Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) EditionReilly, S. A.
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Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776: June 2011 (Sixth) Edition
Reilly, S. A.
Law -- England -- History
For 8 sheep purchased, with lambs,
8s. Sum: 2 pounds.23d. Sum of livery and expenses: 159 pounds 12s.1d.
And there is owing: 5 pounds 9s.4d.1ob.
Produce of Granary: The same render account of 221 and a half quarters
and 1 strike from all the produce of grain; and of 24 quarters brought
from Mardon. Sum: 245 and a half quarters and 1 strike. For sowing 351
acres, 127 quarters. For bread for the lord bishop, 18 and a half
quarters delivered to John de Dispensa by three tallies. For the balance
sold, 110 quarters and 1 strike. The same render account of 38 and a
half quarters from all the produce of small corn [grain]. For the
balance sold, all. The same render account of 29 quarters and 1 strike
from all the produce of mixed corn [grain]. For seeding 156 acres, 53
quarters and 1 strike. For bread for 3 autumnal works, 9 quarters. For
the balance sold, 27 quarters. The same render account of 178 and a half
quarters from all the produce of barley. For sowing 102 and a half
acres, 49 and a half quarters. For payment for carts, 1 quarter. For
payment for hauling dung, 2 quarters. For allowance of food of two
carters, one carpenter, one neatherd, one dairy woman, for the year, 32
and a half quarters. For feeding hogs in the winter, 2 quarters. For the
balance sold, 91 and a half quarters. It is quit.
The same render account of 311 quarters and 2 bushels from all the
produce of oats. In sowing 221 and a half acres, 110 and a half
quarters. For prebends [revenues paid for a clergyman's salary] of the
lord bishop and lord king, on many occasions, 131 and a half quarters
and 2 bushels, by five tallies. For prebends of Roger Wakelin, 2 and a
half quarters and 3 bushels. For prebends of Master Robert Basset, 3 and
a half quarters and 1 bushel. For provender [dry food for livestock] of
2 horses of the lord bishop and 1 horse of Richard Marsh, for 5 weeks, 5
and a half quarters and 2 bushels. For provender of 2 horses of the lord
bishop who stayed 16 nights at Downton, 4 quarters. For that sent to
Knoyle, 18 quarters. For provender of 1 horse of Robert of Lurdon for 3
weeks, 1 and a half quarters. For prebends of two carters 7 quarters and
2 bushels. For the balance sold, 12 quarters. And there remains 14
quarters and 1 strike. The same render account of 6 and a half quarters
from the whole produce of beans. For planting in the garden half a
quarter. For the balance sold, 6 quarters. It is quit.
The same render account of 4 quarters and 1 strike from all the produce
of peas. For sowing 6 acres, 1 and a half quarters. For the balance sold
2 and a half quarters and 1 strike. It is quit. The same render account
of 4 quarters from all the produce of vetches [pea plants used for
animal fodder]. For feeding pigs in the winter, all. It is quit.
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