum: 203 hogs, and meat of 5 oxen and one quarter. In
expenses of the lord bishop at the feast of St. Martin, 8 sides of
bacon. In expenses of the same at the feast of St. Leonard, 17
sides of bacon, the meat of 5 oxen, and 1 quarter of an ox. In
expenses of the same on the morrow of the feast of the Holy Cross,
delivered to Nicolas the cook, 27 sides of bacon. In expenses of
the lord bishop delivered to the same cook at Knoyle on the
Saturday before the feast of St. Michael, 15 sides of bacon. In
expenses of the same and of the lord king on the feast of the
Apostles Peter and Paul, 50 sides of bacon. In allowance of food
to Master Robert Basset on the feast of All Saints, half a side of
bacon. In allowance of food to the same on Wednesday and Thursday
before Pentecost, 1 side of bacon. In those sent to Knoyle for
autumnal work, 6 sides of bacon. In three autumnal festivals at
Downton, 9 and a half sides of bacon. Sum: 134 sides of bacon. And
there remain 74 sides of bacon.
The same render account of skins, sausages, and offal of the said
hogs. In expenses of the lord king and lord bishop at the feast of
St. Leonard, all. Nothing remains."
King Richard the Lion-hearted, unlike his father, was interested
in warfare. He spent most of his term on crusade to recover
Jerusalem. For his expenses, he imposed a tax of one-tenth of
rents and income from moveable goods. He also sold town charters,
heiresses and heirs, widows, sheriffdoms, justiceships, earldoms,
and licenses for tournaments. The crusades' contact with Arabs
brought to England arabic numerals, which greatly facilitated
arithmetic, Arab horses, and an expansion of trade. The church
decreed that those who went on these crusades would be remitted of
his sins.
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