English Economic History: Select Documents. Various

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СКАЧАТЬ 40 perches in length in the next field ploughed for fallow, and that manuring is worth 4d. And it ought to do all these customs beforewritten at its own cost.

      Sum of the aforesaid works, 6s. 2d. And of lawful increment for each virgate, 10d. a year. And thus the sum of the works of each virgate is 7s. a year.

Further, each virgate ought to enclose 6 perches of the paling of the park of the lord the King in the same manor with timber given by livery of the foresters and parkers. Further, all the tenants in the said manor ought to pay pannage for all the swine which they have between the feast of St. Michael[98] and the feast of St. Martin,[99] except those whom the King's charter protects, wheresoever they be within the manor, to wit, they owe a tenth part of the value of each pig which is worth more than 5d., whether there be acorns (pesona) or not; so nevertheless that for a pig worth more than 20d. the tenant shall give only 2d. Further all the tenants and sub-tenants throughout the bounds ought to guard the prisoners of the lord the King by night, except the cotmen, who ought to guard the said prisoners by day; and the prisoners ought to be imprisoned at the houses of the cotmen by night and day from house to house until their term be finished.

      Names of the tenants of the forelands and rents of the same forelanders—

      Foreland.

The relict of William Arnold holds 1 foreland and renders yearly	2s.
Richard of the Elms holds 1 foreland and renders yearly	4s.
John the Smith	3s.
John of the Oak of the burnt wood		18d.
Richard de la Strate		9d.
Arnewic May		12d.
Gilbert de la Berewe	3s.	4d.
William le Hettere holds 1 foreland and renders yearly 1d. and a ploughshare worth 6d.		7d.
John de Bollond	5s.
William Goldstan	2s.
Adam de Rumford		12d.
John de Haketon	2s.
Richard of the Elms		6d.
Nicholas de Wybrugge	4s.	4d.
Roger son of Elias holds 1 foreland which Gerald le Petit held and renders yearly	3s.	6d.
Andrew de la Lake		22d.
The heirs of William son of Guy		10d.
Sum of the rents of the aforesaid forelanders yearly,	37s.	2d.

      Of the Table of the King.

      Names of the tenants assigned to serve the King's table.

      Simon Weyland holds the swineherd's land, and renders ½ mark a year, because there are no swine.

      The heir of William the Weaver holds the shepherd's land, and renders 12s. a year, because there are no animals.

      Virgate.

      John le Messager holds one ploughman's land, and renders 12s. a year, because there is no plough.

      Adam le Wardur holds another ploughman's land, and renders 12s. a year, because there is no plough.

      William Anore holds the smith's land, and renders 5s. a year, because there is no plough.

      Reckoned as a virgate for the works of the paling.

      

      Sum of rents of the aforesaid lands of the King's table, 47s. 8d.

      King's Messenger.

      Geoffrey son of Peter holds 6 acres of land, for which land he ought to carry the writs of the lord the King, when they come in the manor of the lord the King, wheresoever the bailiff shall wish within the county, at his own cost, and receiving 1½d. for going a reasonable day's journey out of the county and nothing for the return journey.

      Cotters.

      Names of the cotters and rents of assize of their tenements and the customs of the same.

      Geoffrey Scurel holds one cotland and renders yearly 5s. and for works 49d.

      Peter le Abbot and his partners hold one cotland and render yearly 4s. and for works 49d.

      William son of Savary holds one cotland and renders yearly 4s. and for works 49d.

      Juliana relict of Edmund and her partners hold one cotland and render yearly 5s. and for works 49d.

      Richard del Ho holds one cotland and renders yearly 3s. and for works 49d.

      William de Ros and Adam Pays hold one cotland and render yearly 5s. and for works 49d.

      William de Uphavering the younger holds one cotland and renders yearly 5s. and for works 49d.

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