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ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF 
 WORCESTER 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 13-14 HENRY VHI. 
 A. D. 15 21-2. 
 
 Edited for the Worcestershire Historical Society, 
 By the rev. JAMES MAURICE WILSON, D.D., 
 
 Canon of Worcester. 
 
 AND A CATALOGUE OF THE 
 
 ROLLS OF THE OBEDIENTIARIES 
 
 PREPARED BY THE 
 
 REV. J. HARVEY BLOOM, MA., 
 
 Vicar of Whitchurch, Strat/ord-on-Avon, 
 AND REVISED AND EDITED BY 
 
 SIDNEY G. HAMILTON, ESQ., M.A., 
 
 Librarian and late Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. 
 
 f/iAR 18 195' 
 
 ^rinteti for tiie }|^orcestersi)ire f^istorical Societg, 
 
 By JAMES Pii^KER AND CO., OXFORD. 
 1907. 
 
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ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF 
 WORCESTER 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 13-14 HENRY VHI. 
 A.D. 1821-2. 
 
 Edited for the Worcestershire Historical Society, 
 
 By the rev. JAMES MAURICE WILSON, D.D., 
 
 Canon of Worcester. 
 
 AND A CATALOGUE OF THE 
 
 ROLLS OF THE OBEDIENTIARIES 
 
 PREPARED BY THE 
 
 REV. J. HARVEY BLOOM, M.A., 
 
 Vicar of Whitchurch, Sirat/ord-on-Avon, 
 AND REVISED AND EDITED BY 
 
 SIDNEY G. HAMILTON, ESQ., M.A., 
 
 Librarian and late Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. 
 
 ??rintct( Cor t!)e^[^orcesters!)ire fgistotical Soctetji, 
 
 By JAMES PARKER AND CO., OXFORD. 
 1907. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 T^HE historical documents, which have been in the care of the 
 ■*• Dean and Chapter of Worcester since the Dissolution of the 
 monastery, are numerous and varied. Those charters and letters 
 which possess obvious historical interest have been, for the most 
 part, long ago published by antiquaries and historians. But there 
 remain many documents, still unread, which may be of use to 
 students of mediaeval and monastic history, and may possess a wider 
 interest. I do not possess the knowledge requisite to trace the 
 past history of these documents, or to indicate the various volumes 
 in which those which have been published may be read. That 
 must be done by some one else. The object of this preface is only 
 to put on record some account of what has recently happened to 
 them, and to state what is their present condition. 
 
 In the fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part VIII., of the His- 
 torical Documents Commission, 1895, Mr. Reginald Lane Poole 
 has given the following outline: — "The Records of the Prior and 
 Convent," he writes, " and of their successors the Dean and Chapter 
 of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Worcester, are preserved in 
 a room adjoining the Bishop's Registry in the Gateway Tower, 
 to which they were removed in recent years from the long chamber 
 over the south aisle of the nave of the Church, where is now the 
 Cathedral Library. The muniments have in past time suffered 
 considerably from damp and the ravages of mice. At present there 
 is no danger of damp since fires are constantly kept in two or 
 three of the adjoining rooms, and both in January and in April 
 I have found the documents in a satisfactorily dry condition." 
 Mr. Poole notes, however, that the shelves are not high enough for 
 the books to stand upright, and that the charters require to be 
 laid out flat, and numbered, and so arranged that any one can 
 easily be found. 
 
 As to the place from which the documents were removed to 
 
 a 2 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 the Gateway or 'Edgar' Tower, it seems to me possible that 
 Mr. Poole misunderstood the information given him. It is a small 
 matter, but not without interest. In the triforium over the south 
 aisle of the nave of the Cathedral there are, and must always have 
 been, two rooms, separated by a stone wall. One is over the two 
 western bays ; the other, higher by five steps, over the seven eastern 
 bays of the south aisle. The former of these two rooms is the 
 antechamber to the latter; and the latter is 'the long chamber 
 where is now the Cathedral library.' The spiral staircase by which 
 the library is approached leads up the south-western turret of the 
 aisle into the antechamber ; and another spiral staircase leads up 
 the south-western turret of the nave from the antechamber into 
 the clerestory, and thence to the roof of the nave. It was, I think, 
 in the short antechamber, not in the long chamber or library, or 
 possibly in one of the compartments into which the long chamber 
 was then divided, that the documents were housed in those recent 
 years to which Mr. Poole refers. 
 
 For, in the first place. Alderman Noake, writing in 1866 (Monas- 
 tery and Cathedral of Worcester, p. 410), says explicitly that he 
 consulted the documents " in the triforium over the two western 
 bays of the south side of the nave." 
 
 And, in the next place, a former member of the Cathedral 
 choir school, now a respected clergyman in the diocese, lately told 
 me how, at about this date, he and another choir-boy used to get 
 nto the Cathedral by night, while some repairs were going on. 
 He pointed out to me a window in the west staircase of the north 
 aisle of the nave by which at that time it was possible to enter. 
 On one occasion they went up to the roof of the nave, crossed 
 the vaulting, and descended, by the staircase I have mentioned, into 
 the southern triforium, and there, in the small antechamber, they 
 found themselves among the documents. He selected a stout and 
 large one, as suitable for a drum, and carried it off. But it was 
 unfortunately discovered by the Headmaster, who ascertained that 
 it had come from the muniment room, and ordered him to replace 
 it. The Headmaster does not seem to have enquired how the 
 muniment room was entered, nor whether his orders to replace 
 the document were carried out. 
 
 These two testimonies are, I think, conclusive that in the middle 
 pf the nineteenth century the documents were stored, at any rate 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 in part, in the antechamber to the library, over the two western 
 bays of the south aisle. 
 
 It may be possible to go back one step farther in their history. 
 In 1827 a chapter order was made that "The chapter records and 
 documents now kept in the muniment room be divided, and all 
 which are not necessary for immediate reference to be placed in 
 the new muniment room, and the latter to be transferred to the 
 lower presses of the Chapter Library, with new keys in triplicate 
 for the Dean, the Receiver, and the Treasurer." 
 
 If this was carried out it seems probable that the * new muniment 
 room ' here spoken of is identical with the antechamber to the 
 library ; but there is nothing to shew what room is referred to 
 as ' the muniment room ' in which up to that date the documents 
 were kept. 
 
 The collection of documents has suffered not only from damp, 
 and the indiscriminate destruction by mice, beetles, and choir-boys, 
 but even more severely by the discerning selection by antiquaries, 
 collectors and other visitors, who appear to have had, at certain 
 periods, easy access to the documents. For example, of the 420 
 charters and indentures catalogued with great care by Dr. Peter 
 Prattinton in 1824, about 70 are now missing, as I am informed 
 by the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom ; and several of the ancient charters, 
 referred to by historians as in our collection, are no longer to be 
 found. Mr. R. L. Poole wrote to me on 20 May, 1907 : — " The 
 collection has indeed suffered more than most in the last two 
 centuries. At one time it was perhaps unequalled in its store of 
 Anglo-Saxon and Norman Charters : witness Wanley's list in Hickes' 
 Thesaurus. But I suspect that former Deans and Prebendaries 
 must have been unduly generous in presenting them to their friends. 
 It is clear that the first Lord Somers became possessed of a good 
 many of them ; and some seem to have passed into the hands of 
 William Lambard. But no small loss has occurred within living 
 memory. When I was working in the 'Edgar' Tower I met an 
 old man who had formerly been a clerk in the registry. He told 
 me of a box full of Anglo-Saxon Charters which he remembered 
 to have been destroyed by rain coming in from the roof." 
 
 In the autumn of 1906 I looked at some of the documents in 
 the drawers and shelves and boxes, both in the small room adjoining 
 the Bishop's Registry and in the turret approached by step-ladder 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 from it, and found that they were suffering from dirt as well as 
 from the want of room and absence of arrangement described by 
 Mr. Poole ; and with the advice of Mr. Charles Sayle, of the Cam- 
 bridge University Library, who was then staying with me, I formed 
 an outline of a plan for dealing with them. In November of that 
 year the Chapter adopted the plan, and gave me permission to 
 remove them to my house for cleaning and smoothing and for 
 preliminary classification, with a view to final removal to boxes in 
 properly constructed cases to be placed in our Cathedral library, 
 and authorised the subsequent preparation of a catalogue by some 
 competent person. 
 
 Our chapter clerk, Mr. J. H. Hooper, who has long been in- 
 terested in these documents, and, as Deputy Steward of the Manors 
 which passed in 1859 i'^to the hands of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
 missioners, has also the care of the Manor and Court rolls, kindly 
 gave me every facility for the removal ; and also allowed the Manor 
 and Court rolls to be sent with the rest, for examination and 
 cataloguing. These will remain in the library, in the possession 
 of the Dean and Chapter, but under the custody of the chapter 
 clerk. 
 
 The number of documents proved to be far greater than any one 
 had anticipated, and the cleaning, pressing, and sorting of them 
 occupied me during the first three months of 1907. In April, in 
 pursuance of the permission granted me by the Dean and Chapter, 
 I asked the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom, M.A., Vicar of Whitchurch, 
 Stratford-on-Avon, who had done similar work elsewhere, to come 
 and take entire charge of the work of preparing a Catalogue of the 
 whole collection ; the Chapter having made a grant to meet the 
 necessary expense. He discharged the work with great promptness ; 
 and the documents are now classified under the heads shewn in the 
 next paragraph ; arranged in each class, numbered, and an abstract 
 made of each ; stamped as belonging to the Dean and Chapter ; 
 and placed in 120 cardboard boxes, similar to those used in the 
 British Museum. Catalogues are made of each class, so that any 
 document can be at once found. These catalogues will of course 
 need careful revision, and then it is hoped will be indexed and 
 published. 
 
PREFACE. Vll 
 
 The classes are as follows : — 
 
 A. The volumes of MS. arranged and numbered to correspond 
 
 with Mr. Poole's numbers in the Report referred to 
 (pp. 165 — 184). So far as they go, all of these are in the 
 cases, with the exception of the volume marked XV. Of 
 these there are 213. 
 
 B. Charters and indentures, &c., numbering more than 1,800. 
 
 C. Rolls and Accounts of the officers of the Convent and the 
 
 bailiffs of their estates. Of these there are more than 900, 
 of which about 500 belong to the former class. 
 
 D. Correspondence. 
 
 E. Manor and Court rolls. 
 
 F. Documents which appear to belong to the Bishop rather than 
 
 to the Chapter, or refer to other dioceses than Worcester. 
 
 G. Fragments. 
 
 These documents are referred to by the letter giving the class, 
 and the number of the particular document. 
 
 During the process of cleaning and sorting the documents, and 
 afterwards availing myself occasionally of Mr. Bloom's kind assis- 
 tance, I became able to read some of them, and thought that the 
 publication of some of the Compotus rolls, in Class C, would be 
 of value to historical students, as an illustration of what our col- 
 lection contains. The documents are far too numerous to be all 
 printed ; and I finally selected for various reasons the accounts 
 for the year 13-14 Henry VIII. [1521-2], which are on paper, and 
 fastened together as a volume — A xvii. in the catalogue. I sub- 
 sequently discovered that these accounts exist in roll form in C. 106. 
 The transcription of the accounts of the obedientiaries, or the 
 officials of the monastery, for that year forms the nucleus of the 
 paper that follows. 
 
 I am fortunate enough to be able to publish along with this 
 a corresponding portion of Mr. Bloom's catalogue of our MSS. 
 The portion now published is that part of Class C, about half, which 
 contains the accounts of the obedientiaries. This will shew to all 
 students what we possess of such records. The Catalogue was made 
 in April and May, 1907, by Mr. Bloom, and was carefully revised 
 by Mr. S. G. Hamilton, M.A., Librarian of Hertford College, Oxford, 
 
viii PREFACE. 
 
 in the autumn of the same year. It will be remembered that 
 Mr. Hamilton, in co-operation with Mr. Floyer, prepared the Cata- 
 logue of the MS. books still remaining in the Cathedral library, 
 which formed part of the library of the monastery. 
 
 It is scarcely necessary to add that these documents are published 
 with the sanction of the Dean and Chapter. 
 
 JAMES M. WILSON. 
 
 College, Worcester. 
 November^ igoj. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Preface 
 
 Catalogue of Account Rolls 
 
 Introduction 
 
 rAGM 
 
 iii 
 xi 
 
 xxvii 
 
 Accounts of the Priory of Worcester 
 
 Appendix I. Manor of Bradwas 
 
 II. The Advent Antiphons 
 
 III. The Prior's Mitre and Staff 
 
 IV. The number in the Establishment 
 V. List of Officials . 
 
 VI. Conventual Dietary 
 VII. A Winchester Roll 
 
 41 
 46 
 
 47 
 49 
 51 
 S3 
 58 
 
 Glossary 
 Index . 
 
 61 
 65 
 
CATALOGUE OF THE 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE PRIOR 
 
 AND CONVENT OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. 
 
 
 I. . 
 
 A.NNIVERSARIUS. 
 
 
 C. I. 
 
 John Redyng, 1464-65 '. 
 
 
 2. 
 
 John Corbet, 1476. 
 
 
 
 
 II. Bercarius, Me Shepreve.' 
 
 
 C. 3- 
 
 Wm. Crewey, 
 
 24-25 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1445-46). 
 
 4- 
 
 Roger Procter, 
 
 13-14 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1473-74). 
 
 5- 
 
 )> 
 
 19-20 „ 
 
 (1479-80). 
 
 6. 
 
 Ric. Persones, 
 
 8-9 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1492-93). 
 
 7- 
 
 ?> 
 
 lO-H „ 
 
 (1494-95)- 
 
 
 III. 
 
 Camerarius. 
 
 
 C. 8. 
 
 W. de London, 
 
 6-7 Edw. I. 
 
 (1278-79). 
 
 9- 
 
 Gilbert, 
 
 14-15 « 
 
 (1286-87). 
 
 10. 
 
 John de Clyfton, 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 (1292-93). 
 
 II. 
 
 John de Gloucester, 
 
 25-26 Edw. Ill, 
 
 (1351-52). 
 
 12. 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 2-3 Ric. II. 
 
 (1378-79)- 
 
 13- 
 
 i» 
 
 4-5 » 
 
 (1380-81). 
 
 14. 
 
 »> 
 
 5 
 
 (1381-82). 
 
 IS- 
 
 Thos. Dene, 
 
 12 „ 
 
 (1388). 
 
 16. 
 
 Wm. Power, 
 
 12-13 
 
 (1388-89). 
 
 17. 
 
 >» 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1389-90). 
 
 18. 
 
 j> 
 
 15 » 
 
 (1391)- 
 
 19. 
 
 Thos. Dene, 
 
 15-16 „ 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 20. 
 
 1^ 
 
 16-17 » 
 
 (1392-93). 
 
 21. 
 
 Robt. Hambury, 
 
 19-20 „ 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 22. 
 
 Thos. More, 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 (1396-97). 
 
 a3- 
 
 » 
 
 21-22 „ 
 
 (1397-98). 
 
 24. 
 
 >> 
 
 22-23 „ 
 
 (1398-99)- 
 
 24a. 
 
 » 
 
 22 Ric. II. — I 
 
 Hen. \N.{=^preced.) 
 
 {Duplicate of the preceding roil.'] 
 
 ' All the other rolls in this list (it will be 
 noted) are dated by the regnal years only : 
 and the fact that those of the Anniversaries 
 are dated annis Domini is in itself a strong 
 
 presumption that these rolls do not properly 
 belong to Worcester. 
 
 Ib the annual accounts, the year runs, 
 as a rule, from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. 
 
xu 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 C. 25. 
 
 Thos. More, 
 
 2-3 
 
 Her 
 
 1. IV. 
 
 (1400-01). 
 
 36. 
 
 j> 
 
 3-4 
 
 
 » 
 
 (1401-02). 
 
 27. 
 
 John Wyrcestre, 
 
 5-6 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1403-04). 
 
 28. 
 
 » 
 
 11-12 
 
 
 » 
 
 (1409-10). 
 
 29. 
 
 i> 
 
 12-13 
 
 
 >> 
 
 (I4I0-II). 
 
 30. 
 
 » 
 
 13-14 
 
 
 i> 
 
 (I41I-I2). 
 
 31- 
 
 >» 
 
 3-4 
 
 Hen. V. 
 
 (I4I5-I6). 
 
 32- 
 
 Ric. Tyburton, 
 
 7 
 
 
 J 
 
 (I4I9). 
 
 33- 
 
 Thos. CoUewelle, 
 
 9 
 
 H. 
 
 v.— I 
 
 H. VI. 
 
 (1421-22). 
 
 34. 
 
 >» 
 
 1-2 
 
 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 35- 
 
 » 
 
 2-3 
 
 
 »> 
 
 (1423-24). 
 
 36. 
 
 »> 
 
 5-6 
 
 
 » 
 
 (1426-27). 
 
 37. 
 
 Thos. Blacwelle, 
 
 11-12 
 
 
 » 
 
 (1432-33)- 
 
 38. 
 
 I) 
 
 12-13 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1433-34)- 
 
 38«. 
 
 \illegibk'\ 
 
 15-16 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1436-37)- 
 
 39- 
 
 John Wyrcestre, 
 
 18-19 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1439-40). 
 
 40. 
 
 Thos. Blacwelle, 
 
 24-25 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1445-46). 
 
 41. 
 
 John Morton, 
 
 30-31 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1451-52). 
 
 42. 
 
 j> 
 
 31-32 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1452-53)- 
 
 43- 
 
 M 
 
 32-33 
 
 
 > 
 
 (1453-54). 
 
 44. 
 
 John Smethwyke, 
 
 36-37 
 
 
 s 
 
 (1457-58). 
 
 45- 
 
 Walter Fraunces, 
 
 3-4 
 
 Edv 
 
 IT. IV. 
 
 (1463-64). 
 
 46. 
 
 Roger Kingstonc, 
 
 18-19 
 
 ) 
 
 J 
 
 (1478-79). 
 
 47- 
 
 Thos. Straynsham, 
 
 22 
 
 E. I 
 
 v.— I 
 
 R. III. 
 
 (1482-83). 
 
 48. 
 
 John Lychfeld, 
 
 14-15 
 
 Her 
 
 1. VII. 
 
 (1498-99). 
 
 49. 
 
 Humfrey Grafton, 
 
 15-16 
 
 > 
 
 ( 
 
 1499— 1500). 
 
 49fl. 
 
 » 
 
 19-20 
 
 ) 
 
 ) 
 
 (1503-04). 
 
 50. 
 
 John Wyrcester, 
 
 6-7 
 
 Her 
 
 .VIII 
 
 • (1514-15). 
 
 
 IV. CELLERARIU5 
 
 ). 
 
 
 Csi. 
 
 Hugh de Inteberg, 
 
 20-21 
 
 Edv 
 
 V. I. 
 
 (1291-92). 
 
 51a. 
 
 » 
 
 21-22 
 
 ) 
 
 » 
 
 (1292-93). 
 
 52- 
 
 j» 
 
 22-23 
 
 
 ) 
 
 (1293-94). 
 
 53- 
 
 Thos. de Garndeslegh, 
 
 24-25 
 
 J 
 
 > 
 
 (1295-96). 
 
 53«. 
 
 >» 
 
 25-26 
 
 > 
 
 > 
 
 (1296-97). 
 
 54- 
 
 John de Wyke, 
 
 26-27 
 
 > 
 
 > 
 
 (1297-98). 
 
 55- 
 
 Roger de Styvynton, 
 
 14 
 
 Edv 
 
 ^. II. 
 
 (1320-21). 
 
 S6. 
 
 Robert de Weston, 
 
 6-7 
 
 EdM 
 
 ^ III. 
 
 (1332-33). 
 
 57. 
 
 » 
 
 lO-II 
 
 
 » 
 
 (1336-37). 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 XUI 
 
 C. 58. 
 
 Robert de Weston, 
 
 12-13 Edw. III. 
 
 (1338-39). 
 
 59- 
 
 >> 
 
 18-19 
 
 »» 
 
 (1344-45). 
 
 60. 
 
 >> 
 
 19-20 
 
 >> 
 
 (1345-46). 
 
 61. 
 
 » 
 
 20-21 
 
 >> 
 
 (1346-47). 
 
 62. 
 
 Walter de Wynforton, 
 
 28-29 
 
 >> 
 
 (1354-55)- 
 
 63. 
 
 )> 
 
 30-31 
 
 » 
 
 (1356-57). 
 
 64. 
 
 » 
 
 32 
 
 »» 
 
 (1358). 
 
 65. 
 
 >) 
 
 33-34 
 
 >> 
 
 (1359-60). 
 
 66. 
 
 Ric. de Wenlok, 
 
 43-44 
 
 >> 
 
 (1369-70). 
 
 67. 
 
 Wm. Power, 
 
 45-46 
 
 >» 
 
 (1371-72). 
 
 68. 
 
 >? 
 
 46-47 
 
 »> 
 
 (1372-73). 
 
 69. 
 
 >j 
 
 50 E. 
 
 III.— I R. II. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (1376-77). 
 
 69a. 
 
 „ \puplicate of the preceding roli.^ 
 
 
 70. 
 
 » 
 
 6-7 Ric. II. 
 
 (1382-83). 
 
 71- 
 
 >) 
 
 9-10 
 
 >> 
 
 (1385-86). 
 
 72. 
 
 » 
 
 10 
 
 >> 
 
 (1386-87). 
 
 73- 
 
 Wm. Owston, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 >> 
 
 (1387). 
 
 74. 
 
 Thos. Dene, 
 
 15 
 
 »> 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 75- 
 
 Wm. Power, 
 
 15-16 
 
 1} 
 
 (1392). 
 
 76. 
 
 >> 
 
 16-17 
 
 >> 
 
 (1392-93). 
 
 76a. 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding roil.'] 
 
 
 77- 
 
 }> 
 
 19-20 
 
 1) 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 77a. 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding roll.'] 
 
 
 78. 
 
 Thos. Dene, 
 
 6-7 Hen. IV. 
 
 (1404-05). 
 
 79. 
 
 » 
 
 9 
 
 » 
 
 (1407-08). 
 
 80. 
 
 )i 
 
 9-10 
 
 >> 
 
 (1408). 
 
 81. 
 
 John Clyve, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 » 
 
 (1408-09). 
 
 8ia. 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding roll.] 
 
 
 82. 
 
 John Hambury, 
 
 12-13 
 
 >> 
 
 (1410-11). 
 
 83. 
 
 Ric. Tyburton, 
 
 8 Hen. V. 
 
 (1420). 
 
 84. 
 
 >> 
 
 8-9 
 
 >> 
 
 (1420-21). 
 
 85- 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 
 
 5-6 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1427-28), 
 
 8s«. 
 
 )5 
 
 6-7 
 
 » 
 
 (1428-29). 
 
 86.' 
 
 Wra. Hodynton, and -v 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thos. CoUewelle, I 
 
 8-9 
 
 >> 
 
 (1429-30). 
 
 
 * Bursare ' j 
 
 
 
 
 86a. 
 
 , Thos. Collewelle, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 »> 
 
 (1431-32). 
 
 * This is a long roll of paper, giving compiled with the aid of the Bursar. So 
 a more complete account than usual of the also the earliest Cellarer's roll (C. 51) is 
 financial position of the Cellarer's office, endorsed ' Comp'us Celer' et Burse.' 
 
XIV 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 C. 87. 
 
 Thos. Collewelle, 
 
 13-14 
 
 Hen. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1434-35). 
 
 88. 
 
 » 
 
 14-15 
 
 »> 
 
 
 (1435-36). 
 
 89. 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 
 
 17-18 
 
 »> 
 
 
 (1438-39). 
 
 90. 
 
 John Sudbury, 
 
 25-26 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1446-47). 
 
 91. 
 
 Ysaac Ledbury, 
 
 27-28 
 
 i> 
 
 
 (1448-49). 
 
 92. 
 
 1) 
 
 28-29 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1449-50). 
 
 93- 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 
 
 31-32 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1452-53). 
 
 94. 
 
 n 
 
 32-33 
 
 »> 
 
 
 (1453-54). 
 
 94a. 
 
 John Smethwyke, 
 
 35-36 
 
 j» 
 
 
 (1456-57). 
 
 94^ 
 
 >? 
 
 36-37 
 
 >» 
 
 
 (1457-58). 
 
 95. 
 
 n 
 
 4-5 
 
 Edw. 
 
 IV. 
 
 (1464-65). 
 
 96. 
 
 » 
 
 5-6 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1465-66). 
 
 97. 
 
 Robt. Malton, 
 
 6-7 
 
 M 
 
 
 (1466-67). 
 
 98. 
 
 Roger Kyngslond' 
 
 19-20 
 
 1) 
 
 
 (1479-80). 
 
 99. 
 
 »> 
 
 20-21 
 
 M 
 
 
 (1480-81). 
 
 100. 
 
 >» 
 
 21-22 
 
 l> 
 
 
 (1481-82). 
 
 lOI. 
 
 *> 
 
 1-2 
 
 Ric. HI. 
 
 (1483-84). 
 
 102. 
 
 » 
 
 2 
 
 R. in.— I H. 
 
 VII. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (1484-85). 
 
 103. 
 
 John Stratford, 
 
 7-8 Hen. 
 
 VII. 
 
 (1491-92). 
 
 104. 
 
 i> 
 
 8-9 
 
 )i 
 
 
 (1492-93). 
 
 105. 
 
 » 
 
 11-12 
 
 )i 
 
 
 (1495-96). 
 
 106. Transferrtd to C. 412 q.v. 
 
 V. COQUINARIUS. 
 
 C. 107. Ric. de Dersynton, 20 E. II.— i E. III. 
 
 (1326-27). 
 
 108. John de Preston, 2-3 Edw. III. (1328-29). 
 
 109. Robt. de Morton, 4-5 „ (1330-31), 
 1 09a. „ [^Duplicate of the preceding roll. ] 
 
 no. Wm. de Clyve, 7-8 „ 
 
 III. [? John de Hodyjnton » 14-15 „ 
 
 Nicholas Clanefeld, 20-21 „ 
 
 Ric. de Wenlak, 26-27 „ 
 
 112. 
 
 "3. 
 114. 
 
 "5. 
 116. 
 117 
 118. 
 
 Thos. de Roddeleye, 
 Walter de Froucestre, 
 Nic. de Hodynton, 
 Walter de Froucestre, 
 
 30-31 
 35 
 
 35-36 
 37 
 
 37-38 
 
 (1333-34). 
 (1340-41). 
 (1346-47). 
 (1352-53). 
 (1356-57). 
 (136T). 
 (1361-62). 
 
 (1363). 
 (1363-64). 
 
 The same person probably who appears as Roger Kyngstone, C. 46 and C. 472. 
 ' See below, C. 169. 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. ' XV 
 
 C. 119. 
 
 Wm. Merston, 
 
 6-7 Ric. n. 
 
 (1382-83). 
 
 120. 
 
 Thos. Hertilbury, 
 
 8-9 
 
 »> 
 
 (1384-85). 
 
 121. 
 
 »' 
 
 lO-Il 
 
 >9 
 
 (1386-87). 
 
 122. 
 
 X 
 
 » 
 
 14-15 
 
 » 
 
 (1390-91). 
 
 123. 
 
 »• 
 
 15-16 
 
 » 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 124. 
 
 » 
 
 17-18 
 
 » 
 
 (1393-94). 
 
 125. 
 
 it 
 
 18-T9 
 
 >i 
 
 (1394-95)- 
 
 126. 
 
 Wm. Owston, 
 
 19-20 
 
 » 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 127. 
 
 Ric. Duddeleye, 
 
 22-23 
 
 )) 
 
 (1398-99). 
 
 128. 
 
 Thos. Ruydyng, 
 
 1-2 Hen. IV. 
 
 (1399— 1400). 
 
 129. 
 
 )) 
 
 3 
 
 
 (I40I). 
 
 130- 
 
 Wm. Owston, 
 
 3-4 
 
 
 (1401-02). 
 
 131- 
 
 Thos. Hertilbury, 
 
 5-6 
 
 
 (1403-04). 
 
 132. 
 
 » 
 
 6-7 
 
 
 (1404-05). 
 
 133- 
 
 n 
 
 7-8 
 
 
 (1405-06). 
 
 134- 
 
 Thos. Alderton, 
 
 8-9 
 
 
 (1406-07). 
 
 135- 
 
 Thos. Broctone, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 
 (1408-09). 
 
 i3S<^ 
 
 , , {Duplicate of the preceding roll. ] 
 
 136. 
 
 John Coiilesdon, 
 
 14 H 
 
 IV.— 
 
 I H. V. 
 
 (1412-13). 
 
 137. 
 
 Thos. Hertilbury, and 
 Thos. Ruydyng 
 
 1 2 Hen. V. 
 
 (1414). 
 
 138. 
 
 Thos. Ruydyng, 
 
 3-4 
 
 >» 
 
 (1415-16). 
 
 139- 
 
 1) 
 
 4-5 
 
 » 
 
 (1416-17). 
 
 140. 
 
 Thos. Alderton, 
 
 8-9 
 
 >» 
 
 (1420-21). 
 
 141. 
 
 >» 
 
 9H. 
 
 v.— I 
 
 H. VI. 
 
 (1421-22). 
 
 142. 
 
 Thos. Norton, 
 
 1-2 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 143- 
 
 Thos. CoUewell, and 
 
 }.s 
 
 
 
 
 Ric. Cowarn 
 
 
 (1428-29). 
 
 144. 
 
 Wm. Browhcton, 
 
 9-10 
 
 
 (1430-31). 
 
 145- 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 
 
 II-I2 
 
 
 (1432-33). 
 
 146. 
 
 John Suddebury, 
 
 17-18 
 
 
 (1438-39). 
 
 147. 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 
 
 22-23 
 
 
 (1443-44). 
 
 148. 
 
 John Clyfton, 
 
 32-33 
 
 
 (1453-54). 
 
 149. 
 
 John Morton, 
 
 38-39 
 
 
 (1459-60). 
 
 150- 
 
 John Smethwyk, 
 
 2 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1462). 
 
 ' Stitched to this roll is another roll of cester in the year Michaelmas, 1556, to 
 
 10 leaves of paper, containing a Survey Michaelmas, 1557 (3 & 4 — 4 & 5 Philip and 
 
 (by Richard Owen) of the lands and pos- Mary), 
 sessions of the Cathedral Church of Wor- 
 
XVI 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 C. 151. 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 5-6 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1465-66). 
 
 152- 
 
 6-7 
 
 >> 
 
 (1466-67). 
 
 153- 
 
 7-8 
 
 j> 
 
 (1467-68). 
 
 154. 
 
 8-9 
 
 ti 
 
 (1468-69). 
 
 ^55- 
 
 Ric. Clyfford, 11 -12 
 
 >> 
 
 (1471-72). 
 
 156. 
 
 12-13 
 
 >> 
 
 (1472-73)- 
 
 157- 
 
 » 13-14 
 
 ;> 
 
 (1473-74). 
 
 158. 
 
 Ric. Upton, 15-16 
 
 » 
 
 (1475-76). 
 
 159. 
 
 17-18 
 
 »> 
 
 (1477-78). 
 
 160. 
 
 John Stratford, 19-20 
 
 >> 
 
 (1479-80). 
 
 1 60a. 
 
 , , [Duplicate of the prec 
 
 eding roll."] 
 
 
 161. 
 
 Wm. Hodynton, 3-4 ] 
 
 Hen. Vn. 
 
 (1487-88). 
 
 161a. 
 
 „ {Duplicate of the preceding roll.'] 
 
 
 162. 
 
 „ 4-5 
 
 » 
 
 (1488-89). 
 
 163. 
 
 Thos. Croppethome, 6-7 
 
 i> 
 
 (1490-91). 
 
 164. 
 
 7-8 
 
 >» 
 
 (1491-92). 
 
 165. 
 
 Hen. Chestur, 11-12 
 
 >» 
 
 (1495-96). 
 
 165a. 
 
 Humfrey Grafton, same year 
 
 I 
 
 
 1 66. 
 
 14-15 
 
 »» 
 
 (1498-99). 
 
 167. 
 
 Wm. More, 17-18 
 
 i> 
 
 (1501-02). 
 
 168. 
 
 „ 19-20 
 
 ty 
 
 (1503-04). 
 
 1 68a. 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding roll. ] 
 
 
 169. John de Hodynton, account for every day in a week, 
 
 13-14 [?Edw. in. (1339-40]' 
 
 170. 
 
 John de Muchelneye, 
 
 15-16 Edw. III. 
 
 (1341-42). 
 
 171. 
 
 j> 
 
 19-20 
 
 }> 
 
 (1345-46), 
 
 172, 
 
 Roger de Minstreworth 
 
 . 29-30 
 
 M 
 
 (1355-56). 
 
 173- 
 
 John Gloucester, 
 
 48-49 
 
 >» 
 
 (1374-75)- 
 
 174. 
 
 » 
 
 1-2 ] 
 
 Ric. 11. 
 
 (1377-78). 
 
 175- 
 
 Robt. Hambury, 
 
 3-4 
 
 » 
 
 (1379-80). 
 
 176. 
 
 it 
 
 4-5 
 
 ]> 
 
 (1380-81). 
 
 177. 
 
 » 
 
 6-7 
 
 >> 
 
 (1382-83). 
 
 178. 
 
 » 
 
 7-8 
 
 >> 
 
 (1383-84). 
 
 179. 
 
 » 
 
 11-12 
 
 ]> 
 
 (1387-88). 
 
 * This roll is at first sight identical (except for the name) with preceding ; but not 
 entirely so throughout. * King's name lost, See Cm. 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. XVU 
 
 C. i8o. 
 
 Robt. Hambury, 
 
 13-14 Ric. II. 
 
 (1389-90). 
 
 i8i. 
 
 >» 
 
 15-16 » 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 182. 
 
 Thos. Dene, 
 
 19-20 „ 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 183. 
 
 )» 
 
 21 „ 
 
 (1397-98). 
 
 184. 
 
 John Fordam, 
 
 21-22 
 
 (1398-99). 
 
 185. 
 
 it 
 
 1-2 Hen. IV. (1399 — 1400). 
 
 186. 
 
 >i 
 
 2-3 
 
 (1400-01). 
 
 187. 
 
 John Hatfeld, 
 
 6-7 
 
 (1404-05). 
 
 188. 
 
 » 
 
 8-9 ., 
 
 (1406-07). 
 
 189. 
 
 >i 
 
 11-12 
 
 (1409-10). 
 
 190. 
 
 M 
 
 1-2 Hen. V. 
 
 (1413-14). 
 
 191. 
 
 Thos. Musard 
 
 9 H. v.— I H. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1421-22). 
 
 192. 
 
 >» 
 
 1-2 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 193- 
 
 >i 
 
 5-6 „ 
 
 (1426-27). 
 
 193a. 
 
 )) 
 
 6-7 » 
 
 (1427-28). 
 
 194. 
 
 Wm. Hertylbury, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 (I43I-32)- 
 
 195- 
 
 » 
 
 11-12 „ 
 
 (1432-33)- 
 
 196. 
 
 f> 
 
 12-13 „ 
 
 (1433-34). 
 
 197. 
 
 » 
 
 13-14 ,, 
 
 (1434-35)- 
 
 198. 
 
 »> 
 
 15-16 „ 
 
 (1436-37). 
 
 199. 
 
 Thos. Collewelle, 
 
 20-21 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1441-42). 
 
 200. 
 
 John Lawarne, 
 
 27-28 „ 
 
 (1448-49). 
 
 200a. 
 
 „ [£>u/>/tcafe 0/ C. 200.] 
 
 
 200^. 
 
 „ Rental of Office, 28 H. VI. 
 
 (1449). 
 
 201. 
 
 William Hodynton, 
 
 2-3 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1462-63). 
 
 201a 
 
 , , [Duplicate of the preceding roll. ] 
 
 
 202. 
 
 John Sudbury, 
 
 8-9 » 
 
 (1468-69). 
 
 203. 
 
 •)i 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1473-74). 
 
 204. 
 
 Robt. Multon, 
 
 18-19 .> 
 
 (1478-79). 
 
 205. 
 
 » 
 
 21-22 „ 
 
 (1481-82). 
 
 206. 
 
 » 
 
 22 E. IV.— I R. III. 
 
 
 
 
 (1482-83). 
 
 207. 
 
 » 
 
 2-3 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1486-87). 
 
 208. 
 
 John Newtowne, 
 
 5-6 
 
 (1489-90). 
 
 209. 
 
 John Stratford, 
 
 14-15 » 
 
 (1498-99). 
 
 209a 
 
 „ Rental of Office, 14 H. VII 
 
 . (1498). 
 
 210. 
 
 John Lychefeld, 
 
 16-17 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1500-01). 
 
 211. 
 
 [name wanting] 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 (1504-05). 
 
 212. 
 
 Robt. Lynsey, 
 
 22-23 ,» 
 
 (1506-07). 
 
XVlll 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 
 VII. 
 
 HOSTILLARIUS. 
 
 
 C. 213. 
 
 John Hatfeld, 
 
 lo-ii Ric. II. 
 
 (1386-87). 
 
 214. 
 
 Walter Kyrkeby, 
 
 12-13 » 
 
 (1388-89). 
 
 215- 
 
 91 
 
 15-16 „ 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 216. 
 
 )) 
 
 2-3 Hen. IV. 
 
 (1400-01). 
 
 217. 
 
 » 
 
 5-6 » 
 
 (1403-04). 
 
 218. 
 
 Thos. Ruydynge, 
 
 lO-II „ 
 
 (1408-09). 
 
 219. 
 
 John Clyve, 
 
 11-12 „ 
 
 (1409-10). 
 
 220. 
 
 >» 
 
 12-13 ,, 
 
 (1410-11). 
 
 220a. 
 
 , , {Duplicate of the preceding roll. ] 
 
 
 221. 
 
 M 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1411-12). 
 
 222. 
 
 »> 
 
 14 H. IV.— I H. 
 
 V. 
 
 (1412-13). 
 
 223. 
 
 » 
 
 1-2 Hen. V. 
 
 (1413-14). 
 
 224. 
 
 >> 
 
 2-3 
 
 (1414-15). 
 
 224a. 
 
 Thos. Hertilbury, 
 
 5-6 ,, 
 
 (1417-18). 
 
 225. 
 
 Roger Evesham, 
 
 8-9 ,. 
 
 (1420-21). 
 
 226. 
 
 >> 
 
 9 H. v.— H. VI. (1421-22). 
 
 226^'. 
 
 >} 
 
 1-2 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 227. 
 
 Ric. Cowarn, 
 
 3-4 „ 
 
 (1424-25). 
 
 228. 
 
 >) 
 
 4-5 
 
 (1425-26). 
 
 229. 
 
 j> 
 
 5-6 
 
 (1426-27). 
 
 230. 
 
 j> 
 
 6-7 
 
 (1427-28). 
 
 231. 
 
 )> 
 
 8-9 „ 
 
 (1429-30). 
 
 232. 
 
 M 
 
 lO-II „ 
 
 (1431-32). 
 
 233. 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 35-36 
 
 (1456-57)- 
 
 234- 
 
 j> 
 
 36-37 
 
 (1457-58). 
 
 235. 
 
 John Morton, 
 
 2 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1462). 
 
 236. 
 
 Robt. Cleeve, 
 
 13-14 
 
 (147374). 
 
 237- 
 
 Ric, Upton, 
 
 14-15 » 
 
 (1474-75)- 
 
 238. 
 
 Thos. Cropthom, 
 
 14-15 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1498-99). 
 
 239- 
 
 John Halys, 
 
 19-20 
 
 (1503-04). 
 
 240. 
 
 Humfrey Grafton, 
 
 23-24 
 
 (1507-08). 
 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Infirmarius. 
 
 
 C. 241. 
 
 John Gloucestre, 
 
 2-3 Ric. II. 
 
 (1378-79). 
 
 242. 
 
 John Grene, 
 
 4-5 
 
 (1380-81). 
 
 243- 
 
 John Lyndesey, 
 
 15-16 
 
 (1391-92). 
 
 244. 
 
 }> 
 
 19 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 244a 
 
 . Ric. Duddeleye, 
 
 19-20 
 
 (1396). 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 Ric. Duddeleye, 
 
 XIX 
 
 C. 245 
 
 246. „ 
 
 246a. John Duddeleye, 
 
 247. Thos Dene, 
 
 20-21 Ric. II. 
 21-22 „ 
 22-23 „ 
 13-14 Hen. IV. 
 
 (1396-97). 
 (1397-98). 
 (1398-99). 
 (1411-12). 
 
 IX. Magister Scolarum ^ Magister or Gustos Capelle. 
 The first of these titles is given to C. 248 only; C. 249-277, 279-280 are 
 
 Custodes, C, 
 
 ■ 278, 
 
 , 281 291 Magistrif Capelle. 
 
 
 
 C. 248. 
 
 John de Elyngham, 
 
 30-31 Edw. 
 
 III. 
 
 (1356-57). 
 
 249. 
 
 Thos. de Stokton, 
 
 49 
 
 
 (1375)- 
 
 250. 
 
 Wm 
 
 . Owstone, 
 
 15-16 Ric. II. 
 
 (1392). 
 
 251- 
 
 
 )) 
 
 16-17 » 
 
 
 (1392-93)- 
 
 252. 
 
 
 >j 
 
 18-19 „ 
 
 
 (^ 394-95)- 
 
 253- 
 
 John Wyrcestre, 
 
 19-20 
 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 254. 
 
 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 
 (1396-97). 
 
 255. 
 
 
 
 21-22 
 
 
 (1397-98). 
 
 256. 
 
 
 
 1-2 Hen. 
 
 IV. ( 
 
 1399-1400). 
 
 257- 
 
 
 
 2-3 
 
 
 (T400-01). 
 
 258. 
 
 
 
 4-5 » 
 
 
 (1402-03). 
 
 259- 
 
 John Whytechurch, 
 
 8-9 » 
 
 
 (1406-07). 
 
 260. 
 
 
 » 
 
 9-10 
 
 
 (1407-08). 
 
 261. 
 
 
 >j 
 
 lO-II 
 
 
 (1408-09). 
 
 262. 
 
 Ric. 
 
 Duddeleye, 
 
 II-I2 
 
 
 (1409-10). 
 
 263. 
 
 Wm 
 
 ;. Croppethome, 
 
 12-13 „ 
 
 
 (1410-11). 
 
 264. 
 
 
 M 
 
 13-14 
 
 
 (1411-12). 
 
 265. 
 
 
 j> 
 
 14 H. IV.- 
 
 -I H. 
 
 V. 
 (1412-13). 
 
 266. 
 
 
 » 
 
 1-2 Hen. 
 
 V. 
 
 (1413-14). 
 
 267. 
 
 
 >» 
 
 2-3 
 
 
 (1414-15)- 
 
 268. 
 
 
 >> 
 
 3-4 
 
 
 (1415-16). 
 
 269. 
 
 
 j> 
 
 5-6 „ 
 
 
 (1417-18). 
 
 270. 
 
 Thos. Collewall, 
 
 7 
 
 
 (1419). 
 
 271. 
 
 Wm 
 
 . Broughton, 
 
 8-9 » 
 
 
 (1420-21). 
 
 271a, 
 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding 
 
 ' roll.] 
 
 
 272. 
 
 
 
 1-2 Hen. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 272a. 
 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding 
 
 ^ roll.] 
 
 
 273- 
 
 
 
 2-3 
 
 
 (1423-24). 
 
 274. 
 
 
 
 3-4 », 
 
 
 (1424-25). 
 
 274a. 
 
 
 „ [Duplicate of the preceding 
 
 roll.] 
 
 
 
 
 ' Possibly SCOLARIUM, MS. scolar\ 
 
 
 
 
 
 b2 
 
 
 
XX 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 C. 275. 
 
 Wm. Broughton, 
 
 5-6 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1426-27). 
 
 276. 
 
 »> 
 
 6-7 » 
 
 (1427-28). 
 
 277. 
 
 it 
 
 7-8 ,, 
 
 (1428.29). 
 
 278. 
 
 Ric. Welles, 
 
 8-9 „ 
 
 (1429-30). 
 
 279. 
 
 Wm. Lodelow, 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1434-35). 
 
 279rt. 
 
 » 
 
 14-15 
 
 (1435-36). 
 
 280. 
 
 >> 
 
 15-16 „ 
 
 (1436-37). 
 
 281. 
 
 John Smethwyke, 
 
 7-8 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1467-68). 
 
 282. 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 12-13 
 
 (1472-73). 
 
 283. 
 
 Wm. Dene, 
 
 14-15 
 
 (1474-75). 
 
 284. 
 
 )> 
 
 15-16 
 
 (1475-76). 
 
 285. 
 
 >> 
 
 19-20 
 
 (1479-80). 
 
 285a. 
 
 »> 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 (1480-81). 
 
 286. 
 
 >> 
 
 1-2 Ric. III. 
 
 (1483-84). 
 
 287. 
 
 j» 
 
 4-5 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1488-89). 
 
 288. 
 
 John Gloucestre, 
 
 5-6 
 
 (148990). 
 
 289. 
 
 John Stratford, 
 
 15 „ 
 
 (1499-1500). 
 
 290. 
 
 John Hardewyke, 
 
 16-17 
 
 (1500-01). 
 
 291. 
 
 Wm. Clifton, 
 
 19-20 „ 
 
 (1502-03). 
 
 
 X. 
 
 PiTANCIARIUS.* 
 
 
 C. 292." 
 
 Nic. de Clanefeld, 
 
 23-24 Edw. I. 
 
 (1294-95). 
 
 293.' 
 
 >j 
 
 25-26 
 
 (1296-97). 
 
 294. 
 
 Simon Crompe, 
 
 12-13 Edw. II. 
 
 (1318-19). 
 
 295- 
 
 Robt. de Morton, 
 
 17-18 
 
 (1324). 
 
 296, 
 
 >> 
 
 18-19 „ 
 
 (1324-25). 
 
 297. 
 
 } " 
 
 as ' Pitanciarius de Hermitagio 
 
 297^!. 
 
 1-2, 2-3 Edw. Ill 
 
 (1327-29). 
 
 298, 
 
 [John] de Leye, 
 
 13-14 Edw. III. 
 
 (1339-40). 
 
 299. 
 
 Wm. de Clyve, 
 
 14-15 » 
 
 (1340-41). 
 
 300. 
 
 jj 
 
 17-18 „ 
 
 (1343-44). 
 
 301. 
 
 » 
 
 18-19 » 
 
 (1344-45). 
 
 302. 
 
 >> 
 
 20-21 „ 
 
 (1346-47). 
 
 303. 
 
 Ric. de Wenlok, 
 
 29-30 » 
 
 (1355-56). 
 
 ' This is the form of the word in the (without a numeral), and are therefore 
 
 earlier rolls. By the reign of Hen. VIII. placed under Edw. I. 
 
 it had become Pitansarius. 3 These two very short accounts (scarcely 
 
 " These two rolls should perhaps be long enough to form rolls) would seem to 
 
 referred to the corresponding years of belong to a hermit's cell attached to the 
 
 Edw, III. : cf. C. 112. They are, how- Priory, 
 ever, dated by the years ' regis Edwardi ' 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. xXi 
 
 C. 304. 
 
 Ric. de Wenlok, 
 
 30-31 Edw. III. 
 
 (1356-57). 
 
 305- 
 
 >> 
 
 34-35 
 
 (1360-61). 
 
 306. 
 
 Thos. de Wyke, 
 
 35-37 » 
 
 (1362-63). 
 
 307- 
 
 >» 
 
 37-38 „ 
 
 (1363-64). 
 
 308. 
 
 Ric. de Wenlok, 
 
 44-45 
 
 (1370-71). 
 
 309- 
 
 Thos. de Wyke, 
 
 46-47 
 
 (1372-73). 
 
 310. 
 
 Robt. Stanes, 
 
 49-50 
 
 (1375-76). 
 
 3"- 
 
 John Wytteneye, 
 
 3-4 Ric. II. 
 
 (1379-80). 
 
 312. 
 
 >> 
 
 5 ,» 
 
 (1381). 
 
 313- 
 
 Wm. Merstone, 
 
 11-12 „ 
 
 (1387-88). 
 
 314. 
 
 » 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1389-90). 
 
 315. 
 
 » 
 
 [no date] 
 
 
 316. 
 
 >» 
 
 17 » 
 
 (1393). 
 
 317- 
 
 ft 
 
 17-18 „ 
 
 (1393-94). 
 
 318. 
 
 John Senar, 
 
 19-20 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 319- 
 
 Wm, Owston, 
 
 2-3 Hen. IV. 
 
 (1400-01). 
 
 320. 
 
 Wm. Merstone, 
 
 8-9 » 
 
 (1406-07). 
 
 321. 
 
 » 
 
 13-14 ,, 
 
 (I4II-I2). 
 
 322. 
 
 » 
 
 2-3 Hen. V. 
 
 (1414-15). 
 
 323. 
 
 Thos. Collewelle, 
 
 3-4 
 
 (1415-16). 
 
 324- 
 
 >> 
 
 4-5 
 
 (1416-17). 
 
 325- 
 
 Ric. Cowarne, 
 
 9 H. v.— I H. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1421-22). 
 
 326. 
 
 Robt. Lawarne, 
 
 2-3 Hen. VI. 
 
 (1423-24). 
 
 327. 
 
 >j 
 
 4-5 
 
 (1424-25). 
 
 328. 
 
 Wm. Croft, 
 
 5-6 „ 
 
 (1425-26). 
 
 329- 
 
 Thos. Lylleshull, 
 
 lO-II 
 
 (1431-32). 
 
 330- 
 
 Thos. Blacwell, 
 
 13-14 
 
 (1434-35). 
 
 331- 
 
 John Hanley, 
 
 14-15 » 
 
 (1435-36). 
 
 332- 
 
 » 
 
 15-16 
 
 (1436-37). 
 
 333. 
 
 John Langley, 
 
 24-25 
 
 (1445-46). 
 
 334- 
 
 John Smethewyke, 
 
 29-30 
 
 (1450-51). 
 
 335- 
 
 M 
 
 33-34 „ 
 
 (1454-55). 
 
 336. 
 
 John Webley, 
 
 1-2 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1461-62). 
 
 337. 
 
 John Byshampton, 
 
 3-4 ,y 
 
 (1463-64). 
 
 338. 
 
 » 
 
 12-13 
 
 (1472-73). 
 
 339- 
 
 Ric. Croppethorne, 
 
 15-16 
 
 (1475-76). 
 
 340. 
 
 >• 
 
 17-18 „ 
 
 (1477-78). 
 
 341. 
 
 Wm. Hiukley, 'Michaelmas Term, 19 Edw. 
 
 , IV.' 
 
 
 
 
 (1479)- 
 
 342. 
 
 I) 
 
 20-21 Edw. IV. 
 
 (1480-81). 
 
XXll 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 c. 343. 
 
 John Newtowne, 
 
 1-2 
 
 Ric. ] 
 
 [11. 
 
 (1483-84). 
 
 344. 
 
 )> 
 
 3-4 
 
 Hen. 
 
 VII. 
 
 (1487-88). 
 
 345- 
 
 John Hardewyke, 
 
 5-6 
 
 )i 
 
 
 (1489-90). 
 
 346. 
 
 » 
 
 lo-n 
 
 )f 
 
 
 (1494-95). 
 
 347. 
 
 » 
 
 11-12 
 
 )) 
 
 
 (1495-96). 
 
 348. 
 
 » 
 
 12-13 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1496-97). 
 
 349. 
 
 John Stokys, 
 
 16-17 
 
 » 
 
 
 (I500-OT). 
 
 350- 
 
 » 
 
 17-18 
 
 i> 
 
 
 (1501-02). 
 
 
 XL 
 
 Precentor. 
 
 
 
 C. 351- 
 
 John de Leye, 
 
 20-21 
 
 Edw. 
 
 III. 
 
 (1346-47). 
 
 352. 
 
 >j 
 
 22 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1348). 
 
 353- 
 
 John de Lemenstre, 
 
 23-24 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1349-50)- 
 
 354- 
 
 f> 
 
 24-25 
 
 >j 
 
 
 (I350-5I)- 
 
 355- 
 
 >j 
 
 28-30 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1354-56). 
 
 356. 
 
 Henry de Lawerne, 
 
 32-33 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1358-59). 
 
 357- 
 
 )> 
 
 34-35 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1360-61). 
 
 358. 
 
 Ric. de Henkseye, 
 
 35-36 
 
 >i 
 
 
 (1361-62). 
 
 359- 
 
 >> 
 
 36-37 
 
 )> 
 
 
 (1362-63). 
 
 360. 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 47 
 
 >» 
 
 
 (1373)- 
 
 361. 
 
 Wm. Power, 
 
 48-49 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1374-75)- 
 
 362. 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 3 
 
 Ric. n. 
 
 (1379-80. 
 
 363- 
 
 Robt. Stanes, 
 
 7-8 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1383-84). 
 
 364.^ 
 
 >j 
 
 8-9 
 
 ») 
 
 
 (1384-85). 
 
 365- 
 
 John Malverne, 
 
 11-12 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1387-88). 
 
 366.' 
 
 » 
 
 12 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1388). 
 
 367- 
 
 John Hatfeld, 
 
 14-15 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1390-91). 
 
 368. 
 
 )> 
 
 17-18 
 
 )> 
 
 
 (1393-94). 
 
 369- 
 
 if 
 
 18-19 
 
 >} 
 
 
 (1394-95). 
 
 370. 
 
 >> 
 
 2 
 
 Hen. 
 
 IV. 
 
 (1400-01). 
 
 371.' 
 
 John Clyve, 
 
 3 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1401-02). 
 
 372. 
 
 Roger Shrovesbury, 
 
 7-8 
 
 i> 
 
 
 (1405-06). 
 
 373. 
 
 Thos. Broctone, 
 
 12-13 
 
 j> 
 
 
 (1410-11). 
 
 374- 
 
 j> 
 
 13-14 
 
 i> 
 
 
 (1411-12). 
 
 375- 
 
 John Tendbury, 
 
 7-8 Hen. 
 
 V. 
 
 (1419-20). 
 
 376. 
 
 >> 
 
 1-2 
 
 Hen. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1422-23). 
 
 ' These rolls have indentures attached, The most interesting is described as a 
 
 executed between the outgoing precentor ' jewel ' {iocale) in the form of an M, 
 
 and his successor in office, containing a list adorned with precious stones, no doubt a 
 
 of articles belonging to the office which badge worn or carried on a wand, 
 were handed on from one to the other. 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. xxiii 
 
 C. 377- John Stodeley, 4-5 Hen. VI. (1425-26). 
 
 378. Thos. Lyllesull, 15-16 „ (1436-37). 
 
 379. John Sudbury, 28-29 » (1449-50). 
 
 380. John George, 29-30 „ (1450-51). 
 
 381. Walter Fraunces, 5-6 Edw. IV. (1465-66). 
 
 382. John Kydyrmynster, 7-8 „ (1467-68). 
 
 383. Ric. Mynston, 16-17 » (1476-77). 
 384- „ 18-19 „ (1478-79). 
 
 385. John Newton, 21-22 „ (1481-82). 
 
 386. „ 22-23^ „ (1482-83). 
 
 387. Ric. Mynston, 4.5 Hen. VII. (1488-89). 
 
 388. Thos, Mildenham, 7-8 „ (1491-92). 
 
 389. Edm. Ledbury, lo-ii „ (1494-95). 
 
 390. „ 11-12 „ (1495-96). 
 
 391. Wm. Wircetur, 14-15 „ (1498-99). 
 
 392. Edm. Ledbury, 16-17 » (1500-01). 
 393- » 17-18 „ (1501-02). 
 394. Wm. Lylsyll, =" 2 Hen. VIIL (15x0). 
 
 XII. Priors' Rolls. 
 
 John [de Evesham], 1340-70. 
 
 C. 395- 14-15 Edw. in. (1340-41). 
 
 John Hertilbury, 1444-56. 
 
 C. 396. 23-24 Hen. VI. (1444-45). 
 
 397- 25-26 „ (1446-47). 
 
 398. 26-27 „ (1447-48). 
 
 399- 31-32 „ (1452-53). 
 
 Thomas Musard, 1456-69. 
 
 C. 400. 38-39 „ (1459-60). 
 
 401- 3-4 Edw. IV. (1463-64). 
 
 402. 4-5 „ (1464-65). 
 
 Robert Multon, 1469-92. 
 
 C- 403- 9-10 » (1469-70). 
 
 404« lo-ii „ (1470-71). 
 
 405- 12-13 » (1472-73). 
 
 406. 18-19 » (1478-79)- 
 
 407* 21-22 „ (1481-82). 
 
 408. 1-2 Ric. III. (1483-84). 
 
 409. 2-3 Hen. VIL (1486-87). 
 
 410. 4-5 „ (1488-89). 
 4". 6-y „ (1490-91). 
 
 ' Sic, for 1 Ric III. ' The same name as occurs C. 329, 378. 
 
XXIV 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OPTICIALS. 
 
 
 William More, 
 
 1518-36. 
 
 
 
 
 
 412 ( 
 
 = 106). 
 
 
 13-14 
 
 Hen. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 (1521-22). 
 
 412a. 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 (1522). 
 
 413- 
 
 
 
 15-16 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1523-24). 
 
 414. 
 
 
 
 16-17 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1524-25). 
 
 414a. 
 
 
 
 21-22 
 
 )> 
 
 
 (1529-30). 
 
 414b. 
 
 
 
 2324 
 
 n 
 
 
 (1531-32). 
 
 415- 
 
 
 
 25-26 
 
 
 
 (1533-34). 
 
 The rolls of Prior More are different in form from those of his pre- 
 decessors. They contain the accounts for the year of all the officials, and 
 exhibit a complete conspectus of the receipts and expenditure of the Convent. 
 This is doubtless the reason why so few separate accounts of officials during 
 the reign of Henry VIII. are preserved. 
 
 XIII. Refectorarius. 
 
 416. Thos. More, 
 
 417. Roger Evesham, 
 
 418. John Savage, 
 
 419. Ric. Tyberton, 
 
 420. Thos. Wiche, 
 
 421. Robt. Aylysbury, 
 
 422. John Byshampton, 
 
 423. Wm. Worcestur, 
 
 424. John Halys, 
 
 17-18 Ric. II. 
 19-20 „ 
 10-11 Hen. VI. 
 18-19 Hen. VI. 
 
 33-34 » 
 
 6-7 Edw. IV. 
 20-21 „ 
 15-16 Hen. VII. 
 
 (1393-94) 
 (1395-96) 
 
 (1431-32) 
 (1439-40) 
 
 (T454-55) 
 (1466-67) 
 (1480-81) 
 
 17-18 
 
 (1499—1500) 
 (1501-02) 
 
 XIV. Sacrista. 
 
 C. 425. John Clyve, 
 
 426. John Weddesbury, 
 
 427. » 
 
 428. Robt. Alvechurche, 
 
 429. „ 
 430- « 
 
 2-3 Hen. VI. 
 17-18 Hen. VII. 
 21-22 „ 
 23-24 „ 
 
 8-9 Hen. VIII. 
 
 X5 » 
 
 (1423-24). 
 (1501-02). 
 (1505-06). 
 (1507-08). 
 (1516-17). 
 (1523)' 
 
 ' This is a roll of a character quite dif- 
 ferent from the other Prior's rolls. It 
 contains the accounts of Prior More as 
 Vicar General for Cardinal Julius de' Medici, 
 to whom Leo X. had given the bishopric 
 
 to hold in comntettdam after the death of 
 the bishop Silvester de Gigliis. But the see 
 is stated to be vacant, the Cardinal not 
 having been enthroned. 
 
ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. XXV 
 
 XV. SUBCELLARARIUS. 
 
 C. 431. 
 
 Wm. de Peyto, 
 
 19 
 
 Edw. 
 
 II. 
 
 (1325). 
 
 432. 
 
 Ric. Colys, 
 
 6-7 
 
 Edw. 
 
 III.' 
 
 (1332-33). 
 
 433. 
 
 John de Gloucestre. 
 
 15-16 
 
 5» 
 
 
 (1341-42). 
 
 434. 
 
 Philip de la Broke, 
 
 17-18 
 
 )> 
 
 
 (1343-44). 
 
 435. 
 
 Ric. de Morton, 
 
 19-20 
 
 »> 
 
 
 (1345-46). 
 
 436. 
 
 John de Troubrugge, 
 
 23-24 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1349-50). 
 
 437. 
 
 a 
 
 25-26 
 
 i) 
 
 
 (i35»-52). 
 
 438. 
 
 Walter de Froucestre, 
 
 26-27 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1352-53). 
 
 439. 
 
 Ric. de Hengseye, 
 
 29-30 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1355-56). 
 
 440. 
 
 Walter de Froucestre, 
 
 30-31 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1356-57). 
 
 441. 
 
 n 
 
 31-32 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1357-58). 
 
 442. 
 
 » 
 
 32-33 
 
 M 
 
 
 (1358-59). 
 
 443. 
 
 »> 
 
 33-34 
 
 »» 
 
 
 (1359-60). 
 
 444. 
 
 Wm. Merstone, 
 
 3-4 
 
 Ric. 
 
 [I. 
 
 (1379-80). 
 
 445- 
 
 John de Uptone, 
 
 13-14 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1389-90). 
 
 446. 
 
 T.R.(?Thos. Ruydyng) 
 
 , 20-21 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1396-97). 
 
 447. 
 
 John Morton, 
 
 19-20 Hen. 
 
 VI. 
 
 (1440-41). 
 
 448. 
 
 >> 
 
 29-30 
 
 )) 
 
 
 (1450-51). 
 
 449. 
 
 Ric. Upton, 
 
 12-13 
 
 Edw. 
 
 IV. 
 
 (1472-73). 
 
 450. 
 
 John Gloucestre, 
 
 2 
 
 R. HI.— I 
 
 H. VII. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (1484-85). 
 
 451. 
 
 Thos, Stafiforde, 
 
 6-7 Hen. 
 
 VII. 
 
 (1490-91). 
 
 452. 
 
 Hen. Chester, 
 
 9-10 
 
 >» 
 
 
 (1493-94). 
 
 XVI. TUMBARIUS. 
 
 The title given to the first (only) of these officers whose computus is 
 preserved is Custos feretrorum sanctorum Oswaldi et Wulstani. 
 
 c. 453. 
 
 John Wytteneye, 
 
 49-50 
 
 Edw 
 
 III. 
 
 (1375-76). 
 
 454. 
 
 »> 
 
 1-2 
 
 Ric. 
 
 II. 
 
 (1377-78). 
 
 C. 455. 
 
 John Tewkesbury, 
 
 12-13 
 
 Ric. 
 
 II. 
 
 (1388-89). 
 
 456. 
 
 » 
 
 13-14 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1389-90). 
 
 457- 
 
 j> 
 
 14-15 
 
 >> 
 
 
 (1390-91). 
 
 458. 
 
 » 
 
 16-17 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1392-93). 
 
 459. 
 
 »j 
 
 i8 
 
 » 
 
 
 (1394). 
 
 4S9«. 
 
 Wm. Merstone, 
 
 18-19 
 
 )i 
 
 
 (1394-95). 
 
 460. 
 
 M 
 
 19-20 
 
 »» 
 
 
 (1395-96). 
 
 ' In the reign of Edw. III. the Subcellarer is described as having the charge of a mill 
 or mills at Mildenham. 
 
XXVI 
 
 ACCOUNT ROLLS OF THE OFFICIALS. 
 
 461. 
 
 Wm. Merstone, 
 
 462. 
 
 » 
 
 463- 
 
 »i 
 
 464. 
 
 i) 
 
 465. 
 
 » 
 
 466. 
 
 » 
 
 467. 
 
 » 
 
 468. 
 
 » 
 
 469. 
 
 Thos. More, 
 
 470. 
 
 >) 
 
 471. 
 
 John Sudbury, 
 
 472. 
 
 Roger Kyngstone, 
 
 20-21 Ric. II. (1396-97) 
 
 21-22 „ (1397-98). 
 
 22-23 „ (1398-99) 
 
 1-2 Hen. IV. (1399 — 1400) 
 
 2-3 » 
 
 3-4 ,, 
 
 4-S ., 
 
 5-6 „ 
 
 6-7 ,» 
 11-12 „ 
 33-34 Hen. VI. 
 15-16 Edw. IV. 
 
 C. 473 — 498 are Defective Rolls: among which one at least deserves 
 special notice : 
 
 C. 482. John .... 7 Edw. I. (1279-80). 
 
 Apparently a Cellarer's Roll, it is complete, except that the heading 
 is unfortunately torn off. It contains an interesting list of presents (casks 
 of wine, salmon, &c.), given to royal and noble personages. 
 
 (1400-01) 
 (1401-02) 
 (1402-03) 
 (1403-04) 
 (1404-05) 
 (1409-10) 
 
 (1454-55) 
 (1475-76) 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 nPHESE introductory remarks are intended simply to bring out 
 ■^ into clearer light the facts mentioned in the documents them- 
 selves. I do not possess the requisite knowledge for comparing 
 them with the similar documents of other convents or other periods. 
 That must be left to antiquaries and historians of far wider know- 
 ledge than I possess ; and I hope that this small contribution of 
 materials may be of some interest and service. The documents 
 suggest many questions to which I am able to give no answer. 
 
 The accounts here printed are the annual abstracts for the year 
 mentioned, A.D. 1 521-2, presented by the officials, or some of the 
 officials, of the Benedictine Monastery of Worcester, at the annual 
 audit held shortly after Michaelmas. These officials are the Prior, 
 the Cellerarius, the Subcellerarius, the Elemosinarius, the Magister 
 Capellae, the Camerarius, the Pitansarius, the Precentor, the Tum- 
 barius, the Hostillarius, the Magister Communis Cense, the Refecto- 
 rarius, the Infirmarius, the Coquinarius, and the Sacrista. The 
 total of the sums that pass through their hands in the year is 
 ;^i,352 igs. S^d corresponding to about ;6^I4,CXX) or ;^i 5,000 of our 
 money. Part of this, however, is counted twice over, as paid by one 
 official to another. From other sources it is learnt that the net 
 income of the monastery at the Dissolution was £i,2go lOs. 6ld.^. 
 
 These accounts were in general submitted to the prior and auditor; 
 but some suspicion had recently arisen as to the accounts ; for in 
 Prior More's Journal it is stated that in the year A.D. 1 521-2, to 
 which these accounts belong, the Sacrist was bound on oath to 
 submit his accounts to the Bishop or his deputy, and not to the 
 Prior. 
 
 It is, perhaps, worth recalling that this was an eventful year in 
 the history of the monastery, though no traces of the events occur 
 
 ' Noake— Monastery and Cathedral of Worcester, p. 230. 
 
XXviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 in the accounts. In the year A.D. 152 1, Sylvester Giglis, Bishop of 
 Worcester, died at Rome ; and the bull of Leo condemning Luther 
 was delivered to the prior, sede vacante. In July, A.D. 1521, the 
 prior and convent returned a submissive answer, and Noake tells us ^ 
 that the populace of Worcester, to manifest their sympathy with 
 the cause of the Reformation, defaced the high cross before the 
 Guildhall. 
 
 The great majority of the accounts of the monastery that still 
 exist are written on parchment, the skins being sewn together end- 
 wise so as to form a long strip, and then rolled up and tied. They 
 are often written on both sides. But it happens that the accounts 
 for four consecutive years, not all of them complete, are written on 
 paper, as was the custom after the dissolution of the monastery, and 
 are in the form of a volume. Its nature can be judged from the 
 facsimile of p. 133 of the manuscript, printed opposite p. 26 2, It is 
 the second of these four years that I have selected for transcription. 
 
 The volume also contains the accounts of the bailiffs and col- 
 lectors of some of the manors for the same years. The total of their 
 accounts in the first of these years, prior to deductions, is £^0/^ 
 i^s. ^^d., and the net total is considerably less. It is plain, there- 
 fore; that this volume does not give a complete account of the 
 revenues of the priory. 
 
 " The contents of the volume, of which some leaves have been 
 misplaced in binding, are as follows : — 
 
 pp. I — 43. 12-13 Hen. VIII. Accounts of bailiffs, &c. 
 „ 44 — 69. „ „ Accounts of all officials, 
 
 except Coguinarius 
 and Sacrista. 
 „ 70 — 113. 13-14 Hen. VIII. Accounts of bailiffs, &c. 
 ,,115 — 140. „ „ Accounts of all officials, 
 
 except Sacrista. 
 „ 149 — 189. 14-15 Hen. VIII. Accounts of bailiffs, &c. 
 
 „ 191—216.1 
 „ 141— 146.J 
 
 Accounts of all officials. 
 
 ,,217 — 254. 15-16 Hen. VIII. Accounts of bailiffs, &c. 
 ,,255 — 287. „ „ Accounts of all officials. 
 
 * p. 214. Road, Worcester, and leave nothing to be 
 
 ' All the facsimiles are from photographs desired, 
 taken by Mr. Arthur Neale, Braemar, Bath 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXIX 
 
 " The disarrangement of leaves made it at first appear that the 
 accounts of officials were more incomplete than they are. The 
 absence of the Sacrist's accounts in the first two years is probably 
 not accidental, nor due to the loss of a couple of leaves, as might be 
 conjectured for the second year. It must be considered in connexion 
 with the statement as to these accounts in the Prior's Journal. The 
 absence of the accounts of the coquinarius in the first year is not due 
 to the loss of leaves : for the Infirmarius's accounts end on p. 69, 
 and the verso (p. 70) contains the commencement of the BailifTs 
 accounts for the second year." These two paragraphs are extracted 
 from a letter written to me by the Dean of Westminster. 
 
 The accounts of a single year may be taken as fairly representative 
 of the period ; a large proportion of the items in any one year 
 being identical with items in the years before and after ; but in order 
 to give a more comprehensive view of the accounts of the period 
 I have in this introduction noted occasionally some of the items 
 occurring in the abstracts of other years which are not represented 
 in that of the year selected. 
 
 Before proceeding to the examination of these abstracts it may 
 be well to say a few words on the accounts of which they are the 
 abstracts. For besides these abstracts there were the detailed 
 accounts of the bailiffs and rent collectors of the different manors 
 to which I have referred ; a specimen of these is given in Ap- 
 pendix I. There were also the detailed accounts of the officials of 
 the monastery, as to their expenditure : and these are constantly 
 referred to in the abstracts — parcelle particulariter plenius liquent — 
 parcelle plenius liquent per jornale suuni — ut patet per rentale—per 
 indenturas — tit patet per tallium — per jornale coram domino priore 
 et auditore debite examinatum. The nature of these detailed 
 accounts of expenditure can be inferred from Prior More's journal, 
 which gives his weekly accounts for many years, and appears 
 from his abstract to have been in some form submitted to audit. 
 A specimen page of this is given in facsimile in Appendix III., p. 47. 
 A facsimile is also given at p. 54 of a portion of the roll of a 
 coquinarius, which supplies the menu, and the cost of the dinner, 
 for every day in the year. There were also the detailed accounts 
 of the receipts of each official, giving the rents of lands and tene- 
 ments actually paid terminis sanctorum Michaelis, Andree, Annun- 
 ciationis et sancti Johannis Baptiste. C. 2CX) (b) is a good specimen 
 
2s. 6d., 2s. 6d.y 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d. 
 
 Sd., 5^., 5^., 5^. 
 
 XXX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 of such an account of the elemosinarius. Two or three lines from 
 it may be given as an illustration : — 
 
 Ex tenemento uno scilicet sexto a ^ 
 porta in Sudbury Strete sinistra parte 
 ex opposite tenementi Henrici Brun- 
 fords per annum ad terminos usuales 
 videlicet. 
 
 Ex tenemento quondam Rusby, ' 
 quondam Thomae Carter, et modo 
 William Wybbe tenet per annum ad 
 terminos usuales. 
 
 The former of these two entries shows that houses in streets 
 were not yet numbered, and the latter entry may interest some of 
 the great family of Webbs, who still live in Worcester. It shows 
 how regularly one of their possible ancestors paid his modest 
 quarterly rent. 
 
 The length and apparent complexity of the abstracts of the 
 accounts of the monastery arises in part from the fact that the 
 manors and farms were given or assigned to certain offices in the 
 convent, and not to the convent as a whole. Each of the officers has, 
 therefore, his own estates and revenues and officials, and holds his 
 own curia or court, and pays his own contribution to the Order of \d. 
 per mark. The elemosinarius^ for example, rides out to Icome with his 
 seneschal to hold a curia as lord of the manor. Some of our documents 
 are the records of such courts. Then further, each of the manors, 
 though held by one official, was subject to certain charges upon it 
 payable to other persons. The second item in the prior's receipts — 
 percipit de cellerario pro secunda vestura de Dydeley per annum . . . 
 6s. Sd. — is of this nature. The home estate, • Wigorn.,' is appropriated 
 in part to the cellerarius. He receives rents of tenements and lands in 
 civitate Wigorn. et suburbiis [pp. i, yo, 149, 217]^ and the rents of 
 some farms, among them 40J. pro secunda vestura — the aftermath — 
 de Dydeley (? DigHs). But he has to pay to the Bishop a quit rent 
 ^^duorum tenementorum de novo edificatorum juxta He Car dy nails Hatte' 
 quondam vocatum Holdefords Inne" [p. i], and a quit rent i2d. for 
 a tenement in Broad Street. He pays to the precentor a rent of 
 
 ' The numbers in square brackets refer to the pages in the manuscript volume from 
 which the transcription is made. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xxxi 
 
 26s. 8d. for a tenement in Newport : to the Bishop pro via habenda — 
 a right of road — in Dudeley \2d., and, as has been said, to the prior, 
 pro secunda vesttira de Dydeley, 6s. %d. 
 
 The variations from year to year in the receipts arise partly from 
 fines on renewal of rents. Thus [p. 261] the cellerarius enters — de 
 fine Ricardi Chylde pro Myldenhams Mylle hoc anno — ;^20. There 
 are also variable 'heriotts'; for example in 18 Henry VIII. the 
 Elemosinarius reports at his curia the death of Henry Staunton, 
 and the payment by his widow of a heriott videlicet optimum animal 
 bovem coloris rubii pretii \2s., on the payment of which amount 
 ipsa fecit fidelitatem et admissa est tenens. The sale of wood, cattle, 
 salt, coal, building materials, &c., is also variable. The rents of 
 houses are also a varying item. Some houses are reported as 
 indecassa, or indecata, which seems to mean out of repair (decasus). 
 In some cases the tenant negat solvere ; in others recessit cum redditu 
 or redditu non soluto ; in others redditus detinetur. Sometimes there 
 is no rent, quia tenementum vacuum jacet. In addition to rents paid 
 in money, presents or tribute were sent from the manors. For 
 example, on fol. 5 1 of the Prior's ' Jornale ' is a note that during 
 the year he had received 120 pairs of pigeons from Crowle, 44 pairs 
 from the Priory Cote, 100 couple of conies from Henwick, 25 couple 
 from Batnall, and 14 from Hallow. 
 
 The abstracts of the receipts of each official are rendered in a 
 nearly identical form, as will be seen by reference to the printed 
 specimens that follow. The main item in the receipts is the net 
 total of the rents received through bailiffs and collectors of certain 
 lands, farms and tenements, and of the pensions or payments from 
 certain Churches. A detailed account of these has previously been 
 submitted to the auditor. To this main item are added small fixed 
 payments which come mainly through other officials of the monas- 
 tery, and variable items often of considerable interest, such as 
 legacies, and ofiferings by pilgrims in money and wax. The last 
 of these, as will be seen by reference to the Sacrist's accounts, 
 amounted in value to ;^49 <^s. \\d. 
 
 The abstracts of the expenditure are more varied. In general 
 we have first the redditus resoluti, fixed charges on the rents, due 
 to outsiders. In some cases there follow the decassorum redditus, 
 allowances for rents not received ; stipendia monachorum, payments 
 made to the officers, members and servants of the convent : feoda 
 
xxxii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 et vadia, payments made to oflficials who are not monks by 
 way of salaries or gratuities ; corodia, or allowances ; solutiones 
 necessarie, payments for repairs of tenements, for the repair of the 
 chancel of the church in his manor, and for repair of bridges, for 
 articles used in the office, and the fee to the professional accountant 
 for making the abstract — pro factura prcesentis compoti ; then follow 
 items for hospitality, and for the special duties of his office, and for 
 the furniture of his chamber or camera^ and finally for sundries 
 impossible to classify. 
 
 A few remarks may now be made on the accounts of each officer 
 in order ; and first of the Prior, or the Lord Prior, as he was now 
 styled. 
 
 In addition to these abstracts there exists in our collection a 
 journal of William More, the last prior but one, giving his daily and 
 weekly expenditure from A.D. 15 18 — 153$. 
 
 This journal has never been published in extenso, but it has been 
 often quoted and referred to : it is full of interest, but in this intro- 
 duction I do not propose to make more than a very few quotations 
 from it. It contains 157 folios. 
 
 The prior's total receipts in the year selected were £,2d^% 3^. %d., 
 of which £2^ 12s. 2\d. comes from rents and pensions. Among 
 the few variable items in his receipts are such as these [p. 255], de 
 elemosinario pro bona cujusdam felonis apud Icombe ^s. 4d. [p. 191], 
 de relevio ^ Margarete Alflete de Bonhamstede, i2d. 
 
 His expenditure was on a large scale; he had several manor- 
 houses in which he used periodically to reside ; he had a large retinue 
 of gentlemen and servants in attendance ; he entertained magnates 
 and gave liberal presents. An entry in the year A.D, 1524 runs: 
 in expends et regardis datis domino episcopo etfamulis suis existentibus 
 apud monasterium nostrum hoc anno £y 3^. 4^. A visit to London 
 cost him .^23 I2s. ^d. There were gifts to the King in that year of 
 £() 13J. 4^., and to the Cardinal of 60s, The last roll preserved of 
 the priorate of William More is dated 25-26 Henry VIII. [A.D. 
 iS33-4]» and the last item named in his expenditure is solutum 
 
 * Relevium — droit qui se paye au seigneur was given me by Father Gabriel, the learned 
 
 a chaque mutation de proprietaire faite autre- librarian of the Benedictine monastery of 
 
 ment qu' 4 prix d'argent. Lexicon Manuale Einsiedeln, to whom, in Sep. 1907, I shewed 
 
 par W. H. Maigne d'Annis. It gives me this manuscript, 
 pleasure to acknowledge that this reference 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXxiii 
 
 magistro Thome Cromewell pro feodo suo per annum, 53^. /^d. In 
 Appendix II. we see how largely he would spend, and incur debt, 
 for a new mitre and pastoral staff : and in other years we see proofs 
 of his expenditure on his manor-houses. The following extracts are 
 illustrative : — 
 
 [p. 256.] Et computat solutum pro diver sis utenciliis et aliis 
 rebus necessariis emptis videlicet pro hangittgs de Say lectis sterniis 
 tarn ad cameram domini prioris apud Wigorn. quam apud manerium 
 de Crowle hoc anno £\2 os. od. Et computat solutum domino regi sihi 
 cojicessum per clerum in favorem et auxilium officii cellerarii hoc anno, 
 ;^20 OS. od. Item solutum est Johanni ffowlys et aliis carpinteriis lahor- 
 antibus pro nova edificacione manerii nostri de Crowle in favorem et 
 auxilimn cellerarii hoc anno, £\Z \^s. id. In the following year 
 (C. 414) we read : pro cativas empto pro picturis camere, 60s. ^d. Item 
 solutum pro uno lapide mormorio cum apparatu ejusdem empto apud 
 London vocato a buryle stone, £10 os. od. 
 
 I will give one quotation from the Prior's Journal for this year. 
 " Mem. that I have bourth to lend to my lorde Cardinall towards his 
 "jorney to Calys for to treate of peese bytweene the frenche king 
 " and the emp°', 6 horses, the price of them ;^40 4^. od. Item pay** 
 " for 6 saddulls, brydulls, and the harnes to the same with 6 letherne 
 *' halters for them 46^-. lod." 
 
 Nothing but a transcription of his journal, however, or a full 
 analysis of its contents, can give an adequate idea of his varied 
 expenditure and interests. 
 
 The cellerarius has a large income, amounting in this year to 
 ;^455 15^. loi^. The item from fines, &c., varies considerably : the 
 average of 5 years being £6^^ 13^'. od., whereas in the year selected 
 it is only £dt^ \os. 2d. No details are given as to his expenditure 
 in these abstracts. It is simply stated as pro omnibus expends et 
 allocationibus. 
 
 We may, however, infer from a roll of the cellerarius of 11-12 
 Henry VII. (C. 105) that at that time he drew his income from 29 
 manors, besides profits from wool and beer ; and that his outgoings 
 were classed under many heads — Redditus resoluti ; pensiones 
 perpetue (such as the payments to chaplains at Grimley, Tedynton 
 and Alston, and to the rector of Himbleton) ; fees to lay officials ; 
 cost of visits of the King's Judges of Assize; purchase for the 
 
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XXXIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 convent of extra beer and bread ; of corn, malt, and barley ; repair 
 of pipes that bring water, of the Gestenhall, of the cloister, of 
 pavements in the city, of the aula Hostillarii, et aliarum domorum 
 infra monasterium ; the purchase of firewood, eggs, butter, cheese, 
 milk ; of oats and mustard ; cost of shoeing his horses and those of 
 the prior ; salaries of brewers and bakers and barbers and millers 
 and valets and others; among them to two 'ffere beters,' a pal- 
 fridarius, and utii garcioni coquino ; cost of a new antiphon ; ex- 
 penses of the prince, and a gift to the king. 
 
 He acted, in fact, as treasurer to the monastery. 
 
 The subcellerarius has to give an account of all the corn, rye and 
 barley that is delivered in kind. We learn from his accounts that 
 the convent consumed about 6 quarters of wheat per week, and that 
 520 quarters of barley were used during the year in making beer. 
 An attempt is made in Appendix IV. to approximate on these data 
 to the number of persons who lived at the convent. 
 
 The accounts of the elemosinarius are of much interest. His 
 total receipts in the selected year were ;^88 \^s. id. and vary but 
 little. The chief item, £2)0 los. Sd., comes, as in the case of other 
 officials, from rents of land, houses and ' pensions,' dtcto officio 
 pertinentibus. Some of these were endowments given to perpetuate 
 the memory of John Evesham, W. Mollens, T. Carter and R. 
 Molton, by providing annual payments to members of the convent. 
 It appears from one of the items in his receipts that he was lord 
 of the manor of Icombe. The roll C. 200 (b), referred to above, 
 furnishes full particulars of the income of this office. 
 
 His expenditure deserves analysis ; after deducting the fixed 
 charges of 22s. gd., and the deductions in the next group amounting 
 to i6s. Sd.y the whole of the rest of his expenditure this year is 
 either in the form of gifts to the poor, or of salaries and allowances 
 to the members of the convent. It will be found that out of total 
 net receipts of £S6 lys, ii\d., £2^ is. $d. is the sum given to the 
 poor, and £$7 i6s. 6^d. is spent within the convent. 
 
 Other years show little variety. In C. 414 is an item pro 
 renovatione vasorum in domo eletnosinarii, 6s. 8d. ; which shows that 
 he had a separate house, or may refer to the almonry, a special 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXXV 
 
 building in which the poor men lived, and in which other poor 
 men were fed. There is also an interesting item denarii soluti 
 Johanni Wasshebourne generoso pro lite sedenda pro tilna (toll) de 
 Ancredam nuper in discordia inter dominum priorem et predicium 
 Johannem . . . 20^. The e/emosinarius was lord of the manor of 
 Ankerden. 
 
 There are other instances. of arbitration referred to in these 
 accounts. Thus on [p. 108], after an entry of a sum has been 
 made, there is added the explanation — ut patet per arbitrium domini 
 Abbatis Wynchecombe et Roberti Wye. 
 
 There is an item, such as that which follows, occurring fre- 
 quently in the accounts of other years, which happens not to be 
 represented in that of this yt3iX— pro pecuniis distributis pro obitu 
 fratris Ricardi Lynsey morientis hoc anno 2s. 6d. 
 
 The magister capellce appears from these accounts to have the 
 charge of the Lady Chapel, and of the boys and novices of the 
 convent, and to have a master under him. His income amounts 
 to £2(> \^s. Sd. from houses and land, and there appears to be 
 an endowment of 40s. founded by Bishop Alcock. His chief ex- 
 penditure is on the salary of the Master, Daniel Boyse, and on 
 the food and clothes, boots and slippers of the boys. There is 
 no actual record of the number of the boys, unless it may be 
 inferred from the first item in the stipendia that it was 14. Daniel 
 Boyse held this post from this year till his death in 25-26 
 Henry VHI. He was probably a priest, as we may infer from 
 the sacrist's account. 
 
 That the magister capellce was in charge of the Lady Chapel 
 and its service books appears probable from the standing items 
 in his accounts, pro olio empto pro sustentatione unius lampadis 
 pendentis in capelle Beate Marie, and, pro cera empta ad nsum 
 dicte capelle ; and also from occasional items, such as [p. 202], 
 pro factura duorum magnificat et unius misse de square note et 
 alterius misse de quinque partibus una cum le prikinge ejusdem 
 ... I3i'. ^d. [p. 26y'\, pro le prykinge unius libri de priksonge ad 
 usum officii hoc anno . . . 6s. Zd. item pro duobus antifonis . . . 
 35. 4d. ; and in C. 414, pro novis cantilenis emptis ad usum capelle. 
 He also supplies the master with a * surples.' 
 
xxxvi INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Camerariiis or Chamberlain is lord of the manor of Stoke 
 and Cudston, and receives from all sources £66 \os. 6d. Of this 
 sum 6s. Zd. is given to the poor, ^^8 i6s. 6d. is spent on fixed 
 fees and wages, £'}^2 \js. od. is spent in payments to monks 
 and other salaries ; expenses and repairs amount to £^ \os. 4d. 
 The special province of the Camerarius appears to be the provision 
 of clothes for the monks, and on this is spent nearly the whole of 
 the last group of items, ^ii 8s. $d. Among his receipts a few 
 years later (C. 415), we find, de proficuis vestimentorum fratris 
 Willelnii Lynsyll morientis hoc anno una cum vestimentis dementis 
 Hartylbury, \2s. 8d. In these entries and in the entry in the 
 account of the Elemosinarius just referred to, a record is preserved 
 of the deaths of the monks. 
 
 It throws some light on the ofHce of the Camerarius to quote 
 here a few entries from other years, e.g. [p. 59], pro tribus desens ^ 
 et uno quere de corves (leather), 24^. ; pro ocriis et vampes emptis 
 pro conventu, £^ 2s. od. [p. 59], pro 24 virgatis panni vocati lyncy 
 wyncy at 6d. per ell, 12s., pro panno lanio pro soccis et caligis inde 
 fiendts ; [p. 205] pro panno linio empto pro maundy clot his inde 
 fiendisy and [p. 270], pro clausura unius sepis cum le quicke sette 
 apud sanctum Johannem . . . 6s. id., pro quatuor pedis de stamine 
 largo . . . 60s., pro una pecia staminis stricti continenti xxx virgatas 
 . . . los. He also possesses a house of his own, and has to repair 
 its kitchen chimney. 
 
 The pitanciarius has an income of ;{J^53 15J. 10^. ; a small part 
 of this is spent on fixed payments, and repairs, and other working 
 expenses ; but the bulk of his income, ;^45 ys. iid., provides allow- 
 ances and stipends in money for the members of the convent. 
 When a monk celebrates his first mass, the pitancer gives a special 
 allowance of food to the convent, thus [p. 2oy]— pro pitancia data 
 conventui pro Thoma Grymley celebrante primam missam hoc anno 
 2s. This entry also occurs in the accounts of other officials. 
 
 The importance in the convent of the office of Precentor must 
 not be estimated by the relative magnitude of his official income. 
 
 ' desens, perhaps dozens. ocrUs et vampes, of short stockings or hose, which came up 
 perhaps leggings and short leather ' spats.' only to the ancles " ; also " the upper 
 Bailey's Dictionary gives for vamps " a sort leather of a shoe." 
 
INTRODUCTION. XXXVU 
 
 He only receives ;^io 12s. Sd. per annum. In his expenditure, 
 besides the £y i is. lod. which is spent within the convent in 
 salaries, there are interesting items recurring every year in the form 
 of payments to the Passtonistri, or singers of the Passion Gospels 
 in Lent, and to the special preachers in Lent, Advent, and on the 
 Rogation Days. He pays them at the rate of 3^, /^d. for a sermon. 
 The only other item that specially pertains to his office is for the 
 repair of books in the choir. 
 
 In other years there is the allowance of 2J-. to the convent when- 
 ever a monk celebrates his first mass; and in a.d. 1524-5 (C. 414) 
 begins the solutum domino regi sibi per clerum concessum, los., item 
 in denariis solutis domino cardinaliy i %d. 
 
 The tumharius has the charge of the tombs, with the income 
 of ;^I2 14J. od.f and this is mainly expended on the candles burnt 
 at the tombs. He appears to own property in St. Clement's and 
 * the Knowle,' and elsewhere in Worcester. The relics appear to 
 have been carried round the cathedral or the city in a torchlight 
 procession, for which the tumbarius was responsible. 
 
 In the previous year [p. 64] there are items, pro cera et clavis pro 
 cista in quo Johannes Constacius episcopus jacei^ ; . . . lod., item pro 
 tribiis ceris pendentibus ad pixides sanctorum Oswaldi et Wolstani . . . 
 1 2d. ; and in 1524 — 5 he too is called on to pay increased sums to 
 the king and cardinal. 
 
 The hostillarius comes next, with the small income of ;^8 2s. od. : 
 this however is a total specially augmented /loc anno by the last 
 two items amounting to ;^3 os. od. 
 
 It will be seen from the facsimile opposite p. 26 that the name of 
 Robert Alchurche, the subprior, was substituted for that of Clement 
 Hartylbury at the last moment, after the account was drafted and 
 partly filled in ; for it is evident that the last two items were written 
 in after the words Summa totalis recepte had been written. The 
 expenditure is equally exceptional. It is perhaps reasonable to 
 conjecture that Clement Hartylbury, who had this year accepted 
 the office, wanted a new bed, but that his office did not provide him 
 
 ' John de Constantii*, died Sep. 14, 1198, buried in the Cathedral. 
 
xxxviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 income enough to buy one ; and that his friend the subprior stepped 
 in, took the office, raised a special subscription for the purpose, 
 cut off the usual payment to the fratres pr<2dicatores et minores, and 
 some other gifts, ran into debt a few shillings, supplied an excellent 
 bed, and then retired from the office. We find Clement Hartylbury 
 is the hostillarius for the three following years ; and he continues 
 to improve the accommodation of the hostelry or guesthouse. 
 Besides the expenditure mentioned in the note, he buys in successive 
 years i brushe, 2 ollas pro vino imponendo, a pulvinar or bolster, 
 and 4 ollas de stannOy viz. " potell, quarte, pyte, and peny potte "... 
 4J. $d. ; another pair of lintJiiamina or sheets, and a ' curten de 
 bokerham^ emptum pro fenestra in camera hostillarii ; and finally 
 two *fyre showlys' for \Zd., and a * chevyndishe ' for \Zd. 
 
 In the left-hand margin of the facsimile will be seen certain marks. 
 Similar marks occur elsewhere. In. the account of the subcellerarius, 
 opposite the first ' Summa^ [p. ii8], they are in 5 columns, not 3 as 
 in the facsimile ; in [p, 1 19] opposite the ' Summa totalis ' in 3 
 columns ; in [p. 121] opposite the ^ Summa totalis' in 4 or 5 ; and 
 in other years in 3, 4, and 5 columns. I am not able to explain 
 what they mean. They are known to be connected with the way of 
 counting by chequers. 
 
 The magister communis cence has an income of ;^I3 6j. ^d. The 
 main items in his expenditure are the purchase in the city of beef 
 for breakfast in the convent for 38 weeks at 15^. a week, and the 
 cost of food for supper for 41 weeks, at 2 J. 4^. a week. He is 
 charged with the payment to his brethren for masses every week to 
 be said in the Chapel of Saint George for the soul of Sir Thomas 
 Lyttelton. He appears also to be in charge of the dovecotes. 
 
 The refectorarius is one of the less important officials. In suc- 
 cessive years we have John Berowc, William Fordham (who is also 
 cellerarius), William Wyche, and Thomas Hurbrugge. The income 
 is only £2 12s. 6d. It is his duty to light the refectory, and to 
 supply table-cloths and napkins, and other table requisites. There 
 is little variation in his accounts ; but in following years he buys i 
 ' pottell potte ' for I4d.y and pays pro emendacione lez aundyers in mia, 
 (andirons in the misericordia), etc., 2s. ^d. ; for tribus candelabris, 4^. ; 
 and duobus lampadibus cum cordulis, $d. ; i)ro renovatione trium 
 
INTRODUCTION. xxxix 
 
 salienum (probably saltcellars), \2d., and pro uno coopertorio pro cipho 
 supprioris, ^d., and the renewal of a * bason ' in the lavatory. 
 
 The infirmarius has an income of ;^I3 13^-. od. Payments within 
 the convent absorb £•] \6s. lod. ; and the special items connected 
 with his office for food and other expenses incurred on behalf of the 
 sick vary with their number, as indicated in the note. In the year 
 preceding that for which the account is printed there were no such 
 expenses. It is in his accounts that in each year we read of pay- 
 ments to /e dandry et duobus deycis. These three are monks, since 
 together with the 5 officials who precede them, and the 33 monks 
 that follow, they make up the number 41, corresponding to the 
 accounts of the pitanccr, who gives allowances to subprior, precentor 
 and 39 other monks. But who are the ' daiidry ' and the two 
 ' deyces ? ' 
 
 The coqui?iarius has a very important post as provider of all the 
 meat and fish— /r^ omnibus victualibus tarn carntum quatn pisciutn 
 emptis septimanatim — consumed in the convent. His receipts from 
 the estates assigned to him amount to ;^i3i 155-. 6d. ; and this sum 
 is considerably increased by the sale of hides, fat, dripping, &c., 
 and by the profits of his own farms, and byres, and piggeries. The 
 total amounts to £162 lys. 8d. 
 
 There are many interesting items in his expenditure ; we learn 
 that there was a magister tabulce in refeciorio, a larderer and other 
 assistants. He gives pitance to the Passionistri, who gave help 
 on Palm Sunday. He pays the stipends in whole or in part of 
 many officers of the prior and the convent ; of the generosi or 
 esquires, the porter, groom, and valet de chambre of the prior, 
 and several others. Two years later we note the additional item of 
 40^'. to the king. 
 
 Then follows a statement of the cost of each week's supplies, 
 varying from 42J. to £Ae 2s. od. at Christmas, and averaging 
 £2 i$s, 2d. The week is, generally speaking, defined by the first words 
 of the introit for the Sunday. I do not know what the cost of meat 
 was at that time ; but if it is taken at \d. per. lb., this sum, if spent 
 only on meat, would provide about 190 lbs. a day. Some specimens 
 of the detailed weekly accounts of a coquinarius, shewing the cost, 
 but not the quantity, of all the items supplied, is given in Ap- 
 pendix VI. 
 
Xl INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Finally, there is the sacrista. His total income is £i6?> ^s. 6d. ; 
 and some of the items in his receipts are of special interest. What 
 is meant by pro brasio de collectore cum cruce Sancti Wolstani hoc 
 anno . . . I2s.? in the year following the amount thus raised is 
 1 3 J. lOfl^. Brasium is brace or malt. The quadrantes Penticoste, or 
 Whitsun farthings, the profits Sigilli fraternitatis beatce Maries, 
 and the brevia, all call for further elucidation. The offerings of 
 pilgrims in money and wax, and perhaps of cattle, are of large 
 amount. The weight of wax given must have been about 13 cwt. 
 
 There are many items also in the expenditure that should be 
 noted. Among the fixed payments, such as those to the Bishop and 
 the Abbot of Bordesley, and allowances to members of the convent, 
 we find items — pro portacione draconis^ et vexillanun in septimana 
 rogationis^ and charges connected with the feast Corpus Christi, 
 which show that processions were under the charge of the sacrist. 
 
 Then follows the large salary of ;^io \6s. od.—magistro Lewes 
 magistro carnarie — probably the capella carnaria (charnel house) ; 
 and salaries to many other officials ; salaries to a capellanus, a 
 subsacrista, three clerici ecclesice, two servants in the sacristy ; to the 
 caretaker of the bells, the cymbal in the cloister which sounded for 
 meals, and the clock ; and to the cocus sacriste and other officials. 
 The sacrist was, therefore, the head of a considerable staff of 
 ministrants in the cathedral. 
 
 He pays for the bread used in the mass — * Syngynge bredd,' and 
 for the wine ; for wax candles, oil, lamps, incense ; for gloves for the 
 convent, albs and other vestments ; hangings for the altar ; and in 
 a word for all that is required for the services except the books. 
 He pays the lathami or masons pro consummatione nove altaris 
 vocati Jesus alter, £\Q is. lod. In the only other sacrist's account 
 which is nearly contemporary, a sacrist pays pro ffrynges de cerico et 
 satten de Brugges, etc. [286], £6 lis. lod. ; pro duobus calicibus, 
 £^ lis. od. ; pro uno schippe de argento et deaurato cum uno cochliario, 
 £S los. od. ; and he has the repairs of certain roofs, ubi magis indiget, 
 in the cathedral, spending £2/^ 8j. od. on lead alone, a sum which 
 would purchase more than 4 tons. He has the repair of windows, 
 paying vitriaribus pro sowder plumb 0, etc. In the latest roll [1533-4], 
 
 ' For the processional Dragon sec Dr. Wickbam Legg's references in Westminster 
 Missal III. 151 1. 
 
* INTRODUCTION. xH 
 
 Humphrey "Webley is sacrist, and there is an item pro reparatione 
 organorum in capella Beate Marie, £^ 12s. Sd. 
 
 I have now indicated some of the chief points of interest in 
 the separate accounts of the officials of the convent which are here 
 printed, and I will add a few paragraphs on various matters arising 
 out of the accounts, which may find here a more natural place than 
 in either notes or appendices. 
 
 For example, a few notes on prices obtained from the records 
 of this period may be interesting. Barley is at 5^. 4^. a quarter ; 
 wheat at 4s. 4^,, 5^., 6s. Sd., 2,s. a quarter. If we consider that a 
 man consumes about i quarter of wheat in a year, and take the cost 
 of I quarter of wheat at 6s. and of the bread that is made from 
 it at I2s., it appears that the cost of bread for a man for a day is 
 about ^d. ; cattle {boves), are at about los., but elsewhere 2 boves 
 and I vacca, who died ex inorina (of a murrain), are counted as 
 worth 36J. 8^., and the optitnum animal bovem coloris rubii taken 
 as a heriott was worth \2s. A hogshead of claret is 24?. 6d. A lb. 
 of almonds is \\d.\ of rice, \d. A 'lyttel black ambling horse' 
 (Prior's Journal, fol. 50), 145-. yd. A grey horse, 2Qs. ; others from 
 i6.f. od. to 2Zs. Sd. A cart, 22J. Lead, 5^. Sd. a cwt. * Brussell ' 
 carpet, 8d. an ell. Dyeper, 4^. and 6d. an ell. An alb is 4s. yd. ; 
 wax is 8d. a lb. 
 
 The names of various streets and localities in Worcester occur 
 in these accounts, and it may interest local antiquaries to see a list 
 of them. Besides the a/tus vicus, or High St., and latus vicus, or 
 * brode ' St., we find Gosethorne Strete, ffroggmylle lane, Wod- 
 staffe (or Woddestaffe) St., Hylton St., Byrteporte, Keyen Strete, 
 Eporte, Cokenstrete, Greyfrers St., le Melechoppynge, Banhams- 
 vyne, Busshopstrete, Knowle yende, fforgate St., barreyate, rotten- 
 rewe, crepulgate, Newport, le Archard, Crokebarowe hylle, and 
 Sudbrugge. The number might be considerably increased from 
 the documents in class B. 
 
 The sums mentioned in these abstracts as spent outside the 
 convent, in the manors belonging to the convent, are small. We 
 read of the repairs of the chancel of Stoke Church, 13J., of a bridge 
 near the forest of Feckenham, 2s. ^d., and of another, vocati 
 Knightsforde Brugge [265], iooj., of pavement in St. Clement's, 7^., 
 of the glass in a window of the chancel of Cropthorne Church, 
 
 d 
 
xHi INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and a few similar items. But it must be noted that it is not to 
 these abstracts that we should look for such payments, but to 
 the accounts of the bailiffs of the manors with which this intro- 
 duction does not deal. Thus in the accounts [pp. 22, 23] of the 
 bailiff and collector of Tedynton, the gross rents are £'i^2 12s. $d., 
 but among the deductions from this are, zn denariis soliitis duobiis 
 capellanis de Tedynton et Alvston pro stipendits eormn £6 i^s. 4d. 
 So in the accounts for Worcester there are payments, super pre- 
 ceptorejn S. Wolstani, to the prior minoris Malverni, and super 
 preceptorem S. Oswaldi, before the balance is paid into the hands 
 of the prior and cellerarius, 
 
 I do not know whether from any source the dedications of all the 
 altars in the Cathedral are known. In these accounts may be noted 
 nine altars, Nomine Jesu, Beate Marie, S. Johannis Baptistae, 
 S. Stephani, S. Oswaldi, S Wolstani, S. Cecilise, S. Georgii, and 
 S. Edmundi. But there were others besides these. 
 
 A few words should be said on the principles which I have 
 endeavoured to follow in the transcriptions. They will be best 
 understood by reference to the facsimile opposite p. 26. 
 
 There is no doubt that the recognised contractions, such as occur 
 in prcedictum and in quia and primus in the first two lines, should be 
 fully expanded for the convenience of the reader. The doubt and 
 difficulty arises as to the inflections and case endings which are 
 usually omitted, and as to often recurring symbols which barely 
 suggest the words they are known by experience to stand for. The 
 word compus. or comput. in the first two lines, and in the first lines of 
 the two later paragraphs, will serve as an illustration. Any inflection 
 of the verb computo^ or its participles, or of the substantives computus 
 and computator, may be intended. To some extent the completion 
 is conjectural, but it is often determined by reference to other 
 documents where it is less contracted. For example, the comput. in 
 the second line is sometimes found as computant. suggesting com- 
 puta7itts. 
 
 Another doubt and difficulty is illustrated by the first two 
 words of the third line. The letters s and r are the only letters 
 decipherable. Do they stand for Summa receptee^ or Summa 
 reddituum, or for some other words } They are found, by reference 
 to other documents, to stand for Sed respondet. 
 
 Other words can only be transcribed by comparison with parallel 
 
INTRODUCTION. xHii 
 
 passages. For example, the fourth word from the end of line 4 in 
 the last paragraph can only be read as predicatorum from its constant 
 association with minorum, sometimes in expanded forms. 
 
 The use of capitals is not consistent ; for example, Officii in the 
 last paragraph occurs both with capital letter and without it. I have 
 not, therefore, been scrupulous to copy capitals. 
 
 Finally, I wish to acknowledge my obligations to the general 
 editor of these transactions for advice as to the proofs, and infinite 
 patience with my corrections, and further obligations, which I cannot 
 overrate, to the Dean of Westminster (Dr. J. Armitage Robinson), 
 and to the Rev. R. R. Rackham, for comparing the whole of the 
 transcript with the original, and correcting, by their wide experience, 
 several systematic errors into which as a beginner I had fallen, and 
 some other blunders which would have disfigured these pages but 
 for their most kind, prolonged, and efficient help. 
 
 I have also to thank Mr. I. H. Jeayes, of the Department of 
 Manuscripts of the British Museum, for revising my transcript of the 
 roll given in Appendix VI., and for some notes upon it which I have 
 embodied. 
 
 It is hoped that some further selections may be published from 
 this interesting collection of documents relating to the Priory of 
 Worcester. 
 
 JAMES M. WILSON. 
 College, Worcester. 
 November, igoj. 
 
 CORRIGENDA. 
 
 p. xi. Add to note ', These two rolls belong to Winchester, 
 p. 51. Line 10, iij/yrcellarius /-^a^ cellerarius. 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 To face 
 
 A. Facsimile of the officium hostillarii {^. 133 of A. xvii.) 11" x 8". 
 
 Worcester Cathedral Library . . . p. 26 
 
 B. Facsimile of a page (fol. 41 A. xi) 12" x 8" of Prior More's 
 
 ' Jornale ' (a.d. 1522). Worcester Cathedral Library . p. 47 
 
 C. Facsimile of part of a Coquinarius roll (C. 169), giving the 
 
 kitchen account for every day in the year. This page 
 contains two weeks, Dominica ad te levavi^ and Dominica 
 populus Syon. Dated 13-14 [Ed. IIL?] The roll is 10" 
 wide. Worcester Cathedral Library . . . p. 54 
 
ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY 
 OF WORCESTER 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 13-14 HENRY VIII. 
 1521—2. 
 
 [p. 115.] Compotus Willelmi More prions hujus monasterii 
 a fFesto sancti Michaelis Archangel! anno regni regis Henrici 
 Octavi xiii° usque ad idem ffestum sancti Michaelis Arch- 
 angeli anno ejusdem regis xiiii° videlicet per unum annum 
 integrum. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 Remanentia^. Respondet de remanente anni pre- 1 ^ , , 
 
 . , . , f 3 8 7i i 
 
 cedentis ut m pede ejusdem J 
 
 Sed 1 respondet de certis redditibus terris flfirmis ^ 
 
 ac pencionibus prout parcelle particulariter \ 237 12 2^ 
 plenius liquent ex certitudine per annum J 
 
 Item percipit de cellerario pro secunda vestura- 
 de Dydeley per annum 
 
 Item percipit de predicto cellerario pro ffyrrettis 
 per annum 
 
 Item percipit de predicto cellerario pro uno dolio 
 vini per annum 
 
 Item percipit de capitalibus redditibus in Crop- 
 thorn per annum 
 
 Item percipit de infirmario pro medicinis per 
 annum 
 
 Item de tumbario per annum 
 
 Item de camerario pro capitalibus redditibus de 
 Stoke per annum 
 
 ' The word Nulla after remanentia has of Charter rolls, vol. i., p. 114, there is 
 
 been struck out. This explains the sed pre- a summary of a grant to John of Monmouth 
 
 fixed to the next item. In the duplicate and his heirs, of the forest of Trivel (diocese 
 
 roll C. lo6 mdla is altogether omitted, and of Hereford) with the lands and growth 
 
 the sed IS replaced by et. {vesiura) of the said forest. •' It seems to 
 
 • secunda vestura. This is a standing be a Latinized form of Weax-nes (from 
 
 item in the prior's accounts. It appears Anglo-Saxon weax-an, to grow) = increase 
 
 to mean 'second growth.' The Rev. Ed- growth." 
 mond M^Clure tells me that in the Calendar 
 
 
 6 8 
 
 
 S 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 13 4 
 
 
 18 
 
 I 
 
 6 8 
 
ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Item de ffirma warenne de Chorleton per manus \ 
 
 s. d. 
 6 
 
 Willelmi Dyngley per annum 
 Item de redditu pro le Churchehous de Grymley 1 
 
 per J 
 
 Item de redditu pro le Churchehous de Hallowe -j 
 
 per annum J 
 
 Item de le Churchehous de Doderhylle per annum 4 
 
 Item de le Churchehous de Tyberton per annum 2 
 
 Summa totalis recepte ;^248 3^. Sd. 
 
 } 26 3 4 
 
 I 20 
 
 } 58 4 o 
 
 I 20 
 
 } 634 
 
 De quibus allocatur eidem domino priori pro sti- 
 
 pendio famulorum ospicii sui hoc anno 
 Item allocatur eidem pro vestura famulorum ejus- 
 
 dem hospicii sui hoc anno 
 Item pro victualibus emptis et expenditis in eodem 
 
 hospicio suo hoc anno 
 Item solutum pro vino amaro olio et aliis condi- 
 
 mentis emptis pro eodem hospicio 
 Item solutum pro speciebus^ diversorum generum 
 
 emptis ad usum ejusdem hospicii 
 
 Summa ;^iii los. 8d. 
 
 [p. 1 16.] Item eidem domino priori pro vino clareto ^ 
 et rubio empto ad usum dicti hospicii hoc anno 
 
 Item pro vino dulce empto et expendito in dicto 
 hospicio hoc anno 
 
 Item pro candelis de cepo^ emptis ad usum dicti 
 hospicii hoc anno 
 
 Item solutum pro indumentis emptis ad usum cor- 
 poris ejusdem domini prioris hoc anno 
 
 Item in regardis * datis clavigeris civitatis Wigorn 
 una cum le typpestaffe 
 
 Item solutum conventui pro speciebus ad fifestum 
 omnium sanctorum per annum 
 
 ' species — spices. The roll has et com- Prior Mote's journal being 24J. 6d. a hogs- 
 
 ptitat solutum. head. 
 
 ^ claretum — this sum would buy about 16 3 cepum — fat, tallow, for common use. 
 
 hogsheads of such wine, the price named in * re^anhim — a gratuity. 
 
 ■ 
 
 20 10 
 
 ■ 
 
 38 
 
 } 
 
 46 
 
 } 
 
 10 
 
 } 
 
 8 
 
 " 
 
 20 
 
PRIOR. 
 
 Item solutum conventui ad manus magistri com- -j 
 
 munis cene pro O Sapiencia ^ J 
 
 Item solutum pro aucis ^ datis conventui hoc anno 
 Item conventui pro jantaculo' in flferia secunda -j 
 
 pasche per annum J 
 
 Item vicario sancti Petri pro decimis de Batynhalle -j 
 
 per annum j 
 
 Item solutum barbitonsori ejusdem domini prioris -j 
 
 hoc anno j 
 
 Item solutum Ricardo Godeyer pro Colmore hoc -j 
 
 anno j 
 
 Item allocatur eidem domino priori pro diversis 
 
 expends solutionibus regardis datis et emptis 
 
 prout parcelle plenius liquent per jornale suum 
 
 hoc anno 
 Item solutum pro pane distribute pauperibus in 
 
 solennibus ffestis hoc anno 
 Item pro factura presentis compoti 
 
 Summa ;^ioi iSs. ^d. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 6 8 
 
 2 4 
 
 3 4 
 6 8 
 6 8 
 
 20 
 
 62 2 
 
 26 
 
 20 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"213 gs. et sic remanet super 
 compitum £^4. 14s. 8d. 
 
 Et predictus Willelmus More prior emit hoc anno unam novam 
 mitram * de argento et deaurato cum gemmis et lapidibus preciosis 
 precii ejusdem ;^5o. 
 
 Item predictus prior emebat hoc anno unum baculum pastorale 
 ad usum prioris et successorum suorum ad valorem ^^28 15^. od. 
 ratione cujus excedit super compitum ;^44 os. i2d. 
 
 OFFICIUM CELLERARII. 
 
 [p. 117.] Compotus fratris Willelmi fFordam gerentis officium 
 predictum a ffesto sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni 
 regis Henrici Octavi xiii° usque ad idem ffestum sancti Mi- 
 chaelis Archangeli anno ejusdem regis xiiii<* sic per unum 
 annum integrum. 
 
 ' O Sapientia — see Appendix II. 
 " auca—gt&se. 
 
 3 jantaculum — breakfast. 
 * See AppendixIII. 
 
 P 2 
 
ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Remanentia. (Nulla quia'primus ingressus ejusdem 
 
 cellerarii) ^ 
 Sed respondet de certis redditibus terris ffirmis 
 
 ac diversis aliis possessionibus tarn spiritua- 
 
 libus quam temporalibus de claro omnibus 
 
 expencis deductis ut patet per rentale et per 
 
 indenturas ex certitudine 
 Item percipit de officio pitansarii pro certis terris 
 
 et tenementis jacentibus in diversis locis ut 
 
 patet per rentale per annum 
 Item percipit de elemosinario ut patet per dictum 
 
 rentale per annum 
 Item percipit de certis ffinibus heriettis perquisitis 
 
 curie vendicatione bosci et de aliis casualibus 
 
 accidentibus hoc anno ut patet per jornale 
 
 ejusdem cellerarii debite examinatum et ap- 
 
 probatum 
 Item recepit de ffurfure et carbonibus et aliis pro- 
 
 ficuis provenientibus de pandoxatore^ hoc anno 
 Item percipit de redditibus apud Duddurhylle cum 
 
 membris per annum 
 Item percipit de redditibus apud Claynys cum 
 
 prychecrofte per annum 
 Item percipit de redditibus apud Hylhampton et 
 Pypulton per annum ^ 
 
 £ ^. d. 
 
 41 18 
 
 \ 343 o 
 
 7 \ 
 
 17 4 
 
 45 10 2 
 
 3 3 
 
 14 3 3 
 
 102 
 
 20 
 
 Summa totalis recepte^ 
 
 ;^4S5 1 5 J. \o\d. 
 
 De quibus allocatur eidem cellerario pro omnibus 
 expencis et allocationibus primi quarterii hujus 
 anni prout parcelle particulariter plenius Hquent 
 septimanatim per jornale suum 
 
 74 10 a\ 
 
 ' The words in brackets are struck out. 
 
 * pandoxator — a seller of beer : pandoxere 
 = cerevisiain venum exponere. Du Cange. 
 
 3 A marginal note is added in a dif- 
 ferent hand. "mem<l. de incremento red- 
 
 ditus in Hilhampton erga annum futurum, 
 
 * The sum total does not correspond with 
 the items given. 
 
CELLARER. 
 
 S. 
 
 d. 
 
 Item allocatur eidem cellerario pro omnibus expencis 
 et allocationibus secundi quarterii hujus annl 
 prout plenius patet per jornale dicti cellarii 
 super hunc compotum ostensum 
 
 Item allocatur predicto cellerario pro omnibus ex- 
 pencis et allocationibus tertii quarterii hujus 
 anni ut patet per dictum jornale coram domino 
 priore et auditore debite examinatum 
 
 Et allocatur eidem cellerario pro omnibus expencis 
 solucionibus et allocationibus ultimi quarterii 
 hujus anni ut patet per dictum jornale suum 
 debite examinatum 
 
 *Et allocatur eidem pro emptione ordii ad usum 
 officii cellerarii videlicet 5 1 quarters 2 bush. 
 
 Et allocatur eidem de emptione ^i quarters — bush, 
 ordii empti hoc anno ad usum dicti officii nihil 
 in pecuniis hie quia prius solvitur per Thomam 
 Wenloke nuper cellarium 
 
 Et allocatur eidem de emptione frumenti videlicet 
 7 quarters 4 bush, ad usum ejusdem officii 
 hoc anno 
 
 92 3 5^ 
 
 90 12 2 
 
 152 19 
 
 50 
 
 III 
 
 13 6 4 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"426 2s. 3^d. de qua summa 
 allocatur domino priori ut in parte solutionis facte domino regi 
 ex mutuo £6 13J. ^d. Et sic dominus prior debet super compitum 
 officio cellerarii ^23 os. 2\ \d. qua summa idem dominus prior solvit 
 et deliberavit ad manus Willelmi ffordam cellerarii. Et sic predictus 
 dominus prior gerens officium cellerarii hoc anno recessit — quietus 2. 
 
 ^Creditores ratione solutionis pecuniarum domino regi ex mutuo 
 
 ' Hence the price of barley was 5j. 2d. 
 a quarter, and of wheat 6s, Sd. 
 
 ' It appears that the prior assumed the 
 office of cellerarius, and his receipts of 
 £455 ^S^- ^o^d. Out of this he paid the 
 charges ;^426 2s. 3J^., and the sum of 
 £6 13J. 4//. to the king, and this left him 
 £23 OS. 2%d. due to the cellerarius. This 
 he paid; and the receipt is indicated by 
 the word qtiietus. 
 
 5 This is a side note. It is of great in- 
 terest, but not quite clear. Does it mean 
 that these sums had been paid to the 
 king? The cellarer appears to act as trea- 
 surer. In April, 1524, a visitation was held 
 by the lord legate, Thomas, Cardinal and 
 Archbishop, and the monastery agreed to 
 pay £^0 to the surrogate commissary in 
 London in 3 annual instalments. See 
 Noake, The Worcester Monastery, p. 218. 
 
6 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 hoc anno videlicet domino priori ;^20 thesaurario nostro ;{^I20 et 
 Roberto Alchurche suppriori ;^20. 
 
 OFFICIUM SUBCELLERARII. 
 
 [p. 1 1 8.] Computus fratris Thome Sudbury gerentis officium 
 predictum de omnibus granis per ipsum receptis tam de cer- 
 titudine quam ex certitudine anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Respondet de . . . 26 qu. i bus. frumenti receptis de 
 remanentibus anni precedentis rem. in garnario. Et de 5 quar- 
 teriis de multura ^ remanentibus in dicto garnario. 
 
 Frumenti. Respondet de . . . 322 qu. 4 bush. 2 pks. receptis de 
 omnibus ffirmis et terris custumariis ^ dicto officio pertinentibus 
 prout plenius patet per rentale et per indenturas ex certitudine 
 per annum. 
 
 Item recepit de magistro Bruerton de debitis anni precedentis 
 9 quarteria. Item de Willelmo Parsons 9 qu. 6 bush. 
 
 Item de Johanne Horborne 2 qu. 4 bush. Item respondet de . . . 
 1 1 quarteriis frumenti receptis de frumento emptis hoc anno. 
 
 Summa 385 quarters 7 bush. 2 pks. 
 
 Et respondet de . . . 5 qu. 6 bush, frumenti receptis de toto exitu 
 
 orrii de Bradwas hoc anno. 
 Et de . . . 1 1 qu. frumenti receptis de toto exitu orrii de Hymulton 
 
 hoc anno. 
 Et de . . . II qu. 7 bush, receptis de toto exitu orrii de Grymley 
 
 hoc anno. 
 
 Summa 28 quart. 5 bush. 
 Summa totalis recepte ffrumenti 414 qu. 4 bush. 2 pks. 
 
 ' Du Cange explains multura, also molta, dinibus seu tributis obnoxii. Villani cotariif 
 
 as "pensitatio quam a vassallis exigit domi- coustumiers. Vetus inquisitio apud W. 
 
 nus pro frumenti molitura in molendinis Dugdalum in Antiq.Warwicensis provincise, 
 
 suis." It was sometimes in kind, a certain p. 665, "et etiam omnes illi qui tenuerunt 
 
 fraction of the quantity sent to be ground. in bondagii tenura solebant vocari custu- 
 
 ' custumarii = consuetudinarii, consuetu- marii," Du Cange, sub voce consuetudo. 
 
SUBCELLARER. 7 
 
 De quibus liberata ^ lotrice domini prioris ex certitudine per annum 
 4 bush. Item in distructione per vermes et muros 3 quart. Item 
 deliberata pro perdicibus et aliis volatilibus inde sustend. ex cer- 
 titudine per annum i quar. Item deliberata cocis pro potagio 
 inde fiendo 4 bush. Item in expencis domini prioris pro hospicio 
 sue et pro conventu ut in pane ffurnito septimanatim per totum 
 annum ^341 quar. i bush. Et sic stat qualibet septimana secun- 
 dum magis et minus 6 quarteria. 
 
 Summa 346 quarters i bush. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum frumenti 346 quart, i bush, de 
 qua summa liberata elemosinario pro bladis ^ sancti Wolstani i quart, 
 et sic debet super compitum 0/ qu. 3 bush. 2 pks. Unde pendet 
 super Johannem Rudgale pro Overbury hoc anno 30 qu. 2 bush. 
 Item pendet super Ricardum Aly de Chorleton hoc anno 8 qu. 
 Item pendet super Willelmum Langston ffirmarium de Segebarowe 
 hoc anno i qu. Item pendet super Johannem Staple de Bradwas 
 hoc anno 2 qu. 4 bu. Item pendet super Johannem Horborne hoc 
 anno 3 qu. 6 bu. Et sic debet clare super compitum remanentis in 
 granario ad ffestum sancti Michaelis archangeli ultime preteritum 
 21 qu. 4 bush. 
 
 [p. 119.] Siligo. Item respondet de . . . 30 qu. 4 bush, siliginis* 
 recepte de toto redditu ffirmariorum et tenentium nostrorum cus- 
 tumariorum ex certitudine per annum. Item respondet de . . . 
 2 qu. 4 bush, de remanentibus anni precedentis remanentibus in 
 garnario. Item respondet de . . . 2 qu. 7 bush, per manus 
 Willelmi Parsons de debito ultimi anni. 
 Summa 35 qu. 7 bush. 
 
 Item respondet de . . . 7 bush, siliginis receptis de toto exitu ordii ^ 
 
 de Bradwas hoc anno. 
 Item respondet de . . . 23 qu. 6 bush, receptis de toto exitu orrii 
 
 de Grymley hoc anno. 
 
 Summa 24 qu. 5 bush. 
 
 Summa totalis recepte siliginis ... 60 qu. 4 bush. 
 
 * liberata — liberare — prsebere or dare. or triticum hibemuvi L. It seems to be 
 ' See Appendix IV. fine sifted wheat, but is sometimes used 
 3 bladum — quodvis triticum. Fr. ble. for rye. 
 
 * siligo — probably either secaU cereale L. s The roll corrects this into orrii. 
 
8 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 De quibus liberata quatuor generosis^ domini prioris hoc anno 
 . . . 6 qu. Item custodi parci nostri de Hallowe per annum . . . 
 2 qu. Item custodi warenne de Hynwyk per annum ... 4 qu. 
 Item ballivo nostro de Grymley et Hallowe per annum 2 qu. 
 Item custodi bosci nostri de Eymore per annum . . . i qu. Item 
 pro bladis sancti Wolstani per annum ... 3 qu. Item in dis- 
 tructione per vermes ... 2 quar. Item deliberata 13 pauperibus 
 vocatis maundymen hoc anno i qu. 5 bus. 2 pks. Item 14 homi- 
 nibus et feminis pro cibo regis hoc anno ... 20 qu. Item custodi 
 de Monkewodde per annum ... 2 qu. Item Thome Hoper hoc 
 anno . . . nil. Item in pane fifurnito septimanatim pro carpinteriis 
 latamis tegulatoribus et aliis operariis conductis per totum annum 
 una cum le werelyvereys ^ hoc anno ... 9 qu. 4 bush. Item allo- 
 catur eidem ... 3 qu. soluta ad manus Johannis Molton de parte 
 oneris dicti nunc computantis. Item allocatur eidem ... 3 qu. de 
 parte oneris ejusdem computantis vendita per Willelmum ffordam 
 cellerarium rectori de Herforton hoc anno. 
 
 Summa' 58 qu. i bu. 2 pks. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum siliginis 58 qu. i bu. 2 pks. 
 et sic debet super compitum 2 qu. 2 bu. 2 pks. 
 
 [p. 120.] Ordium. Et respondet de . . . 385 qu. 4 bush, ordii re- 
 ceptis de toto redditu ffirmariorum et tenentium nostrorum prout 
 plenius patet per rentale et per indenturas ex certitudine per 
 annum. Item respondet de ordio empto hoc anno 148 qu. 
 4 bush. Item respondet de remanentibus anni precedentis 
 remanentibus in granario 12 qu. 
 
 Summa 546 qu. 
 
 Item recepit de toto exitu orrii de Bradwas hoc 
 
 anno 
 Item recepit de toto exitu orrii de Hymulton hoc 
 
 anno 
 
 qu. bu. 
 
 3 3 
 13 3 
 
 ' generosi — gentlemen in the prior's given to those who worked for the Con- 
 suite, vent. See p. 33. 
 • Werelyvereys— ^tt\iz.'^% suits of livery 3 The true total is 59 qu. i bu. 2 pks. 
 
qu. 
 lO 
 
 20 
 
 12 
 
 SUBCELLARER. 
 
 Item recepit de toto exitu orrii de Grymley hoc 
 
 anno 
 Item recepit de toto increment© facture brasii ^ hoc 
 
 anno 
 
 Summa 46 qu. 6 bu. 
 
 Summa totalis recepte ordii 592 qu. 6 bu. 
 
 qu. bu. pk. 
 
 De quibus liberata cocis domini prions et aliis 
 officiariis hujus monasterii pro sustentatione 
 aucarum gallinarum et aliorum volatilium ut 
 patet per tallium super hunc compitum osten- 
 sum 
 
 Et allocatur eidem ut in distructione per vermes 1 
 et muros hoc anno J 
 
 Item in expencis hospicii domini prioris et conventus 
 et aliorum magnatum supervenientium per totum 
 annum pro servicia^ inde fienda 
 
 Item allocatur eidem deliberata ad usum hospicii "j 
 
 domini prioris apud More hoc anno J ^ 
 
 Summa 538 qu. 3 bu. 2 pks. 
 Summa omnium allocationum 538 qu. 3 bu. 2 pks. 
 
 Et sic debet super compitum hoc anno 54 qu. 2 bu. 2 pks. 
 unde pendet super Johannem Rudgale pro Overbury hoc 
 anno 37 qu. 3 bu. Item pendet super Johannem Horborn 
 hoc anno lo qu. 
 
 OFFICIUM ELEMOSINARII. 
 
 [p. 121.] Compotus fratris Willelmi Hodynton gerentis officium 
 predictum a ffesto sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni 
 regis Henrici Octavi xiii^ usque ad idem ffestum sancti Mi- 
 
 • brasium — brace or malt : hence bracina, ' servicia = cerevisia, beer. 
 Fr. brasserie^ a brewery. 
 
 520 
 
lO 
 
 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 chaelis Archangeli anno ejusdem regis xiiii° sic 
 annum integrum. 
 
 Remanentia. Idem nunc computans respondet de re- ] 
 
 manentibus anni precedentis ut in pede ejusdem J 
 Item respondet de certis redditibus terris et tenemen- 
 
 tis ac pencionibus dicto officio pertinentibus 
 
 ut patet per rentale et per indenturas ex certi- 
 
 tudine per annum 
 Item percipit de officio coquinarii pro le maundy 
 
 ex certitudine per annum 
 Item percipit de precentore 2.Qd. ; De pitansario 
 
 2Qd. ; De hostillario 2od. ; De tumbario 20d. ; 
 
 et de refectorario 20^. ; sic in toto 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii de redditu trium 
 
 tenementorum in le Cokynstrete per annum 
 Item percipit de eodem officio cellerarii pro certis 
 
 decimis in Cleve et Conderton per annum 
 Item de ballivis de More et Newenham pro duobus 
 
 quarteriis frumenti venditis hoc anno pro 
 Item recepit de herietto^ Simonis Mylborn armigeri 
 
 apud Icome hoc anno 
 Item recepit de elemosina fratris Johannis Dudley 
 
 per annum 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £88 15s. id. 
 
 per 
 
 unum 
 
 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 53 
 
 9 
 
 80 10 8 
 
 20 o 
 
 8 4 
 
 18 o 
 
 26 8 
 
 16 o 
 
 20 o 
 20 
 
 Redditus resoluti. De quibus computat de redditu resoluto 
 domino regi pro tenemento in alto vico modo in tenura Johannis 
 Roberts per annum . . . 2s. Item domino episcopo pro Wodwalls 
 forlonge per annum . . , 2s. Et eidem domino episcopo pro Sters 
 medowe per annum ... 8^. Item magistro capelle ... i^d. Item 
 heredi domini de Beauchame pro Lawarn mylle per annum . . . 
 13J. 4^. Item cellerario pro certis capitalibus redditibus per annum 
 . . . 3J. Et solutum ballivis civitatis Wigorn. pro una purpesture ^ 
 apud le Knolle yende per annum . . . 6d. 
 
 Summa 22^. gd. 
 
 * Heriettum — heriot, a tribute to the lord 
 of the manor on the death of the tenant. 
 The roll inserts morientis after armigeri. 
 
 ' Purpesture = purprestura, an encroach- 
 ment, Fr. pour prise. 
 
ALMONER. II 
 
 Decasorum ^ Redditus. Et allocatur eidem computanti pro capitali 
 redditu unius tenementi in alto vico juxta Ricardum Woddylle quia 
 indecasum hoc anno . . . 3j. 4^. Et eidem de capitali redditu unius 
 tenementi in Gosethorn lane quia indecasum hoc anno . . . \2d, 
 Et eidem de redditu trium cotagiorum in ffroggemyllelane in 
 tenura le maundymen hoc anno . . . 9J. Et solutum domino priori 
 pro terra in Whittenton vocata Stokynge . . . 3j. \d. 
 
 Summa \6s, Sd. 
 
 [p. 122.] Et computat solutum domino priori pro corodio sanc- 
 torum Oswaldi et Wolstani per annum . . . £6 7s. od. Et com- 
 putat solutum pro obitu Johannis Evesham videlicet suppriori los. 
 precentori ys. et 30 aliis monachis sacerdotibus quilibet eorum 6s. 
 et sic in toto . . . £g lys. od. Et solutum quatuor clericis ecclesie 
 pro pulsatione campanarum ad idem tempus quilibet eorum 6d. et 
 sic in toto . . . 2s. Et in pane distributo pauperibus ad idem 
 tempus , . . 2s. 6d. Et computat solutum pro obitu Willelmi Mollens 
 videlicet suppriori i^d. et 40 aliis monachis quilibet eorum iZd. et 
 sic in toto . . . 60s. iSd. Et solutum quatuor clericis ecclesie ad 
 idem tempus . . . 2s. Et in pane distributo pauperibus ad idem 
 tempus . . . 2s. 6d. Et allocatur eidem pro obitu Thome Carter vide- 
 licet suppriori et 31 aliis monachis sacerdotibus quilibet eorum 2s. et 
 sic in toto . . . £^ 4s. od. Et solutum quatuor clericis ecclesie ad 
 idem tempus . . . 2s. Et in pane distributo pauperibus . . . 2s. 6d. 
 Et computat solutum pro obitu Roberti Molten videlicet suppriori 
 ac 39 aliis monachis quilibet eorum 6d. et sic in toto ... igs. 6d. 
 Et solutum quatuor clericis ecclesie ad idem tempus . . . 2s. et in 
 pane distributo pauperibus ad dictum tempus . . . 2s. 6d. 
 
 Summa ;^24 7.?. od. 
 
 Et computat solutum precentori nomine augmentacionis officii sui 
 per annum . . . 53.^. 4d. Et allocatur eidem pro tabula capellani do- 
 mini prioris per annum . . . 5^. Et eidem pro officio tumbarii per annum 
 , . . i^s. 4d. Et subelemosinario pro tabula sua per annum . . . lOj. 
 
 ' Decasi apparently from decasus, out mems from the estate. The word also 
 
 of repair. No rent was paid, and a deduc- appears as indecassum, and in decasu. 
 tion therefore made from the regular pay- 
 
12 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Et eidem subelemosinario pro custodia le amery^ in refectorio 
 per annum . . . 5^-. Et conventui pro speciebus per annum . . . 
 6s. 2>d. Et pro le O Emanuel per annum . . . 6s. Sd. Et solutum 
 domino priori pro caponibus per annum . . . 4^. Item famulis domini 
 prioris in adventu pro eorum cena . . . 20^. Item diversis servien- 
 tibus hujus monasterii pro eorum caligis per annum . . . 27s. 4d. 
 Item valccto elemosinarii pro stipendio suo per annum . . . 46s. Sd. 
 Et eidem pro toga sua per annum . . . los. Item custodi altaris sancti 
 Edmundi per annum . . . 8s. Item custodi altaris sancte Cecillie 
 per annum . . . 3^'. 4^. Item custodi altaris sancti Johannis Bap- 
 tiste per annum ... 3^. 4d. Item pro sustentacione unius lampadis 
 pendentis in capella sancti Johannis Baptiste per annum . . . Sd. 
 Item pro jantaculo facta eidem conventui in crastino pasche et 
 die assencionis pro obitu Roberti Molton per annum . . . los. Et 
 pro aucis datis conventui per annum ... 2s. ^d. Et solutum 
 Waltero Borne valecto hostillarii per annum . . . 6s. 8d. Et solutum 
 magistro scholarium pro conventu per annum . . . 20s. Item pro 
 jantaculo facta conventui in fFesto Nativitatis sancti Johannis 
 Baptiste et die sancti Petri per annum . . . 2s. 
 
 Summa £"12 6s. od. 
 
 [p. 123.] Et computat in denariis distributis ad le maundy vide- 
 licet 13 pauperibus quilibet eorum 3^. et sic in toto ... 3^. zd. Et 
 solutum 40 monachis ad idem tempus quilibet eorum 6d., et sic in 
 toto . . . 20s. 6d. Item pro panno lanio de ffryce ^ empto pro 1 3 pau- 
 peribus vocatis maundymen quilibet eorum 5 sticks^ . . . 32^. 6d. Et 
 in denariis distributis pauperibus eodem die et in die Veneris 
 sequente ... 13J. 4^. Item solutum pro pulceto empto pro panis 
 sancti Wolstani hoc anno . . . 28s. Item pro pistacione ejusdem panis 
 . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro molacione ejusdem panis . . . 2s. Item solutum 
 pro cariagio bladorum sancti Wolstani . . . 2od. Item solutum quatuor 
 hominibus ad distrubendos panes eodem die ... 8^. Item solutum 
 Thome Lyttelton seneschallo pro feodo suo . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro 
 ingrossione rotuli curie in pergameno . . . 3^. 4d. Item solutum pro 
 cera empta pro capella sancti Johannis Baptiste hoc anno ... los. 
 
 Summa £6 8s. yd. 
 
 ' amery — aumbry, or cupboard. stiick, piece ? or is it a measure of length ? 
 
 ' fryce = frieze. The frieze costs 6d. a • stick.' A stick of eels 
 
 3 sticL Is this a form of the German was 25. 
 
ALMONER. 13 
 
 Et computat solutum pro ffocali empto ad usum hospicii sui una 
 cum cariagio ejusdem hoc anno . . . 26s. 8d. Item solutum pro vic- 
 tualibus emptis et expensis diversis vicibus super dictum nunc compu- 
 tantem clericos elemosinarii et super diversos alios honestos homines 
 supervenientes per totum annum . . . £$ i^s. 4£l. Item solutum 
 lotrice elemosinarii hoc anno . . . 4s. Item solutum Roberto Wellys 
 equitanti usque Icome Berowe et Ancreden pro pecuniis colligendis 
 diversis vicibus hoc anno . , . los. Item in regardis datis clavigcris 
 civitatis Wigorn. una cum le typpestaffe hoc anno . . . 2od. Item 
 in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum et minorum hoc anno . . . 
 3^. 4d. Item pro contributione generalis capituli videlicet id. de 
 marca . . . 2s. /\.\d. Item pro candelis de cepo emptis ad usum 
 hospicii sui hoc anno . . .6s. 8d. Item solutum pro expends dicti 
 computantis equitantis usque Icome et aliis locis pro curia ibidem 
 tenenda hoc anno . . . 26s. Sd. Item allocatur eidein pro tenemento 
 in quo Johannes Roberts modo inhabitat quia indecasum hoc 
 anno . . . 22s. Item computat pro reparatione et edificatione ejus- 
 dem domus sive tenementi una cum omnibus misis^ et expencis 
 circa dictam reparationem ut patet per billam ejusdem computi super 
 hunc computum ostensum . . . £1^ 6s. Sd. Item solutum bre- 
 viatori portanti brevia hoc anno . . . 8s. Item pro pergameno 
 paupiris et atramento empto hoc anno una cum factura presentis 
 compoti hoc anno . . . 3J. 4d. Item solutum Roberto Newdyke 
 et aliis pro curia tenenda apud Icome et aliis locis hoc anno 
 . . . 5i". Item pro diversis utenciliis clavis clavibus et aliis rebus 
 necessariis emptis ad usum Elemosinarii hoc anno . . . 6s. Sd. 
 
 Summa £2^ 6s. 4\d. 
 
 [p. 124.] Et allocatur eidem computo pro elemosina data et 
 distributa pauperibus pro domino priore et conventu ubi magis 
 indiget per totum annum . . . ;^i8 los. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum ;^88 17s. 4^d. et sic excedit 
 super compitum 2s. "^^d. 
 
 ' misa — charge or expense. The roll omits the words sive tenementi. 
 
14 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 OFFICIUM MAGISTRI CAPELLE. 
 
 Compotus fratris Johannis Molton gerentis officium predic- 
 tum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc computantis. 
 
 Redditus assise. Sed respondet de . . . £\g is. Sd. recepta de 
 
 certis redditibus terris ffirmis ac tenementis predicto officio 
 
 pertinentibus quorum parcelle particulariter plenius liquent per 
 
 rentale ex certitudine per annum. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii pro 14^ panes mona- 
 chales et 14 gustatus servicie conventualis septi- 
 manatim per totum annum 468 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii ex ordinatione domini ^ 
 
 Johannis Alcoke^ quondam episcopi Wigorn. per j- 40 o 
 annum ) 
 
 Item percipit de officio sacriste pro cera ad susten- 
 tationem luminis in capella beate Marie per annum 
 
 Item percipit de predicto officio sacriste pro missis 
 . nominis Jesu et Salve regina per annum 
 
 Item percipit de officio elemosinarii pro capitalibus 
 redditibus in Doddenham per annum 
 
 Summa totalis Recepte £26 14s. 8d. 
 
 13 4 
 10 o 
 
 15 
 
 [p. 125.] Redditus resoluti. De quibus computat de redditu re- 
 soluto domino episcopo Wigorn. pro capitali redditu unius tenementi 
 in le fiforyatestrete modo in tenura Nicholai Mondy per annum . . . 
 2s. ^d. Et eidem domino episcopo pro capitali redditu unius tene- 
 menti in dicto vico in tenura Henrici Burley per annum . . . 3.^. io\d. 
 Et solutum domino de Coterugg pro capitalibus redditibus duorum 
 
 ' Panes monachales. Abbot Gasquet, Worcester translated from Rochester in 
 
 writing to me on Sep. 3, 1907, refers to 1476. The original account of his instal- 
 
 the Valor Ecclesiasticus for Worcester and lation is given in Noake's History of the 
 
 quotes, ' Item pro 98 panibus voc. Monke Monastery, p. 123. He baptized the young 
 
 Loves et pro 9 panibus voc. Toman Paste Prince Arthur at Winchester. He was 
 
 Loves septimanatim deliberatis 14 scholar' President of the Council, and afterwards 
 
 elemosinar . . . £,iz \\s. 4^.,' and adds, Lord Chancellor of England. Hewastrans- 
 
 ' There were therefore 14 boys, and they lated to Ely in i486. It appears from the 
 
 also had each week 84 flagons of beer text that he left a sum of money to the 
 
 which cost yearly ^6 131. 4a'.' monastery, for the use of the magister 
 
 • John Alcock was a great bishop of capellse. 
 
MASTER OF THE CHAPEL. 15 
 
 tenementorum in eodem vico in tenura Jacobi Sawyar et Godfridi 
 Tyler per annum ... 2s. ^d. Et eidem domino de Coterugge pro 
 capital! redditu unius tenementi in Wodstaffe Strete per annum . . . 
 2od. Et solutum pitansario hujus monasterii pro capitalibus red- 
 ditibus in Hylton Strete per annum . . . i6d. Et solutum hostillario 
 pro capitalibus redditibus in eodem vico per annum . . . 2s. 
 
 Summa 13J. 6\d. 
 
 Stipendia. Et computat solutum Danielli Boyse^ de parte sti- 
 pendii sui pro 14 panes monachales et 14 gustatus servicie con- 
 ventualis septimanatim per deliberationem cellerarii per annum . . . 
 ;^4 6s. 8d. Et eidem Danielli per manus cellerarii nostri per annum 
 . . . 40s. Et eidem per manus sacriste per annum . . . 2^s. ^d. Et 
 eidem nomine partis stipendii sui per annum . . . los. Et allocatur 
 eidem pro panno lanio empto pro vestura puerorum capelle ex 
 certitudine per annum . . . 46s. 8d. Et pro caligis ^sotulariis et 
 aliis necessariis emptis pro eisdem pueris per annum . . . 14s. Et 
 eidem pro victualibus emptis et expenditis super predictos pueros 
 ex certitudine per annum . . . 53i". 4d. Et solutum pro jantaculo facta 
 conventui in septimana pasche ex certitudine per annum . . . 6s. Sd. 
 Et pro pane et servicia et aliis victualibus emptis et expenditis 
 in ffesto oblationis beate marie per annum . . . 6s. Sd. Item pro 
 olio empto pro sustentatione unius lampadis pendentis in capella 
 beate marie ex certitudine per annum . . . io.y. Et eidem pro cera 
 empta ad usum dicte capelle pro ceriis inde fiendis una cum factura 
 ejusdem per annum . . . los. Et solutum pro focali empto ad usum 
 dicti hospicii una cum candelis de cepo . . . 3^. 4<a?'. Et solutum 
 Willelmo Synger nomine partis stipendii sui hoc anno . . . 40^. 
 Et eidem pro toga sua ... 13.?. 4d. 
 
 Summa ;^i8 4^. od. 
 
 Et allocatur eidem ut in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum 
 et minorum hoc anno . . . I2d. Et in regardis datis clavigeris 
 civitatis Wigorn. hoc anno . . . 8d. Item pro candelis de cepo 
 
 ' Daniel Boyse (or Boyce) was the master per noctem utebantur in jestate . • • Tali, id 
 
 in charge of the pueri capellse. In roll est ancli, de quibus caligae nocturnales sub- 
 
 nomine partis, 'ir\sita.d o[ de parte. talares vocantur quia sub talis sunt. Du 
 
 * sotularii = subtalares, calcei, souliers, Cange, sub voce subtalares. 
 pedulium genus quibus maxime monachi 
 
1 6 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 emptis ad usum dicti officii hoc anno . . . i2d. Item in stipendio 
 collectoris reddituum hoc anno . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro factura presentis 
 compoti . . . i6d. Et allocatur eidem computanti de redditu unius 
 tenementi in parochia sancti Andree quia vacuum per ununi annum 
 . . . los. Item allocatur eidem de redditu alterius tenementi in 
 Byrteporte nuper in tenura Ricardi Synger quia vacuum hoc 
 anno . . . 8s. Et eidem de parte redditus unius tenementi in dicto 
 vico nuper in tenura Johannis Byrde quia vacuum per quarterium 
 anni . . . 2s. 6d. Et eidem de parte redditus unius tenementi in 
 Wodstaffstrete quia vacuum per dimidium anni ... 2s. Et eidem 
 de capital! redditu tenementi nuper Jobsons quia vacuum hoc anno 
 . . . 4J. Et eidem de capitali redditu tenementi nuper Botylls quia 
 detinetur hoc anno ... i8^. Item eidem de redditu in Feckynham 
 quia detinetur hoc anno . . . 1 2d. 
 
 Summa ^ 39^. 4^. 
 
 [p. 126.] Et allocatur eidem pro diversis reparationibus misis 
 et expends factis super tenementum in quo Henricus Wellys modo 
 inhabitat una cum meremio^ tegulis findulis bricks zabulo luto 
 et aliis necessariis ad dictam reparacionem ut patet per billam 
 super hunc compitum ostensum hoc anno . . . 43^. ^d. Item 
 allocatur eidem pro reparatione alterius tenementi in Byrteporte 
 nuper Griffini Apprice ^ cum omnibus necessariis ad eandem repara- 
 tionem prout plenius patet per dictam billam super hunc compitum 
 ostensam hoc anno . . . lis. iid. Item allocatur eidem pro 
 diversis reparationibus misis et expends factas super cameram ejus- 
 dem computantis hoc anno . . . nil. Item pro clavis et ceris emptis 
 ad usum officii hoc anno ... i2d. Item solutum pro paupiro et 
 pro factura diversarum missarum de novo factarum hoc anno . . . 
 iij-. Sd. 
 
 Summa £^ ys. lod. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"24 4s. 8^d. Et sic debet 
 super compitum 49J. ii\d. De quibus allocatur eidem pro expencis 
 factis super extranios vocatos syngyngmen provenientes hoc anno 
 Ss. Et sic sic debet 44J. ii\d. 
 
 ' An error for 39J. &/. laths. On p. 22 we find virgis. Both occur 
 
 » meremium = materia, any timber for on p. 40. 
 building; zabulum is sand. — Fr. sable. » The name suggests a Welshroan. 
 
 findulis ; probably for sindulis, shingles or 
 
CHAMBERLAIN. 1 7 
 
 OFFICIUM CAMERARII. 
 
 Computus fratris Ricardi Calaman gerentis officium predic- 
 turn anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc com- 
 
 putantis. 
 Redditus Assise. Sed respondet de . . . £6/\. os. 14^. recepta de 
 
 certis redditibus ffirmis terris et pencionibus quorum parcelle 
 
 plenius liquent per rentale et per indenturas ex certitudine 
 
 per annum. 
 Item percipit de redditibus apud Loxley ex consuetudine s. d. 
 
 per annum 18 o 
 
 Item recepit de perquisitis curiarum tentarum apud Stoke \ 
 
 et Cudston prout plenius patet per rotulos curiarum \ 11 4 
 
 earundem hoc anno ) 
 
 Item recepit de vendicatione bosci apud Stoke hoc ^ 
 
 h 20 o 
 anno ) 
 
 Summa £66 los. 6d. 
 
 Solutiones ex certitudine. De quibus computat solutum domino 
 episcopo Wig. pro pencione ecclesie de Stoke per annum . . .6s. 8d. 
 Item solutum domino priori pro portione sua per annum . . . 60s. Et 
 eidem domino priori pro heddesylver ^ ... 6s. Sd. Et eidem domino 
 priori pro caponibus . . . 2s. 8d. Et solutum suppriori pro portione 
 sua per annum . . . 2ys. 6d. Item scholaribus Oxon. ^ pro eorum por- 
 tionibus per annum . . . 60s. Item famulis domini prioris in adventu 
 pro eorum cena ... I2d. Item diversis servientibus hujus monas- 
 terii pro eorum caligis per annum . . . 2ys. \d. Item Johanni Middel- 
 more pro feodo suo per annum . . . 26s. 8d. Item in stipendiis Thome 
 Smyth Johannis Taylour et Edwardi Bluett quilibet eorum 26s. Sd. 
 et sic in toto . . . £4 os. od. Et eisdem pro eorum togis . . . 30J. 
 Item in stipendiis pillipari^ et unius page stabuli ... 13J. 4^. Item 
 in stipendio lotrice . . . Ss. Item in stipendio ballivi et wodwardi 
 ibidem . . . 20s. Item in stipendio collectoris reddituum . . . 6s. Sd. 
 
 ' heddesylver^ a capitation tax. scholars. There was also a pension de 
 
 " scholaribus Oxon. Besides the pay- Bybery of £7^. 
 
 ments mentioned in these accounts it ap- 3 pUHpari — qui pelles parant, currier, 
 
 pears that the manor of Blackwell was tarmer. 
 charged with a payment of £,\2 to these 
 
1 8 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Item in denariis distributis pauperibus ex consuetudine per annum 
 , . . 6si 8d. 
 
 Summa ;^I9 ^s. 2d. 
 
 [p. 127.] Stipendia monachorum. Et computat solutum conventui 
 videlicet 38 monachis quilibet eorum \2d. ad ffestum conceptionis 
 beate Marie et sic in toto . . . 385-. Et solutum 37 monachis pro 
 O Emanuel quilibet eorum \2d. Sic in toto . . . 375'. Et solutum 
 precentori ad idem tempus , . . 2s. Et solutum 38 monachis ad 
 fifestum purificacionis beate Marie quilibet eorum i2d. et sic in 
 toto . . . 38J. Et solutum 38 monachis ad ffestum annunciacionis 
 beate Marie quilibet eorum I2d. Sic in toto . . . 38^. Et solutum 
 27 monachis pro eorum pencionibus ad ffestum sancti Kenelmi 
 regis quilibet eorum 6s. et sic in toto . . . ;^8 2s. od. Et solutum 
 38 monachis ad ffestum assumpcionis beate Marie quilibet eorum 
 I2d. et sic in toto . . . 38^. Et solutum 29 monachis sacerdotibus pro 
 obitu Walteri Lye quilibet eorum i6d. et sic in toto . . . 385-. 8d. Et 
 solutum 29 monachis sacerdotibus ad ffestum Nativitatis beate Marie 
 quilibet eorum 7s. et sic in toto . . . ;^io 3^'. Et solutum septem 
 monachis non sacerdotibus ad predictum ffestum quilibet eorum 5^. 
 Sic in toto ... 355-. Et allocatur eidem pro tabula Camerarii per 
 annum . . . 6s. Sd. Et solutum conventui ad manus magistri com- 
 munis cene pro O Emanuel per annum . . . 6s. Sd. Et eidem 
 conventui pro speciebus ad ffestum omnium sanctorum ex certi- 
 tudine per annum . . . 6s. 8d. Et eidem conventui pro aucis ad 
 ffestum sancti Michaelis Archangeli per annum . . . 2s. ^d. Et 
 solutum subcamerario ratione officii sui per annum . . . $s, 
 
 Summa ;^32 lys. od. 
 
 Et computat solutum pro contributione generalis capituli videlicet 
 id. de marca . . . 4^. 6d. Et solutum breviatori portanti brevia hoc 
 anno . . . 8^-. Item in expends Thome Smythe equitantis usque 
 Stoke et *Cudston pro pecuniis ibidem colligendis hoc anno . . , 
 6s. Sd. Item solutum pro focali empto ad usum hospicii hoc anno . . . 
 6s. Sd. Item pro candelis de cepo emptis pro eodem hospitio hoc 
 anno . . . y. Item pro victualibus emptis et expenditis super 
 tenentes et alios extranios supervenientes per totum annum . . . 
 26s. Sd. Item in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum et minorum 
 
CHAMBERLAIN. I9 
 
 una cum servientibus ad claves . . . i6d. Item pro scriptura ac- 
 quietancie . , . I2d. Et pro falcatione et cariagio feni hoc anno . . . 
 i6d. Item pro cellis frenis et aliis necessariis ad equitandum hoc 
 anno . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro ffeirunis^ equorum . . . 2s. Item pro 
 factura presentis compoti . . . 2s. 6d. Item solutum pro ingrossione 
 rotuli curie in pergameno hoc anno . . . 3^. ^d. Item solutum pro 
 reparatione cancelli de Stoke ut patet per billam super hunc compi- 
 tum ostensam ... 13^. Item pro reparatione pontis juxta fiforestam 
 de ffeckenham hoc anno ...2s. ^d. Item solutum Roberto Newdyke 
 pro curia tenta apud Cudston hoc anno . . . 2s. Item in expencis 
 ejusdem computantis equitantis ad Cudston pro dicta curia ibidem 
 tenenda hoc anno . . . 6s. Item pro reparatione unius tenement! 
 apud sanctum Johannem ut patet per billam ejusdem computi hoc 
 anno . . . 5^. Item solutum fabri pro factura unius trabes apud 
 lavatorium in claustro hoc anno ... I2d. Item pro emendatione 
 latrine in dormitorio hoc anno . . . Sd. Item pro feno empto hoc 
 anno . . . 6s. Sd. 
 
 Summa £s ^os. ^d. 
 
 [p. 128.] Et computat solutum pro sex peciis de stamen ^ emptis 
 pro conventu hoc anno . . . S7s. Item solutum pro panno laneo 
 empto pro caligis et soccis pro conventu hoc anno . . . 19J. Item 
 in panno Hnio empto pro mappis manitergiis' et aliis necessariis 
 ad usum officii hoc anno ... 12s. Item solutum pro factura eorun- 
 dem hoc anno . . . I2d. Item solutum pro decem quers* de corves 
 emptis pro ocriis ^ pro conventu hoc anno . . . 28s. Item solutum 
 pro uno dyquer^ corrii empto ad usum conventus hoc anno . . , 
 46s. Sd. Item pro le currynge ejusdem . . . los. Item solutum 
 duobus peciis panni nigri vocatis ffrocks pro professione duorum 
 monachorum hoc anno . . . 26s. Sd. Item solutum pro filo empto 
 pro emendatione vestimentorum hoc anno . . . 3^. Item solutum 
 
 ■ This word is elsewhere corrected into 3 manitergiis, napkins. 
 
 fferruris [p. 58]. * quers or queres de corves — i.e. bundles 
 
 ' stamen, lanea interula ceu camissa of leather, 
 
 (chemise), qua monachi quidam vice cilicii s ocrii are gaiters, leggings, 
 
 utebantur. Nam Benedictinis lineas cami- * dyqiier corrii — (corium, leather) that is 
 
 sias interdixit Innocentius III. Du Cange, half a quire or bundle. 
 sub voce. Stamen is also a kind of woollen 
 cloth, specially made in Norfolk. 
 
 C3 
 
20 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 magistro Rudgale pro concilio suo habendo in lege versus tenentes 
 de Stoke hoc anno . . . los. Item Johanni Stede attornato monasterii 
 pro concilio ^ . . . 15J. id 
 
 Summa £"11 8s. ^d. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £68 i8s. iid. Et sic excedit 
 super compitum 48J. 5<3?. 
 
 OFFICIUM PITANSARII. 
 
 Computus fratris Thome Asteley gerentis officium predictum 
 a fFesto sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni regis Henrici 
 Octavi xiii° usque ad idem ffestum sancti Michaelis Archangeli 
 anno ejusdem regis xiiii<^. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc com- 
 putantis. 
 
 £ s. d 
 Sed re5pondet de certis redditibus terris tenementis 
 
 ac ffirmis una cum pencionibus ecclesiarum ut 
 
 plenius patet per rentale et per indenturas ex 
 
 certitudine per annum 47 9 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii pro magistro operum 
 
 per annum 
 Item percipit de certis officiariis hujus monasterii vide- -v 
 
 licet de precentore los. de coquinario los. et [• 30 
 
 de subcellerario los. et sic in toto J 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii pro parte prati de 
 
 Dudeley per annum 
 Item percipit de tumbario pro certis oblationibus per 
 
 annum 
 Item percipit de sacrista pro pencione ecclesie de 
 
 Sodbury per annum 
 Item percipit de magistro capelle pro capitali redditu 1 
 
 unius crofti in Hylton Strete J 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £53 15s. lod. 
 
 ) 
 
 30 
 
 46 8 
 5 
 
 13 4 
 16 
 
 [p. 129.] Redditus resoluti. De quibus computat de redditibus 
 resolutis domino episcopo Wigorn. pro certis terris in parochia 
 
 ' The roll reads /w expends in lege. 
 
PITANCER. 21 
 
 sancti Johannis Baptiste per annum , , . 2s. ^d. Item domino 
 de Temple Lawarn per annum ... i2d. Item tumbario pro tene- 
 mento in Sudbury in quo Johannes Taylor modo inhabitat per 
 annum . . . I2d. Item solutum gardiano ecclesie sancti Johannis 
 Baptiste pro sustentacione unius lampadis pendentis in ecclesia 
 ibidem per annum . . ,6d. Item cellerario pro certis terris et tene- 
 mentis quorum parcelle plenius liquent per rentale per annum . . . 
 17s. 5^. Item solutum suppriori $s. et precentori 5^. pro quadam 
 portione exeunte de tenemento in quo Humfridus Dedycote modo 
 inhabitat in Eporte sic in toto per annum . . . los. Item solutum 
 domino episcopo pro via habenda ^ in Dydeley per annum I2d. 
 2 nil hie quia per cellerarium. 
 
 Summa 33J. 2d. 
 
 Stipendia monachorum. Et computat solutum domino priori 
 pro le O virgo virginum per annum Zs. suppriori 4^. 6d. precen- 
 tori 4^-. ac 39 aliis monachis ad idem tempus quilibet eorum 3J. 
 et sic in toto ... ^6 13J. 6d. Et allocatum eidem pro le O virgo 
 virginum per annum . . . 6s. Zd. Et solutum domino priori ad 
 ffestum annunciationis beate Marie 15J. suppriori "js. 3 J \d. pre- 
 centori ys. 3^ \d. et 39 aliis monachis ad idem ffestum quilibet eorum 
 5j. et sic in toto . . . ;^ 1 1 d^s. ']\d. Et solutum domino priori pro lana 
 ad ffestum Nativitatis sancti Johannis Baptiste 4^. suppriori 2s. 6d. 
 precentori 2s. 6d. et 39 aliis monachis ad idem ffestum quilibet 
 eorum 2s. et sic in toto . . . £^ ys. od. Et solutum domino priori 
 pro termino sancti Michaelis Archangeli i8j. suppriori 8j, y\ \d. 
 precentori Zs. y\ gd. ac 39 aliis monachis quilibet eorum ad dictum 
 tempus 8s. 4d. et sic in toto . . . ;^i8 oj. ^^d. Et solutum eidem 
 domino priori et conventui pro eorum minucionibus ^ cum duplicibus 
 dicti domini prioris vocat. senymoney per annum . , . 58^. Sd. Et 
 solutum conventui pro speciebus ad ffestum omnium sanctorum per 
 annum . . . 6s. 8d. Et eidem conventui pro servicia ad ffestum 
 Nativitatis domini et pasche per annum . . . 2s. Et eidem conventui 
 pro aucis per annum . . . 2s. ^d. Et eidem domino priori pro 
 
 • via habenda — is this a right of way ? the cellerarius. It is omitted in the roll. 
 
 ' The note, in different writing, seems to The total is in error, 
 be added by an auditor to point out that ^ minucionibus — i.e. blood letting; seny- 
 this item of I2d. entered as paid to the money, or seynymoney {saigner), is a pay- 
 Bishop and reckoned here as among the ment on account of this, 
 outgoings of the pitancer, has been paid by 
 
22 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 caponibus per annum . . . 2s. Sd. Et Elemosinario pro elemosina sua 
 per annum . . . 2od. Item socio in choro per annum .. .6s. Sd. Item 
 famulis domini prioris in adventu pro eorum cena . ; . 12^. Item 
 in expencis factis in die sancti Egidii ex certitudine per annum . . . 
 5j. Item in stipendio coUectoris reddituum per annum . . . los. 
 
 Summa £<^S 7^- ^id.^ 
 
 [p. 130,] Et computat solutum pro contributione generalis capi- 
 tuli videlicet id. de marca . . . 2s. 4.\d. Item in regardis datis 
 fratribus predicatorum et minorum ac servientibus ad claves . . . 
 i6d. Item pro portacione pencionis de Balsale a London hoc anno 
 . . .6s. Sd. Item pro amerciamento in curia domini episcopi apud 
 sanctum Johannem hoc anno . . . 4^. Item pro pergameno paupiro 
 et pro factura presentis compoti . . . 2s. 6d. Item pro scriptura 
 acquietancie hoc anno . . . I2d. 
 
 Summa 135. 8|^/. * 
 
 Et computat solutum pro diversis reparacionibus misis et ex- 
 pencis factis super diversas domos tam in parochia sancti Johannis 
 Baptiste quam in parochia sancti dementis ubi magis indiget 
 ut patet per billam ejusdem computi super hunc compitum ostensam 
 hoc anno . . . 23^. Sd. Item solutum pro meremio tegulis virgis 
 cake usto zabulo et aliis necessariis ad dictam reparacionem emptis 
 hoc anno . . . 44s. Item allocatur eidem compute pro diversis repa- 
 rationibus factis super cameram ejusdem computantis ut in meremio 
 tabulis et in vitriis fenestris ac aliis necessariis ibidem factis hoc 
 anno . . . nil. Item allocatur eidem de redditu Georgii Smythe 
 apud sanctum Johannem quia indecassum hoc anno . . . 5^. Item 
 pro tenemento Christine Home quia indecassum hoc anno . . . 4s. 
 Item de redditu alterius tenementi apud le Barreyate quia indecassum 
 hoc anno . . . 5^. Item de redditu unius tenementi in le Rottenrewe 
 quia tenens recessit cum redditu hoc anno . . . 2s. 6d. Item in alloca- 
 tione redditus unius tenementi in Crepulgate quia tenens recessit 
 cum redditu hoc anno , . . 2s. 6d. Et eidem de redditu unius tene- 
 menti de novo edificati in parochia sancti Swithini hoc anno . . . 
 5j. Item de redditu alterius tenementi in alto vico Humfridi Swyner- 
 ton quia negat solvere redditum hoc anno . . . 4s. Item pro tene- 
 mento Johannis Crike quia negat solvere redditum hoc anno ... \2d. 
 
 ' These amounts are slightly in error. 
 
PRECENTOR. 2$ 
 
 Et etiam de redditu tenementi Ricardi Styllfylde quia vacuum jacet 
 hoc anno . . . 4s. Et allocatur eidem de redditu tenementi Ricardi 
 Burfylde quia vacuum hoc anno . . . Ss. 6d. Item eidem de redditu 
 unius crofte apud Bradwas modo Arnolphi Gower quia negat sol- 
 vere redditum hoc anno . . .12^. Item de redditu apud le More 
 quia Willelmus Archard recessit cum redditu hoc anno . , . 2s. 
 
 Sum ma logs. 2d, 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £$z 3S. n^d. Et sic debet 
 supercompitum iij. 10^^. 
 
 OFFICIUM PRECENTORIS. 
 
 [p. 131.] Computus fratris Willelmi Lynsylle gerentis officium 
 predictum a fFesto sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni regis 
 Henrici Octavi xiii"* usque ad idem festum sancti Michaelis 
 Archangeli anno ejusdem regis xiiiio. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla. £ s. d. 
 
 Sed respondet de certis redditibus terris tenementis 
 
 ac pencionibus dicto officio pertinentibus ex cer- \ 6 6 8 
 
 titudine per annum 
 Item percipit de officio Elemosinarii ut patet per 
 
 rentale per annum J 53 4 
 
 Item percipit de Coquinario pro le ffardynge ^ per 
 
 \ 12 
 
 annum 
 
 ) 
 } 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii ut patet per rentale 1 - 
 
 oer annum J 
 
 per annum 
 
 1 percipit de pitansario de redditu tenementi in "j 
 quo Humfridus Dedicote modo inhabitat J 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £10 12s. 8d. 
 
 De quibus computat solutum domino priori pro le O Adonai 
 4J. suppriori ^s. lod. et precentori 3J-. lod. ac 39 aliis monachis 
 ad idem tempus 2s. et sic in toto . . . £4 gs. 8d. Et solutum 
 
 » le ffardynge — also called Whitsun ffar- one of the * offering Sundays ' ; they went 
 dynges and quadrantes Penticostes, i.e. to the support of the clergy. See pp. 33, 
 oblations made on Whitsunday, which was 36. 
 
24 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 pitansario pro le O Adonai per annum . . . los. Item solutum pro 
 jantaculo facta conventui ad le O Adonai per annum . . . 6s. 8d. 
 Item infirmario pro pencione ecclesie de Tiberton per annum . . . 2s. 
 Item conventui pro speciebus per annum . . . 6s. Sd. Et eidem con- 
 ventui pro aucis per annum . . . 2s. 4d. Item domino priori pro 
 caponibus per annum , ..2s. 8d. Item Elemosinario pro elemosina sua 
 per annum . . . 20^. Item subcentori ratione officii sui per annum . . . 
 13J. 4d. Item solutum pascionistris ^ in quadragesima per annum . . . 
 3J. 4d. Item famulis domini prioris in adventu pro eorum cena 
 . . . I2d. Item in stipendio valecti precentoris per annum . . . Ss. 
 Et eidem ut in denariis solutis domino priori pro terra pertinente 
 ecclesie de Tyberton per annum . . . gs. 6d. Et in denariis solutis 
 predicatoribus in adventu domini et quadragesima ct in diebus 
 rogationum ut in xiii sermones per eos factos per annum . . . 43J. \d. 
 Et in victualibus emptis et expenditis super eosdem predicatores 
 
 . . . 3J. 4^. 
 
 Summa £\o 3^. o</. ^ 
 
 Et computat solutum pro contributione generalis capituli vide- 
 licet \d. de marca . . . i2d. Et solutum breviatori portanti brevia 
 hoc anno . . . 3^. 4^. Item in regardis datis fratribus predica- 
 torum et minorum . . . Sd. Item solutum pro pergameno pro 
 brevibus scribendis hoc anno . . . 2s. Item pro factura presentis 
 compoti . . . i2d. Item pro renovatione librorum in choro hoc 
 
 anno . . . 3J. 4^. 
 
 Summa los. Sd.^ 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"10 13s. 8d. Et sic excedit 
 super compotum i2d. 
 
 OFFICIUM TUMBARII. 
 
 [p. 132.] Compotus fratris Rogeri Stanford gerentis officium 
 predictum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla. £ s. d. 
 
 Sed respondet de certis redditibus ffirmis terris et 1 
 pencionibus dicto officio pertinentibus per annum J 
 
 ' Passionistris. See p. 33. These must have been the singers of the Passion Gospels 
 on Palm Sunday and other days. " In error. 
 
TUMBARY. 25 
 
 Item percipit dt officio Elemosinarii pro obitu domini 1 
 Robert! Molton J 
 
 Item recepit de oblationibus ad tumba sanctorum 
 Oswaldi et Wolstani hoc anno 
 
 1 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £17. 14s. od. 
 
 13 4 
 7 o 
 
 Reddiius resoluti. De quibus computat de redditu resoluto 
 domino episcopo pro capitali redditu unius tenementi exapposito 
 ecclesie sancti Michaelis per annum ... \Zd. Item solutum coquinario 
 pro orto in parochia sancti Clemen tis per annum . . . \2d. Item 
 solutum domino priori pro oblacione ad pixidem sancti Wolstani 
 per annum ... \Zd. Item subtumbario per annum ... 18^. Item 
 pitansario pro oblatione ad capita sanctorum Oswaldi et Wolstani 
 . . . 5^. Item Elemosinario pro elemosina sua per annum . . . 20d. 
 Item in stipendio collectoris reddituum . . . 6j. %d. 
 
 Summa \Zs. lod. 
 
 Et computat solutum pro duobus c. et dimidio [ac] 3 quarteriis 
 cere empte ad usum dicti officii pretii cujuslibet c. quinque marcas 
 sic in toto . . . ;^io 6s. Sd. ^ Item solutum pro factura ejusdem cere 
 . . . 6s. Sd. Item pro lichino empto pro eodem . . . Sd. Item 
 solutum pro torchis una cum regardis datis pro portacione eorun- 
 dem in die reliquiarum ... iSd. Item solutum pro cordulis emptis 
 ad usum fiferatri hoc anno . . . i^d. Item pro focali empto ad 
 usum dicti officii hoc anno . . . ss. Item pro jantaculo facta 
 Danieli Boyse ^ et pueris capelle in die sancti Wolstani . . . 3^-. ^.d. 
 Item in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum et rainorum hoc 
 anno . . . Sd. Item pro renovatione ceriorum circa fiferatra . . . 
 nil. Item in regardis datis clavigeris civitatis Wigorn. . . . Sd. Item 
 solutum pro cariagio cere a London ... 3^-. Sd. Item pro factura 
 presentis compoti . . . I2d. Item solutum pro paviamento in vico 
 in parochia sancti Clementis hoc anno . . . ys. Item solutum pro 
 tegulatione unius domus in quo Johannes Wyllys inhabitat hoc 
 
 ' 2i cwt. + 3 quarters make 3J cwt. , and a breakfast given them on St. Wolstan's 
 this at 5marksacwt. comes toj^io i6s. 8d. day, Jan. 19. 
 » Daniel Boyse and the pueri captlle have 
 
26 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 anno . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro tegulatione alterius domus in le fforegate 
 strete hoc anno . . . p. 4d. 
 
 Summa ;^I2 8^. od. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"13 6s. lod. et sic excedit 
 super compitum 12s. lod. 
 
 OFFICIUM HOSTILLARII. 
 
 [p- 133] Computus Roberti Alchurche' supprioris gerentis 
 officium predictum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc com- 
 
 putantis. 
 
 s. d. 
 Sed respondet de certis tern's et tenementis ac pen- ' 
 
 cionibus predicto officio pertinentibus prout par- 
 
 celle particulariter plenius liquent per rentale ex 
 
 certitudine per annum 
 Item percipit de officio magistri capelle ex certitudine "j 
 
 per annum J 
 
 Item recepit per manus domini prioris ad usum officii ) 
 
 hoc anno J 
 
 Et etiam recepit per manus pitansarii ad usum offici 
 
 hoc anno 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £Z 2s. od. 
 
 100 o 
 
 2 o 
 
 40 o 
 
 20 O 
 
 Stipendia ex certitudine. De quibus computat in exhiniis^ 
 missis domino priori per annum . . . 2s. Sd. Item solutum Ele- 
 mosinario pro elemosina sua per annum . . . 20^. Item pro aucis 
 datis conventui in fifesto omnium sanctorum . . . 2s. 4d. Item 
 pro pitanciis datis conventui in fifesto Omnium sanctorum (nil hoc 
 anno) . . . 3^. 4d.^ Item pro speciebus erga dictum ffestum . . . 
 6s. 8d. Item in stipendio lotrice . . . 4s. Item in stipendio unius 
 page hostillarii (hoc anno nil). Item famulis domini prioris in 
 
 ' The name dementis Hartylbury is ' Exhinium for exenium, or ^iviov, a little 
 
 struck out, and that of Robert Alchurche present. 
 
 is substituted. But in the roll the former 3 The 3^'. 4t/. is underlined to shew that 
 
 name does not appear. it is struck out. The item is not in the roll. 
 
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HOSTILLAR. 2/ 
 
 adventu pro eorum cena ... I2d. Item in stipendio unius valecti 
 hostillarii per annum . . .6s. Sd. 
 
 Summai 25s. 4d. 
 
 Et computat solutum pro focali empto ad usum officii predict! 
 una cum cariagio ejusdem hoc anno . . . 8s. Item pro candelis de 
 cepo emptis ad usum dicti officii hoc anno . . . 3^". 4^. Item in cx- 
 pencis factis super diversos extranios ballivos et collectores reddituum 
 tempore auditus ac diversis aliis vicibus hoc anno . . . 3^. 4d. Item 
 in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum et minorum hoc anno . . . 
 nil. Item pro contribucione generalis capituli hoc anno . . . i^d. 
 Item pro factura presentis compoti . . . I2d. Item pro cirpis^ 
 emptis hoc anno . . . nil. Item computat solutum pro duobus 
 paribus de blankettis emptis ad usum dicti officii hoc anno . . . loj. 
 Item solutum pro sex cochliariis de argento continentibus 6 uncias 
 emptis ad usum ejusdem Officii hoc anno . . . 20^. Item solutum 
 pro uno novo superlecto de aryse^ empto ad usum ejusdem Officii 
 hoc anno una cum le lynynge ejusdem . . . 46^. 8d. Item solutum 
 pro quatuor mattres de novo emptis ad usum dicti Officii hoc anno 
 ... i8s. Sd. Item pro reparacione alterius le mattres hoc anno 
 . . . 2s. 2d, Item solutum pro una culcitra plumali cum le bolstere 
 empta hoc anno . . . 14s. Item pro duobus paribus linthiaminum 
 emptis ad usum ejusdem officii hoc anno ... 12s. Item pro repara- 
 cione unius coopertorii de verdure hoc anno . . . 2s. Sd. Item pro 
 uno coopertorio coloris grene empto ad usum ejusdem officii hoc 
 anno . . . los. 
 
 Summa £y lis. ii\d. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £8 17s. s^d. et sic excedit 
 super compitum ... i$s. ^\d. 
 
 ' The total does not exactly correspond money. Next year, however, the hostillarius 
 to the items. buys another coopertorium de aryse for 2,0s. 
 ' cirpus, i.e. scirpus, a rush. The Drapers' Dictionary refers to an order 
 3 aryse or Arras. Here is all the furniture in Council dated 1382 permitting the Pope's 
 of a very comfortable bed, — 2 pair of Collector in Bristol to export certain house- 
 blankets, counterpane of Arras lined, 4 new hold goods, and among them are quinque 
 mattresses, a feather bed, bolster, two pair paria linthiaminum et duos blanketos pro 
 of linthiamina or linen sheets, and a green uno lecto. 
 
 coverlet. The total cost is £$ lis. 4</., The word blanket is perhaps derived from 
 
 equivalent to between ;^5o and ^60 of our the French blanchette. 
 
2$ ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 OFFICIUM MAGISTRI COMMUNIS CENE. 
 
 [p. 134.] Computus ffratris Ricardi Cleve gerentis officium 
 predictum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc com- 
 putantis. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Sed respondet de certis terris et tenementis predicto 
 
 officio pertinentibus quorum parcelle particulariter 
 plenius liquent per rentale ex certitudine per ' ^ ^ 
 
 annum 
 Item percipit de domino priore 6s. Zd. ; De sacrista ' 
 6s. 8d. ; De cellerario 6s. 8d. ; De Elemosinario 
 6s. 8d. ; De Camerario 6s. 8d. ; De pitansario ]■ 53 4 
 6s. 8d. ; et de precentore 6s. 8d. ; et sic in toto per 
 annum ^ 
 
 Summa totalis recepte ;£'i3 6s. gd. 
 
 Solutiones ex certitudine. De quibus computat solutum diversis 
 confratribus celebrantibus missas in capella sancti Georgii pro 
 anima Thome Lyttelton militis videlicet unus eorum septimanatim 
 per totum annum i^d. et sic in toto per annum . . . 60s. 8d. Item 
 solutum conventui pro speciebus per annum . . ,6s. 8d. Item solutum 
 domino de Stronseham pro capitali redditu tenementi in tenura 
 Ricardi Castylle . . . \8d. Item in expends factis super conventum 
 in die 2 carni privii et adventu domini . . . 2s. Item solutum pro 
 inductione victualium emptorum in villa pro jantaculo conventus una 
 cum collectione reddituum hoc anno . . . 6s, 8d. Item pro carnibus 
 bovinis emptis in villa pro jantaculo conventus per spatium 38 septi- 
 manarum videlicet pro qualibet septimana i^d. et sic in toto . . . 
 47^. 6d. Item pro victualibus emptis pro cena dictorum confratrum 
 per spatium 41 septimanarum videlicet qualibet septimana 2s. /\.d. 
 et sic in toto , . , £^ iSs. 8d. 
 
 Summa ;^ii os. 8d. 
 
 * 53^' 4<'' represents 8 half-marks ; the ' carni privii — carniprivium and carnis' 
 
 items give only 7. This error is repeated priviura— tempus quo carnibus privati et ab 
 
 in each of the four years in the volume. iis abstinere incipiunt Fideles ante jejunia 
 
 That he had to account for half a mark Quadragesime. Ita porro peculiariter ap- 
 
 in respect of his own office also would be pellata dominica Septuagesime. Du Cange. 
 some explanation. 
 
MASTER OF THE COMMON ROOM AND REFECTORER. 
 
 29 
 
 Item in regardis datis fratribus pre dicatorum et 
 
 minorum ac servientibus ad claves hoc anno 
 Item in regardis datis extraniis portantibus carnem 
 
 ferinam pro conventu hoc anno 
 Et allocatur eidem pro domo columbaria apud le 
 
 Swynny quia indecasum hoc anno 
 Et eidem pro domo columbaria supra domum capituli ^ 
 
 quia indecasum hoc anno 
 Item pro factura presentis compoti 
 Et eidem pro speciebus emptis hoc anno 
 Item solutum pro diversis reparacionibus misis et 
 
 expends factis super diversa tenementa ubi 
 
 magis indiget ut patet per billam super hunc 
 
 compitum ostensam hoc anno 
 Et allocatur eidem de parte redditus unius tenementi 
 
 apud le banamys vyne ^ quia tenens recessit red- 
 
 ditu non soluto hoc anno 
 
 Summa 36^'. g^d. 
 
 s. d. 
 12 
 
 2 8 
 
 3 4 
 
 3 4 
 
 12 
 3 4 
 
 18 9\ 
 3 4 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £"12 17s. 5^d. 
 super compitum 9^. 3^^?. 
 
 Et sic debet 
 
 OFFICIUM REFECTORARII. 
 
 [p. 135.] Computus ffratris Willelmi ffordam gerentis 
 officium predictum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remaneniia. Nulla. s. d. 
 
 Sed respondet de certis redditibus et pencionibus 
 
 dicto officio pertinentibus ex certitudine per j. 52 6 
 
 annum 
 
 Summa totalis recepte 52s. 6d. 
 
 • Domus capituli. It appears from this that there was a dovecot on the roof of the 
 Chapter House : unless indeed the Edgar Tower was called the domus capituli. 
 ' This in parallel accounts is Banhams v^ne. 
 
30 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Solutiones ex certitudine. De quibus allocatur eidem computanti 
 de redditu in Hylhampton per annum . . . \^d. Item pro cera 
 empta ad usum refectorii per annum . . . 4J. Item pro factura 
 ejusdem una cum lichino empto per annum . . . \Zd. Item pro 
 olio empto pro duobus lampadibus pendentibus ibidem per 
 annum ... \Zd. Item in expencis factis in VigilHa Epiphanie 
 per annum . . . is. 4d. Item solutum Elemosinario pro elemosina sua 
 per annum . . . 20d. Item in stipendio valecti ibidem per annum . . . 
 13J. 4d. Item in stipendio lotrice per annum . . . 5^. Item pro 
 candelis de cepo emptis ad usum officii sui per annum . . . 5^. 
 
 Summa 36^. 6d. 
 
 Item in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum et minorum hoc 
 anno ... 8^. Item pro contribucione generalis capituli hoc anno . . . 
 id. Item pro factura presentis compoti . . . i2d. Item allocatur 
 eidem pro 8 elles de dyeper ^ emptis pro una mappa inde fienda 
 ad usum officii precii cujuslibet ulni . . . 4d. et sic in toto . . . 
 2s. 8d. Item solutum pro 8 ulnis de dyeper emptis pro uno 
 manitergio inde fiendo ad usum dicti officii precio ulni 6d. et sic 
 in toto hoc anno . . . 4^'. Item solutum pro panno linio empto 
 pro quatuor mappis inde fiendis hoc anno ... 12s. Item pro factura 
 ejusdem . . . i2d. 
 
 Summa 21s. 6d. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum 57s. iid. Et sic Excedit super 
 compitum 5^-. sd. 
 
 OFFICIUM INFIRMARII. 
 
 [p. 136.] Computus fratris Willelmi Lemstyr gerentis 
 officium predictum anno quo supra. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla quia primus ingressus ejusdem nunc computantis. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Sed respondet de certis redditibus terris tenementis 
 
 ac pencionibus prout plenius patet per rentale 9 7 4 
 
 et per indenturas ex certitudine per annum 
 
 * Diaper is linen cloth wrought with ders, or from Diaspro, Jasper. An ulna 
 flowers and other figures. The derivation or ell is ij yard. The mappa and nianiter- 
 is uncertain. Perhaps from Ypres in Flan- ^um here are each 8 ells in length. 
 
INFIRMARER. 31 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii pro decimis de Hy- ] fjp. 9, 
 
 multon per annum 
 Item percipit de predicto officio cellerarii pro pencione 
 
 ecclesie de Hymulton per annum 
 Item de predicto officio cellerarii pro sustentatione 
 
 unius lampadis ibidem pendentis per annum 
 Item percipit de officio precentoris pro pencione ecclesie 
 
 de Tyberton per annum 
 Item percipit de officio sacriste pro cera per annum 5 o 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £13 13s. 
 
 10 o 
 
 De quibus computat solutum domino priori in ffesto exaltacionis 
 sancti crucis 3^. suppriori 2s. 3^. precentori 2s. 3^?. ac 39 aliis 
 monachis quilibet eorum \Zd. et sic in toto ... ^3 6s. od. Et 
 solutum domino priori 4*3?. suppriori ^d. precentori 4^. cellerario 
 ^d. infirmario 4^. refectorario 4<i. le dandry 4^. ^ et duobus 
 deycis 8^. ac 33 aliis monachis quilibet eorum 2d. et sic in 
 toto . . . 8j-. 6d. Et solutus socio in choro . . . 6s. Sd. Item 
 domino priori pro medicinis per annum ... 13J. 4^. Item sup- 
 priori pro consuetudine per annum . . . 6s. 8d. Item domino priori 
 pro caponibus per annum . . . 4s. Item famulis domini prioris in 
 adventu pro eorum cena . . . I2d. Item solutum Willelmo Barbour 
 pro stipendio suo per annum . . . 20s. Item clerico infirmarii pro 
 stipendio suo per annum . .. . los. Item in stipendio lotrice per 
 annum . . . 4J. Item pro jantaculo facta suppriori et conventui 
 in die sancti Andree ex certitudine per annum . . .6s. 8d. It§m pro 
 sustentacione unius lampadis pendentis ibidem per annum . . . 5^. 
 Item solutum le page de la ffarmery^ pro stipendio suo per annum 
 
 . . . 5-y- 
 
 Summa £y 16s. lod. 
 
 Et computat solutum pro contribucione generalis capituli videlicet 
 id. de marca . . . lo^d. Item solutum pro rosis inde stillandis ' hoc 
 anno . . . 3^. 4d. Item pro candelis de cepo emptis ad usum dicti 
 
 * The dandry and the two deyces must abbreviated into the ' farmery,' as the dor- 
 be monks holding some offices. mitorium into the * dorter,' and the refec- 
 
 " In parallel places the account has in- torium into ' frater.' 
 
 firmarii. The infirmary seems to have been 3 rosis emptis ad stillandum elsewhere. 
 
32 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 officii . . .6s. Bd. Item pro ciphis terenis emptis hoc anno . . . 4^. 
 Item solutum pro portacione focalium hoc anno . . . I2d. Item 
 solutum pro panno linio empto pro mappis manitergiis et pro rastyr * 
 clothis inde fiendis hoc anno . . . 5^. 2d. Item solutum pro renova- 
 tione vasorum ad usum officii hoc anno . . . 3^. 6d. Item solutum 
 pro vitriis ^ emptis pro aqua imponenda hoc anno . . . 2s. 
 
 Summa 22s. io\d. 
 
 [p- 1 37-] Et computat solutum pro cera et clavis emptis ad 
 usum officii predicti hoc anno . . . 6d. Item in regardis datis 
 fratribus predicatorum et minorum ac clavigeris civitatis Wigorn. 
 . . . i6d. Item solutum pro virido succo^ empto ad usum dicti 
 officii hoc anno ... 5^. Item solutum pro una olla de stanno 
 empta ad usum ejusdem officii hoc anno . . . 2od. Et computat 
 solutum pro victualibus tam carnium quam piscium expenditis in 
 dicto hospicio hoc anno . . . 53^'. ^. Item solutum pro diversis 
 expencis factis super varies confratres ibidem existentes egrotos 
 hoc anno . . . 33^. 4^.* Item pro factura presentis compoti hoc 
 anno . . . i2d. 
 
 Summa £4 lis. ^d. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £13 iis. 3jd. Et sic debet 
 super compitum 20^d. 
 
 OFFICIUM COQUINARII. 
 
 [p. 138.] Computus flFratris Humfridi Grafton gerentis officium 
 predictum a ffesto sancti Michaelis Archangeli anno regni regis 
 Henrici Octavi xiii" usque ad idem ffestum sancti Michaelis 
 Archangeli anno ejusdem regis xiiii°. 
 
 Remanentia. Nulla. 
 
 ' ^-flj/yr— shaving cloths ? Item allocatum eidem pro expencis factis super 
 
 ' wVnVj— used in the infirmary for medical fratrem Johannem Berowe ibidem existentem 
 
 purposes : in some accounts the item appears egrotum per spatium xx" septimanarum . . . 
 
 as pro aqua egrotorum imponenda. 231. ^d. Thomas Green was there 6 weeks ; 
 
 3 virido succo — Abbot Gasquet informs me William More 9 weeks ; William Wyche 
 
 that this is a drink made from the juice of 1 1 weeks ; Richard Hallowe 8 weeks ; John 
 
 the green grape. Crowle 10 weeks ; and John Barbour 10 
 
 * In the accounts of the infirmarius for a weeks. The total spent on this item was 
 
 later year, 15 Hen. VIII,, we find details. in that year 86j. 4</. 
 
KITCHENER. 
 
 33 
 
 Redditus assise. Sed respondet de certis redditibus 
 terris ffirmis ac pencionibus predicto officio pertin- 
 entibus prout plenius patet per rentale ex certi- 
 tudine per annum 
 
 Item percipit pro quatuor werelyveres ^ dimissis variis 
 personis hoc anno 
 
 Item percipit de exitibus et proficuis coquine ut de 
 corriis et pellibus pecorum capo flottes^ et aliis 
 proficuis inde provenientibus hoc anno 
 
 Item percipit de proficuis porcarie boverie et pasturarum 
 predicto officio pertinentium ex certitudine positis 
 per annum 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £162 17s. 8d. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 131 15 6 
 
 53 4 
 
 13 8 10 
 
 IS o o 
 
 Solutiones ex certitudine. De quibus computat in exhemiis 
 missis domino priori ut in capon per annum . . . 2s, %d. Item 
 solutum suppriori ex certitudine per annum . . . 20s. Item ele- 
 mosinario pro le maundy per annum . . . 20s. Item pitansario pro 
 le O Virgo Virginum per annum . . . 10s. Item pro aucis datis 
 conventui per annum ... 2^. /^. Item socio in choro per annum 
 . . . 6j. Zd. Item pro pitanciis datis conventui pro le O Radix 
 Gesse^ per annum . . . 6s. 8d. Item precentori pro le ffardynge 
 per annum . . . I2d. Item magistro tabule in refectorio per annum 
 . . . 4^. Item conventui pro speciebus per annum . . . 6s. Sd. 
 Item pro pitanciis datis passionistris * in ffesto Ramis palmarum per 
 annum , . . 8s. Sd. Item solutum scholaribus Oxon. pro pencione 
 de Bybery per annum . . . 60s. Item pro jantaculo facta conventui 
 et servientibus hujus monasterii in ffesto Nativitatis domini per 
 annum . . . i$s. /\d. Item solutum infirmario pro pastura juxta 
 le Archarde per annum . . . 6s. Sd. Item solutum famulis domini 
 prioris in adventu pro eorum cena per annum ... I2d. 
 
 Summa ;^8 7s. Sd. ^ 
 
 » See p. 8. 
 
 » flottes — flotamen, floating fat or grease. 
 
 ' Case — i.e. Jesse. 
 
 ♦ See note on p. 24. 
 5 This total is in error. 
 
34 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 [p. 139.] Stipendia monachorum ac diversorum servientium. Etcom- 
 putat solutum pro stipendiis diversorum famulorum hujus monasterii 
 quorum nomina sequuntur videlicet quatuor generosis domini prions 
 quilibet eorum 45". et sic in toto per annum . . . i6j. Item solutum 
 Ricardo Burfyld Janitori porta prioratus per annum . . . 33J. 4*^. 
 Item Ricardo Spellisbury valecto Camere domini prioris . . . 2.65. %d. 
 Item Thome Mores custodi parci de Battenhale . . . 2.6s. 2>d. Item 
 
 ^ valecto coquinarii cum toga sua per annum . . . 33J. ^d. Item 
 Ricardo Byrkyn valecto stabuH domini prioris . . . 13J. 4^. Item 
 Thome Here valecto subcellerarii . . . 30J. 5^. Item duobus valectis 
 hostillarii per annum . . . 33^. 4^. Item valecto precentoris . . . 
 d>s. 8d. Item valecto Camerarii . . . 8s. Sd. Item Thome Kyngett 
 lardererio per annum . . . 26s. Sd. Item Johanni ffreyser . . . 26s. 8d. 
 Item custodi porcorum . . . 20s. Item Hxe coquine . . . i6s. Item 
 Willelmo Barbour valecto Infirmarii . . . 8^-. 8d. Item clerico 
 Infirmarii pistori pandoxatori subjanitori et pagi hostillarii ut in 
 precio 80 allecium ^ quilibet eorum 8d. sic in toto . . . 2s. Sd, Item 
 pro factura tuceti^ pro conventu per annum . . . 2s. 6d. Item in 
 stipendio le tornebroche* per annum . . . 3J. 4^. Item custodi 
 cimbe apud portam Sabrine per annum . . . i6s. 
 
 Summa iCiy 12s. iid. 
 
 Et computat solutum contribucione generalis capituli videlicet 
 id. de marca . . . 4d. Item in regardis datis fratribus predicatorum 
 et minorum una cum servientibus ad claves . . . 2s. Item in 
 expencis ejusdem computantis et servientium suorum equitantium 
 ad Sturbrugge^ pro piscibus ibidem emendis et aliis locis hoc anno 
 . . . iSs. Item pro cellis frenis et aliis necessariis ad equitandum 
 emptis hoc anno . , . 12s. 6d. Item breviatori portanti brevia hoc 
 anno . . . 22^?. Item pro candelis de cepo emptis ad usum officii 
 sui hoc anno . . . 22^. Item pro paupiro atramento una cum 
 factura presentis compoti . . . 2s. 6d. 
 
 Summa 39J. 
 
 ' Space for name left blank. 3 tucetum — a sausage. 
 
 » allec is a herring. Sardines and an- < tornebroche — turnspit, 
 chovies are also called allec. ^ Sturbrugge is Stourbridge, 
 
KITCHENER. 
 
 3S 
 
 [p. 140.] Idem nunc computans petit allocationem pro omnibus 
 victualibus tam carnium quam piscium emptis septimanatim 
 per totum annum modo ut sequitur. 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Dominica Inclina ^ 61 
 
 „ Justus esdomine 48 
 „ Exultate 52 
 
 „ letetur 56 
 
 „ venite 53 
 
 „ omnia que fecisti 55 
 
 in voluntate 
 Si iniquitates 
 dicit dominus 
 ad te levavi 
 populus Syon 
 gaudete 
 mementote 
 puer natus 
 dum medium 
 in excelso 
 omnis terra 
 adorate prima 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 55 
 42 
 
 48 
 
 52 
 
 56 
 
 2 
 
 54 
 56 
 57 
 50 10 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 3 
 6 
 
 4 
 o 
 o 
 o 
 o 
 o 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 o 
 5 
 4 
 2 
 
 adorate secunda 53 2 
 
 adorate tertia 57 10 
 
 circumdederunt 58 3 
 
 Exsurge 57 $ 
 
 esto michi 53 5 
 
 invocabit 58 8 
 
 reminiscere 56 5 
 
 oculi mei 52 11 
 
 letare 52 4 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Dominica Inclina' me 58 4 
 
 „ de longe 57 6 
 
 „ resurrexi 54 2 
 
 „ quasi modo 58 lo^ 
 
 „ misericordia 
 
 domini 54 10 
 
 „ Jubelate 55 6 
 
 „ Cantate 54 6 
 
 „ vocem jocun- 
 
 ditatis 56 8 
 
 Exaudi domine 57 
 
 Spiritus 
 domini 
 
 benedicta 
 
 in tua miseri- 
 cordia 
 
 factus est 
 dominus 
 
 o o 
 
 54 10 
 
 58 10 
 
 53 
 59 
 
 II 
 4 
 
 Summa^ ;^72 6s. 
 Summa omnium allocationum 
 super computum £i lis. od. 
 
 ' See Appendix VI, • Error iox Jtidica 
 
 D 2 
 
 „ respice m me 
 
 „ dominus illu- 
 
 minatio 57 11 
 
 „ Exaudi 58 2 
 
 „ fortitudo 56 5 
 
 „ omnes gentes 59 3 
 
 „ suscepimus 57 10 
 
 „ ecce deus 53 9 
 
 „ dum clamarem 58 9 
 
 „ deus in loco 55 10 
 
 „ deus in ad- 
 
 jutorium 59 2 
 
 „ respice domine 53 8 J 
 
 „ protector noster 58 5 
 
 Summa 3 ;^7i 3J. id, 
 
 £^^l 8s. 8d. et sic excedit 
 
 3 These totals are in error. 
 
36 
 
 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 OFFICIUM SACRISTE. 
 
 [p. 143.] Computus fratris Robert! Alchurche' gerentis officium 
 predictum a ffesto sancti Michaelis Archangel! anno regn! regis 
 Henric! octavi x!!!!° usque ad !dem ffestum sancti Michaelis 
 anno ejusdem regis xv°. 
 
 \_Noie. — The Sacrist's account for 13-14 Hen. VIII. is wanting.] 
 
 £ s. d. 
 Idem nunc computans respondet de certis redditibus 
 
 terris tenementis et ffirmis una cum pencionibus 
 
 ecclesiarum dicto officio pertinentibus ut patet 
 
 per rentale per annum 
 Item percipit de officio cellerarii pro certis decimis in 
 
 Vallia per annum 
 Item percipit de officio hostillarii pro decimis de 
 
 Phepston per annum 
 Item percipit de quadrantibus penticostes in die 
 
 sancte Trinitatis in Wigorn. Claynes et de pa- 
 
 rochia Sancti Johannis Baptiste per annum 
 Item percipit de proficuis Sigilli^ fraternitatis beate 
 
 Marie hoc anno 
 Item percipit pro brasio^ de collectore cum cruce Sancti 
 
 Wolstani hoc anno 
 Item percipit pro brevibus in civitate Wigorn. et 
 
 Claynes hoc anno 
 Item percipit pj-o brevibus in archidiaconatu Glouces- 
 
 trensi hoc anno 
 Item percipit de legatis defunctorum per manus Com- 
 
 missarii hoc anno 
 Item percipit de legatis defunctorum in civitate Wigorn. 
 
 et aliis locis hoc anno 
 
 76 
 
 400 
 
 6 8 
 
 24 5 
 
 8 6 
 
 12 
 
 3 4 
 
 634 
 
 40 9 
 
 nil. 
 
 ' Robett Alchurche, as we learn from 
 William More's journal, is made in the year 
 1522 to take an oath to render his account 
 to the Bishop and not to the Prior. 
 
 We learn from Noake that he was one 
 of those before whom William Smyth, alias 
 
 Peynter, of Ombersley, was tried for heresy 
 on July II, 1511. (Noake, p. 2lo.) 
 
 * What is this fraternity ? 
 
 3 brasium, or brace. Some kind of grain 
 used for brewing. "Cujus generis grani 
 fuerit Brace non satis constat." Du Cange. 
 
 Brasium is also malt. 
 
SACRIST. 37 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 Item recepit de oblatione peregrinorum posita in pixide 
 beate Marie hoc anno 
 
 II 7 
 
 Item recepit de exitu et proficuis proecorum^ proven. \ t6 7 a 
 de oblatione peregrinorum hoc anno J 
 
 Item recepit de proficuis cere oblate ad ymaginem ^ 
 beate Marie hoc anno / 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £168 5s. 6d. 
 
 Redditus resoluti. De quibus computat de redditu resoluto 
 domino episcopo Wigorn pro pastura de Dydeley per annum . . . 
 106^. 8^. Et eidem domino episcopo pro Newlonds . . . 19J. ^d. 
 Et eidem pro una libra cuminii per annum ... 4^. Et eidem pro 
 certis terris et tenemcntis in parochia sancti Johannis Baptiste . . . 
 2s. 6d. Item domino de Temple Lawarne per annum . . . i2d. 
 Item Abbati de Bordisley pro hospicio Angeli . . . 2s. 6d. Et 
 allocatur eidem de redditu apud Northe pedylle quia detinetur hoc 
 anno . . . 8j. ^d. 
 
 Summa £y os. yd. 
 
 [p. 144.] Stipendia Monachorum. Et computat solutum pitan- 
 sario pro obitu Willelmi Bloyse per annum ... 13^. 4^. Item 
 solutum hostillario ad ffestum omnium sanctorum . . . 6j. Zd. Item 
 conventui pro le O oriens . . .6s. Zd. Item capellano domini prioris 
 pro virida cera . . . 2s. Item infirmario pro consuetudine ... 5.?. Item 
 scholaribus Oxon. pro consuetudine . . , 4^'. Item domino priori pro 
 caponibus . . , ^s. Item famulis domini prioris in adventu pro eorum 
 cena . . . 2od. Item diversis servientibus hujus monasterii pro 
 eorum caligis . . . 2'js. 4d. Item conventui pro aucis . , . 2s. 4^. 
 Item pro portacione draconis et vexillarum in septimana rogacionis 
 . . . 4s. 4d. Item textoribus et fullonibus in fifesto corporis Christi 
 . . . 2s. Item pro preparatione fiferratri in fifesto corporis Christi 
 per annum . . . 3^. 4^. 
 
 Summa £4. 2s. 8d. 
 
 Feoda et vadia. Et computat solutum magistro Lewes magistro 
 carnaie cum toga sua . . . ;^io \6s. od. Item capellano celebranti 
 
 ' The pro of proeconim is here an ex- exitibus et proficuis pecorum proven, de 
 pansion, and is probably an eiTor. In oblacione peregrinorum . . . ;^l6 lOj. od. 
 15-16 Henry VIII. this item reads de [p. 284.] 
 
38 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER, 
 
 primam missam coram ymaginem beate Marie . . . 53J. 4d. Et eidem 
 
 capellano pro custodia ymaginis beate Marie ... 13J. 4^. Item 
 
 SLibsacriste pro officio suo . . . i6s. 8d. Item rectori sancti 
 
 Michaelis Archangeli pro sepultura mortuorum . . . 8s. Et eidem 
 
 pro quatuor quarteriis frumenti ... 17s. ^d. Item in stipendio 
 
 Thome Newes et trium clericorum ecclesie . . . £6 os. od. Item 
 
 Thome Smyth pro custodia campanarum . . . 3^. /^d. Item fifarrario 
 
 pro custodia cumbali ^ et orilegii . . . 5^". Item in stipendio coci 
 
 Sacriste . . . 26s. 8d. Item Johanni Perott waxchaundler . . . 20s. 
 
 Item Thome Plymer pro feodo suo . . . i^s. 4d. Item lotrice 
 
 ecclesie . . . 8s. Item lotrice sacriste . . . 4s. Item barbitonsori . . . 
 
 3^. 4d. Item Commissario domini episcopi pro coUectione legatorum 
 
 una cum toga sua . . . 26s. 8d. Item magistro Willelmo Rudgale 
 
 pro fifeodo suo . . . 13J. 4d. Item officialibus Gloucestrensibus 
 
 et servientibus suis . . . 20s. Item ballivo de Radwyke ... 13^. 4d. 
 
 Item archidiacono Gloucestrensi pro ecclesia de Sodbury . . . 6s. 8d. 
 
 Item Willelmo Potkyn tabellioni^ Archidiaconi Wigorn. . . . 13J. ^d. 
 
 Item ffirmario de Sodbury pro toga sua . . . 5^. Item Thome Newes 
 
 et duobus servientibus in sacristia pro eorum togis . . . 44J. Item 
 
 magistro capelle per manus Daniellis Boyce pro cera . . . 13J. ^d. 
 
 Item Danielli Boyce pro missis nominis Jesu et Salve regina per 
 
 annum . . . los, 
 
 Summa ;^34 14^'. od. 
 
 [p. 145.] Et computat solutum pro singynge bredd^ empto ad 
 usum ecclesie hoc anno ... 8^. 6d. Et solutum pro 400 cere empte 
 ad usum ecclesie hoc anno . . . ;^I5 i8s. ^d. Item pro lichino et olio 
 empto hoc anno . . . 14^. 6d. Et solutum pro olio empto pro lampade 
 hoc anno . . . los. Item pro incenso . . . 3^. 4d. Item pro pinguedine 
 empta pro campanis . . . 2s. Item pro capistris ristris * et cordulis 
 emptis hoc anno i . . i^s. lod. Item pro zonis et tokinggyrdylls 
 . . . 4J-. Item pro carbonibus ad usum ecclesie hoc anno . . . 3^. 
 Item pro candelis de cepo ad usum ejusdem ecclesie . . . 31J. Item 
 pro lotura flammarum^ et corporalium beate Marie . . . 2s. Item 
 pro baudryks emptis pro campanis . . . 2s. 8d. Item pro cirothecis^ 
 
 * cumbalum — the cymbal in the cloister restibus = ropes. These items are for the 
 sounded for meals. bells. 
 
 »/ai.//^^-a notary, or secretary. ^ Flammarum. This is probably for 
 
 flammeorum. Mr. St. John Hope suggests 
 3 singynge bredJ-hxt^d for the Mass. . ^^shing of veils and kerchiefs.' 
 
 * In 15-16 Hen. VIII. we read resits or ' cirotheca — a glove, x«'poO^K»;. 
 
SACRIST. 39 
 
 pro conventu . . . 4s. 6d. Item pro filo empto pro albis sutandis 
 . . . 22^. Item pro pulsatione magnarum carapanarum . . . 7s. ^d. 
 Item solutum pro reparacione vestimentorum ecclesie hoc anno . . . 
 4i". Item solutum pro octodecem albis de novo emptis ad usum 
 ecclesie hoc anno . . . £4 ^s. 2d. Item solutum pro curtens de 
 novo emptis pro altari sancti Stephani et sancti Johannis ^ hoc anno 
 . . . \2s. 2d. Item solutum pro uno vestimento^ de novo empto ad 
 usum ecclesie hoc anno . . . 6oj. Item pro le gyldynge partis 
 altaris sancti Johannis Baptiste una cum factura trium ymaginum 
 ibidem hoc anno . . . £4 Zs. iid. Item solutum pro vino empto 
 pro missis celebrandis hoc anno . . . £4 2s. od.3 Item pro fac- 
 tura candele benedicte . . . 2s. 8d. 
 
 Summa ;^38 os. 2id. 
 
 Et computat in expends hospicii sacriste ut in pane et ser- 
 vicia emptis in villa hoc anno . . . £g los. $d. Et pro carnibus 
 bovinis ovinis et vitulinis piscibus salcis et recentibus et aliis 
 necessariis emptis ad usum dicti hospicii hoc anno . . . ;^I5 12s. 6d. 
 Et solutum pro focali et carbone empto hoc anno . . . 4.2s. Et pro 
 sale vino amaro sinapio et aliis condimentis emptis hoc anno . . . 
 1 5 J. Item pro candelis de cepo emptis ad usum dicti officii . . . 
 12s. lod. Item pro panno linio empto pro mappis manitergiis et 
 aliis necessariis hoc anno . . . ly. 4d. Item pro vino diversorum 
 generum empto et expendito in dicto hospicio hoc anno . . . 41s. 
 Item pro reparacione vasorum in coquina hoc anno . . . 8j. 
 
 Summa ^^31 i^s. id. 
 
 [p. 146.] Et allocatur eidem ut in regardis datis Danielli Boyce 
 pueris capelle fratribus predicatorum et minorum clavigeris civitatis 
 Wigorn. et diversis aliis extraniis hoc anno ... 13J. 4^. Et solutum 
 pro contribucione generali capituli videlicet id. de marca . . . 2s, 6d. 
 Item pro paupiro pergameno et pro factura presentis compoti hoc 
 
 ' The words et sancti Johannis are added payd to William Dysse vestment maker of 
 
 above the line. London for makyng of the said coape, chese- 
 
 ' The following extract from Prior More's abull, tynnaculls, and 3 Albes to the same 
 journal throws some light on the vestments with the stoles and 3 fannells with the buck- 
 then in use : — ram for the lynnynge of y^ same . . . 36J. 8</. 
 
 'Item payd for the offreys to a coape of Summa totius . . . ;^I7 lis. 2>d. 
 
 cloth of golde for the cheseabull and the 3 This implies a consumption of more than 
 
 2 tynnaculls ^^15 3J, 4^. Item payd for 3 hogsheads of sacramental wine, 
 lynnyn cloth for 3 Albes ...ils.Zd. Item 
 
40 ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIORY OF WORCESTER. 
 
 anno . . . 6s. Zd. Et allocatur eidem pro expends suis equitanti 
 diversis vicibus hoc anno . . . 30J. Et solutum pro meremio tegulis 
 finduHs^ virgis emptis hoc anno . . . 31J. ?>d. Et solutum pro bricks 
 zabulo cake usto et aliis necessariis emptis hoc anno . . . 59^. gd. 
 Et allocatur eidem pro stipendiis operariorum carpinteriorum tegu- 
 lariorum et aliorum conductorum hoc anno . . . £^ iZs. Sd. Item pro 
 ceris^ clavis clavibus et aliis rebus ferriamentis emptis ad usum diet! 
 officii hoc anno . . . 44s. id. Item pro fiferrunis^ equorum hoc 
 anno . . . 6s. 8d. Item pro cellis frenis et aliis necessariis ad 
 equitandum emptis hoc anno . . . 8s. Item solutum pro duobus 
 cruettis de argento in capella beate Marie ponderis 8 unciarum et i 
 quarter, emptis hoc anno . . . 30^. i id. Item solutum pro pendicione 
 magne campane et le newe clapper hoc anno ... .^3 16s. 2d. Item 
 solutum Thome Plymer pro stipendio suo ratione coopture ecclesie 
 supra le vestri hoc anno . . . 2^s. lod. Item solutum pro plumbo 
 posito in eodem loco hoc anno continente 27 c. et 59 li. et sic in 
 toto . . . £7 iS-s. Sd. Et allocatur eidem pro pitanciis datis conventui 
 pro Thoma Grymley celebrante primam missam hoc anno . . . 2s. 
 Et computat solutum lathamis pro consummatione nove altaris 
 vocati Jesus alter ut patet per jornale ejusdem computantis hoc 
 anno . . . £10 os. 22d. 
 
 Summa ;^38 lis. gd. 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum £154 5s. lod. ct sic debet 
 super compotum . . . ;^I3 19^'. Sd. 
 
 ^ JlnduHs. See note, p. 16. On [p. 287] it is seris. So eelldiot sella, a 
 
 ' eeris, perhsips for sera or serura, a bolt, saddle. 3 See note, p. 19. 
 
APPENDIX I. 
 
 Manor of Bradwas. 
 
 The same volume of accounts contains four summaries of the 
 payments made both in grain and in money from some of the 
 manors. They are apparently not complete accounts of the income 
 of the monastery, as the total payments do not equal the 
 rents received. The list that follows gives the gross payments 
 from a series of manors, from which, however, some deductions 
 were made for expenses of collecting, and under other heads. 
 Besides these payments in money there are payments in kind. 
 One specimen of the accounts presented will suffice, that ci Bradwas, 
 an adjacent manor, for the year 12-13 Henry VIII. The payments 
 are made not to the convent as a whole or to its treasurer, but 
 divided between certain officials : some divided between the prior 
 and the cellerarius, or between the cellerarius, camerarius and coqui- 
 narius, or among other officials. 
 
 Abstract of Money Rents from certain Manors in the 
 Year 12-13 Henry VIII. [pp. i— 43]- 
 
 Prioratus Wigorn. 
 Hardewyke 
 Sancti Johannis 
 Bradwas - 
 Teberton - 
 Crowle 
 Hymulton - 
 Hallowe - 
 Grymley - 
 More 
 
 Newenham 
 Netherton - 
 Segebarowe 
 Tedynton - 
 Hcrforton - 
 
 £ 
 
 S. 
 
 d. 
 
 37 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 102 
 
 6 
 
 27 
 
 II 
 
 o\ 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 I 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 II 
 
 55 
 
 II 
 
 Hi i 
 
 38 
 
 7 
 
 I 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 58 
 
 16 
 
 iiii 
 
 65 
 
 14 
 
 I 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 32 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 I 
 
42 
 
 
 APPENDIX I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Cleve 
 
 - 
 
 40 
 
 16 10 
 
 Schipston - 
 
 - 
 
 43 
 
 5 
 
 Blackwell - 
 
 - 
 
 23 
 
 18 7i 
 
 Alston 
 
 - 
 
 39 
 
 20^ 
 
 Cropthorn - 
 
 - 
 
 44 
 
 9 3i i 
 
 Overbury - 
 
 - 
 
 46 
 
 4 10 
 
 Eymore 
 
 - 
 
 
 27 7 
 
 Wolverley - 
 
 - " 
 
 43 
 
 10 2\ I 
 
 Accounts of the Manor of Bradwas for the Year 
 12-13 Henry VIII. 
 
 [p. 5.] Bradwas. Exitus grangie per Rogerum Tovy ballivum 
 ibidem anno quo supra. 
 
 De remanentibus Nulla. Sed respondet de . . . 3 qu. 2 bu. 
 
 frumenti receptis de toto exitu grangie terrarum dominicalium 
 
 proveniente de tertia garba ^ ut patet per tallium super hunc 
 
 compitum ostensum menc^ rac. tritur. in denariis ut infra. Et de 
 
 ... 4 qu. receptis de portione decime rectorie omnium tenentium 
 
 ibidem. 
 
 Summa 7 qu. 2 bush, frumenti. 
 
 Frumenti. De quibus computat liberata Elemosinario pro bladis 
 SanctiWolstani . . . 4 bush. Et liberata Johanni Molton subcellerario 
 de ffirma portionis decime predicte de oneris^ Rectoris ibidem per 
 annum . . . 4 qu. Et liberata eidem subcellerario de parte exitus 
 terrarum dominicalium provenientis de tertia garba prout plenius 
 patet per tallium super hunc compitum ostensum debite examinatum 
 et approbatum ... 2 qu. 6 bu. et nil Remanet. 
 
 Siligo. De remanentibus nil. Sed respondet de . . . nil hoc 
 anno receptum de toto exitu dicti grangie terrarum dominicalium 
 menc. rac. triturat. in denariis ut infra. 
 
 Summa nil . . . Que liberata subcellerario. 
 
 Ordium. De rem. nil. Sed respondet de . . . 7 bush, ordii 
 receptis de toto exitu dicti grangie terrarum dominicalium pro- 
 
 * ttrtia garba, every third sheaf. ratione triturationis, ' measured for the pur- 
 
 ■ nunc, rac. ttitur. Can this be mends pose of thrashing ? ' 3 On [p. 153] oncre. 
 
MANOR OF BRADWAS, 43 
 
 veniente de tertia garba ut patet per tallium super hunc compitum 
 ostensum. 
 
 Summa ... 7 bush. Que Hbata dicto subcellerario. 
 
 Pulcetam. De Remanentibus nil. Sed respondet de . . . 2 qu. 
 2 bush, pulceti receptis de toto exitu dicti grangie terrarum domini- 
 calium ut supra. 
 
 Summa 2 qu. 2 bu. 
 
 De quibus Hberata Johanne Walker ffirmario ibidem pro sus- 
 tentatione unius apris . . . i qu. Et deliberata predicto subcellerario 
 de parte exitus dicte grangie terrarum dominicalium proveniente 
 de tertia garba ... 4 bush, Et cellerario pro expencis hospicii sui 
 ut in pisis ^ . . . 6 bus. et nil remanet. 
 
 Avene. De remanentibus nil. Sed respondet de . . . 4 qu. 
 avenarum receptis de portione decime Rectorie ibidem per annum. 
 Summa ... 4 quarteria. 
 
 [p. 6.] Bradwas. Visus compoti Rogeri Tovy ballivi ibidem 
 et Johannis Noxon ^ collectoris reddituum ibidem anno quo supra. 
 
 A rreragia. Nulla. 
 
 Redditus assise, Sed respondet de . . . ;^22 \ys. ^\d. re- 
 ceptis de toto redditu assise tam liberorum tenentium quam 
 custumariorum prout plenius patet per rentale ex certitudine per 
 annum. 
 
 Summa . . . ;^22 lys. \\d. 
 
 Firma terrarum dominicalium. Et de . . . 33^. d^d. receptis de 
 firma terrarum dominicalium sic dimissa Johanne Walker per in- 
 denturam per annum. Et de . . . 6s. Zd. receptis de precio unius 
 apris ratione capcionis^ ejusdem ffirme. 
 
 Summa 40J. 
 
 Perquisita curie. Et de . . . 5 3 J. %d. receptis de perquisitis curie 
 tente ibidem hoc anno ut patet per rotulos curie. 
 
 Summa . . . 53J. ^d. 
 
 Summa totalis recepte £27 iis. o^d. 
 
 * in pisis — in parallel accounts are added ' Elsewhere Noxton. 
 
 the words ' vocat. grene pese' and 'de grene 3 <:fl/fw— quicquid ad expensas Regis seu 
 
 viridis pisis. ' domini capitur. 
 
44 
 
 APPENDIX I. 
 
 Peticiones hallivi. De quibus computat in allocatione facta 
 cidem ballivo pro toga sua hoc anno . . . 6i". Zd. Et allocatur eidem 
 pro trituracione ... 6 quar. 3 bush, omnium granorum capiendorum 
 pro trituracione cujuslibet quarterii frumenti et siliginis %d. Et pro 
 omnibus aliis granis 2d. sic in toto 15^. Et allocatur eidem pro 
 ventulatione . . . 6 qu. 2 bush, omnium granorum videlicet pro 
 quolibet wey 2d. sic in toto . . . 2d. 
 
 Summa 8j. id. 
 
 Peticiones collectoris redditumn. Et computat in de- 
 
 nariis liberatis domino priori de parte oneris dicti 
 
 collectoris reddituum ad diversas vices ut patet per 
 
 billam ejusdem domini prioris super hunc com- 
 
 putum ostensani 
 Et in denariis solutis Willelmo ffordam Camerario de 
 
 parte oneris ejusdem computantis 
 Et in denariis liberatis Thome Grene Coquinario de 
 
 parte oneris ejusdem 
 Et in denariis liberatis Thome Wenloke Cellario ut 
 
 patet per jornale dicti Cellerarii 
 Et allocatur eidem ut in solutione facta hundredo de 
 
 Dodyntre per annum 
 Et eidem pro coUectione reddituum hoc anno 
 Et eidem de precio unius apris 
 Et allocatur eidem de ffine Ricardi Kynnard 
 Et eidem de ffine Johannis Dee 
 Et eidem de ffine Humfridi Dodynge 
 Et in denariis solutis ad manus domini prioris pro 
 
 officio Cellerarii 
 Et in denariis solutis Humfrido Grafton coquinario de 
 
 novo electo ad primum ingressum suum ^ 
 
 Summa £26 15J. ^d. 
 
 d. 
 
 10 o o 
 
 o o 
 
 45 
 
 100 o 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 40 
 
 
 33 
 
 4 
 
 15 o 
 
 Summa omnium allocationum et lib. £27 3s. 6d. 
 
 ' In the next year (p. 76) we read Et in 
 denariis solutis dicto coquinario (Humfrey 
 Grafton) de parte oneris ejusdem pro alio ter- 
 minoquia non est primus ingressus . . . 15^. 
 
 And in the next (p. 154), Et in denariis 
 
 solutis eidem coquinario (Humfrey Grafton) 
 pro alio termino quia non est primus ingressus 
 . . . 15J. 
 
 And in the next (p. 220), Eidem coqui- 
 nario nomine primi ingressus . . . 15J. 
 
MANOR OF BRADWAS. 45 
 
 Et sic ballivus excedit super compitum 4s. ^d. quos recepit per 
 manus domini prioris. Et collector redditus debet super compitum 
 lis. ii^d. ultra aper. quos solvit ad manus dicti domini prioris et sic 
 tam predictus ballivus quam collector reddituum a compito predicto 
 recesser u nt — quieti. 
 
 There is a marginal note here : — 
 
 £ s. d. 
 Remanet clare super compitum 9 10 10^ 
 
 unde ad manus domini pro officio cellerarii 40 10^ 
 
 et recepit per manus nuper cellerarii 7 10 o 
 
APPENDIX II. 
 
 The Advent Antiphons. 
 
 Of the Advent antiphons 6 are mentioned in this year's accounts. 
 They are O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Oriens, 
 O Emmanuel, and O Virgo Virginum. There is no mention of 
 the O Clavis David, or of the O Rex Gentium. 
 
 For the O Sapientia the prior gives to the magister Com- 
 munis Cence for the convent 6s. Zd. For the O Adonai the pre- 
 centor gives \os. to the pitancer, and 6s. 2>d. to the convent (pro 
 jantaculo), 4J-. to the prior, ^s. lod. to the sub-prior, 3^-. lod. to 
 himself, and to each of the other monks (39) 2s. For the O Radix 
 Jesse the Coquinarius gives to the convent 6s. Sd. For the 
 O Oriens the Sacrist gives the same. For the O Emmanuel the 
 Elemosynarius gives to the convent 6s. 8d. ; and the Camerarius 
 gives to the magister Communis Cence for the convent 6s. 8d., to 
 the precentor 2j., and to each of the other monks (37) is. For 
 the O Virgo Virginum the Pitansarius gives to the prior 8s., to 
 the sub-prior 4s. 6d., to the precentor 4s., and to each of the other 
 monks {39) 3^-. ; and he gives to the convent 6s. 8d. Also the 
 Coquinarius gives to the pitancer los. 
 
 These antiphons were sung at magnificat in vespers in the 
 octave beginning Dec. 16. One may be given in full from Blunt's 
 " Annotated Book of Common Prayer," 4th S. in Advent. 
 
 O Sapientia quai ex ore Altissimi prodisti attingens a fine 
 usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia : veni ad 
 docendum nos viam prudentiae. 
 
 Five of these antiphons were embodied in a Latin Hymn, Veni, 
 Veni, Emmanuel (Thesaurus Hymnologicus, Daniel, vol. ii. p. 336), 
 which is familiar in its English form as Hymn 49 in ' Hymns 
 Ancient and Modern.' Seven of them are given in 'Church 
 Hymns,' No. 74, ' O Wisdom who on earth below.' 
 
 It may be mentioned that in cellerarius roll (C. 105) of 11-12 
 Henry VH., he pays to the Prior and Convent £6 14J. od. for the 
 O Clavis David : and in the Worcester Register the Magister 
 operum facit O Rex Gentium (p. 99 b). 
 
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APPENDIX III. 
 
 The Prior's Mitre and Staff. 
 
 It is worth while to print an extract from the Journal of 
 William More the Prior, which gives an exact account of this 
 new mitre. This 'Jornale' or Diary is preserved in the Library 
 of Worcester Cathedral. It has not been published in extenso, 
 but was very largely used by Alderman Noake, and all subsequent 
 writers. Noake gives a copy, not quite correct, of the extract 
 given below. 
 
 The following is an exact copy of the entry on fol. 6i. It is 
 for the year A.D. 1522 Ebdomada xi. 
 
 In the margin are the words, "The Charge of y^ makyng of 
 y® New Myf by Will More pri®' y® x'** day of December a° Dom. 
 millesimo quingentesimo vicesimo secundo." 
 
 Item to John Crancks goldsmith of London for al maner of stuff 
 
 belonging of y® new myf with y* makyng of y^ same as hit 
 
 apere by parcells foloyng. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 In primis for 5 grete stones i6 8 
 
 Item for 80 and 6 stones price M. a peece to y« fronte 57 4 
 
 Item for 21 stones sett in golde weyng di. unce {\ oz.) 13 4 
 
 Item for 40 medyll stones price 6d. a stone 20 
 
 Item for 75 smale stones price 4^. a stone to garnesshe 25 
 
 Item for 3 unces and a quarter of fyne peerll zX £1 y 
 
 the unce J 
 
 Item for 3 unces of medull peerll at \os. y« unce 600 
 
 Item the selver warke weys in all 93 unces whiche is -j 
 
 r 24 15 o 
 with y® fassheon and all J 
 
 Item to the broderar 6 woks 12s. a day besyde mete \ 
 and dryncke J 
 
 Item payd for lynnen cloth to coweche ytt over with \ 
 
 peril J ^ 
 
 Item for sylke to thred y^ seid peril and steche y« \ 
 peerll i unce and di, ) 
 
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 48 APPENDIX III. 
 
 S. d. 
 
 Item for yalow thred i 
 
 Item for Rybande of 4 d brede 2 yeards 8 
 
 Item for Reband. of 2 d brede a yearde 2 
 
 Item for rownde selke abowt y« bordure l^ 
 
 Item for red selke to sow hytt with all di. groats "j 
 
 y« unce J 
 
 Item for past 4 
 
 for a quarter of sarcenett to lyne hytt 14 
 
 Item for a case to the myt"^ of lether 4 o 
 
 Summa — £^(^ 1 ss. od. y^ cost of y' myf. 
 Summa 15^. a^d. 
 
 The following is the entry in Prior More's journal as to the 
 purchase of the pastoral staff. 
 
 Item payd to John Crancks goldsmyth of London for a roystaff 
 selver gylt weyng 115 unces ast ^s, y® unce summa £2% iSi-. Item 
 for a case to the same of lether — 3^-. 4^. Item for the lynnen fyne 
 cloth with the fronge for the same and y^ makyng ^s. ^d. 
 
APPENDIX IV. 
 
 On the number of Persons in the Conventual 
 Establishment. 
 
 There is no direct evidence obtainable as to the number of 
 servants engaged in all the varied occupations that gathered round 
 a great establishment. It is known from the complaint made to 
 the lord Visitor a few years later by John Musard, one of the monks 
 (Noake, p. 199), that the Prior had 33 servants. There must have 
 been servants for the Church, the infirmary, the cellar, the kitchen, 
 the brewhouse, the bakehouse, the stables, the wood yard, cowsheds 
 and pigsties ; men engaged as artizans, butchers, fishermen, carriers, 
 carters, besides body servants, gardeners, porters, tailors, and others ; 
 and many of these doubtless received food in the monastery. 
 
 But we can form some indirect estimate from the amount of 
 wheat consumed as bread, and of barley consumed as beer. 
 
 The total quantity of wheat consumed in the establishment 
 in the year A.D. 1522 was 341 quarters i bushel. In the following 
 years it was 345 quarters 3 bushels, and 344 quarters 7 bushels. 
 
 Now Mr, Burden, of Worcester, informs me that i quarter of 
 wheat makes 372 lbs. of flour, and 480 lbs. of bread. This estimate 
 is exactly confirmed by Mr. Hughes, also of Worcester, and 
 both these gentlemen speak with knowledge. The allowance of 
 bread to our soldiers is i lb. a day. Ordinary household con- 
 sumption is somewhat less. But in households where bread is 
 the main article of diet it is more. From the very carefully 
 compiled tables of diet given in the " Report on Housing and In- 
 dustrial conditions in Dundee" (John Lang, Dundee, 1905), it 
 may be inferred that the consumption of bread in such house- 
 holds is on the average between 8 and 9 lbs. a week per man, or 
 about li lbs,, and in some few instances largely exceeding this, 
 reaching even 2 lbs. a day. Perhaps li lbs. is a fair allowance, 
 or at the outside i^ lbs. per man. Now the average consumption 
 
 £ 
 
50 APPENDIX IV. 
 
 is about 450 lbs. a day ; and this indicates an establishment of 
 360 persons, or at least 300. 
 
 The estimate from the consumption of beer is more precarious. 
 It appears that 520 quarters of barley were used for brewing in 
 this year, and in the two subsequent years. 
 
 Now Mr. Spreckley, of Worcester, writes that in his opinion 
 "about 7,632 gallons of strong ale would be brewed from 100 
 quarters of malt in those days ; but if they brewed a weak ale as 
 was done for servants and labourers in country houses, double might 
 be made of it." The consumption of beer, therefore, was from 40,000 
 to 80,000 gallons a year, according to its strength, or from no to 
 220 gallons a day. Messrs, Allsopp's estimate is from 56,160 to 
 93,600 gallons per annum, or from 150 to 250 gallons a day. If we 
 assume that it was 'small beer,' and that the consumption was 
 200 gallons a day, this would give to each member of the establish- 
 ment as above calculated from 2 to 2-§- quarts a day. When we 
 remember that they drank no tea or coffee or mineral waters, 
 and that little mention is made of milk, this is not excessive. 
 
 We may conclude with some probability that the number of 
 persons fed in the monastery was from 300 to 350 at this period. 
 
 It will be interesting to compare this with a list of the Evesham 
 Community (A.D. 1086 — 1096) which has been preserved and 
 printed in " St. Egwin and his Abbey of Evesham," by the Bene- 
 dictine Convent of Stanbrook, Worcester, 1904. This list gives 
 the number of monks as 6^^ twelve of whom were in Denmark, 
 Besides these there were five nuns, three poor people, *ad man- 
 datum,' and three clerics. All these received the same portions 
 as the monks themselves. There was a large number of servants, 
 63 in all ; five for the church, two for the infirmary, two for the 
 cellar, five for the kitchen, seven for the bakehouse, four for the 
 brewing, six for the baths, two tailors, two orchard keepers, three 
 gardeners, one porter at the cloister gate, two at the great gate, 
 five in the vineyard, four to attend on the monks when they 
 went out, four fishermen, four servants for the abbot's rooms, three 
 in the hall, and lastly three watchmen, p. 7. 
 
 It is certain that the proportion of servants to monks had 
 considerably increased between the nth century and the i6th. 
 
APPENDIX V. 
 
 List of Officials. 
 
 It may be interesting to give a list of the officers of the monas- 
 tery, constructed from these accounts, most of them receiving 
 salaries : — 
 
 The Prior. 
 
 The Sub-Prior. 
 
 Precentor. 
 
 Sub-Centor. 
 
 Sacrista. 
 
 Sub-Sacrista. 
 
 Cellarius. 
 
 Sub-Cellarius. 
 
 Infirmarius. 
 
 Clericus infirmarii. 
 
 Tumbarius. 
 
 Sub-Tumbarius. 
 
 Camerarius. 
 
 Sub-Camerarius. 
 
 Magister Communis Cenae. 
 
 Thesaurarius. 
 
 Lardererius. 
 
 Magister carnariae. 
 
 Pitansarius. 
 
 Elemosinarius. 
 
 Sub-elemosinarius. 
 
 Coquinarius. 
 
 Hostillarius. 
 
 Refectorarius. 
 
 Magister tabulae in refectorio. 
 
 Magister capellae. 
 
 Magister scholarum. 
 
 Magister operum. 
 
 Socii in choro. 
 
 Le dandry, 
 
 2 deyces. 
 
 Capellanus. 
 
 Auditor. 
 
 4 clerici ecclesie. 
 
 Capellanus prioris. 
 
 Custodes altarium. 
 
 Among other officials connected with the monastery and the 
 Prior's establishment who were probably not monks may be men- 
 tioned : — 
 
 An adviser in the law. 
 
 An attorney. 
 
 Collectors. 
 
 Bailiffs. 
 
 Custodes parcarum. 
 
 Custos porcorum. 
 
 4 generosi prions. 
 Valectus camerae prioris. 
 Valectus stabuli prioris. 
 Janitor portae prioratus. 
 Sub-janitor. 
 Famuli prioris. 
 
52 
 
 APPENDIX V. 
 
 Custos cimbe. 
 
 Custos campanarum. 
 
 Custos cumbali et orilegii. 
 
 Pistor. 
 
 Pandoxator. 
 
 Lixae coquinae. 
 
 Tornebroche. 
 
 Breviator. 
 
 Diversi servientes 
 
 Barbitonsor. 
 
 Seneschalli. 
 
 Coci. 
 
 Maundymen. 
 
 Valectus Elemosinarii. 
 
 Coquinarii. 
 
 Precentoris. 
 
 Camerarii. 
 
 Cellerarii. 
 
 Sub-Cellerarii. 
 
 Infirmarii. 
 
 2 valecti Hostillarii 
 Pages. 
 
 Lotrices. 
 
 Pilliparus. 
 
 Syngyngmen. 
 
APPENDIX VI. 
 
 Accounts of the Coquinarius. 
 
 The list of weekly expenses printed in the text, p. 35, recurs 
 in the same form in the accounts of three other years. The h'sts 
 are identical as regards the names given to the week, and all begin 
 with the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, though the day of the year 
 on which their Sunday fell must have varied. Moreover, they all 
 agree in omitting the i6th, i8th and 19th Sundays after Pentecost; 
 and in inserting in their places the introits for the three days from 
 the Ember week in September. The Sundays are described by 
 the first word or words of the Introit of the day's mass, which is 
 usually taken from a Psalm. The 3 omitted Sundays are Miserere 
 mihiy Da pacenty and Salus populi. 
 
 It may assist in identifying the Sundays in the printed list 
 to add that Ad te levari is the first Sunday in Advent ; Puer Natus 
 is Christmas Day; Invocabit, the first Sunday in Lent; Resurrexi, 
 Easter Day, and Spiritus Domini^ Pentecost. 
 
 Besides the abstract, or total for the week, the Coquinarius 
 appears to have submitted a roll giving details for every day in 
 the year. We have no such contemporary roll ; but it will be 
 interesting to see the following specimen weeks of a roll (C. 169), 
 which probably belongs to 13-14 Edward III. [A.D. 1340,1]. 
 
 I acknowledge gratefully my obligations to Mr. I. H. Jeayes of 
 the Department of MSS. in the British Museum for revising and 
 correcting my transcript of this roll, and for adding some notes. 
 
 COQUINA— PER FRATREM JOHANNEM DE HODYN- 
 TONE COQUINARIUM WYGORN. ANNO XIII. ET 
 XIIII. INTRANT. (C. 169.) 
 
 Selections from the Conventual Dietary. 
 
 Dominica " ad te levavi'* [ist Sunday in Advent.] 
 In carne bovina gs. 4//. in 28 cass. 14;. in 
 came vit. et porcell. 19^. in pisce frisco 2s. 
 in aucis gd. in pulcinis io\d. 
 
 s. d. 
 Summa 28 6^ 
 
54 
 
 APPENDIX VI. 
 
 fferia secunda. In carne vit. et pore. 12 den. In 
 
 porcell. 6d. In 4 aucis \2d. 
 fiferia tertia. In carne vit. et pore. i'j\d. In 
 
 porcell. 6d. in aucis i^d. 
 fiferia quarta. In allec. 5^. In congre et leng 
 
 2s. In morur^i \od. In anguiilis 2s. 6d. 
 
 In stocf. I2d. In pisce frisco 2s. in lacte 2d. 
 fferia quinta. In carne vit. et pork ijd. In por- 
 cell. I2d. In anguiilis 2s. 
 flferia sexta. In congre frisco 9J. In allec, 4^. 
 
 In congre et leng I2d. In stocf 6d. In 
 
 pisce frisco ^d. 
 Sabbato in allec. 4^. In congre et leng I2d. In 
 
 stocf. lod. In pisce frisco I5<a?., in anguiilis 
 
 6d. In lacte 2d. 
 Ova pro ebdomada 6s. yd. Minut. lib. i6d. ^ 
 
 Summa 2 
 
 d. 
 
 6 
 
 Summa 3 2\ 
 
 Summa 13 6 
 
 Summa 4 5 
 
 Summa 14 9 
 
 Summa 7 9 
 Summa 7 11 
 
 Summa totalis pro ebdomada £/^ 2s. yd. et sic ultra certum 
 2s. yd. praeter 6 lamprenas de gurgite et 2 porcellos de porcheria, 
 causa tante expense^ in ista ebdomada quia multi magnates 
 comederunt cum domino priore feria quarta existentes in villa 
 pro negocio Domini Regis. 
 
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 Dominica " invocabW [ist Sunday in Lent.] 
 In allec. ^s. 6d. In tenches los. In salmone 
 frisco i^d. In salmone salso ^d. In leng 
 et congre 2s. In Stocf. lod. In 13 lib. 
 amigdal. 19^^. In 9 lib. de ris lod. minut. 
 pro certo pisce 8^. In C. Lampern. $d. 
 
 fferia secunda in allec. ys. 4d. In leng et congre 
 et hake 2s. In salmone frisco iSd. In 
 salmone salso I2d. *In M. et C. Lamperns 
 2s. 6d. In stocf. lod. In pisce frisco iSd. 
 In amygdal. $d. In Ris id. Minut. Sd. 
 
 Summa 24 
 
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 Summa 17 8 
 
 ' morur*" for moruca, codfish. 
 * minul. lib. written sometimes in full, 
 minute liberaciones. 
 
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 here. ♦ M. et C. i,e. iioo. 
 
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ACCOUNTS OF THE COQUINARIUS. 
 
 fferia tertia. In allec. 4^. In leng congre et 
 hake 2od. In salmone salso I2d. In salmone 
 frisco I2d. In stocf. lod. In 10 lb. amigdal. 
 i^d. In 9 lbs. de ris lod. Minut. pro 
 dupplic. pisce i6d. 1 In lamperns 5^. 
 
 fferia quarta. In allec. 4^. In salmone frisco 
 12s. Sd. In leng congr. et hake 2s. In stoc- 
 fish 8d. In pisce frisco I2d. In 9 lib. amigd. 
 iS^d. In 8 lbs. de ris gd. In salmone salso 
 I2d. 
 
 fferia quinta. In allec. 4s. $d. In salmone salso 
 I2d. In salmone frisco 6d. In leng congre 
 et hake 2s. In stocf. lod. In 10 lbs. amigd. 
 iSd. In 8 lib. de ris gd. 
 
 fferia sexta. In allec. 4^. 6d. In salmone frisco 
 14s. ^. In leng congre et hake 2s. 6d. 
 In salmone salso 12^?'. In stocf. lod. In 
 9 lib. amygdal iz\d. In ris 3^. In pisce 
 frisco I2d. 
 
 Sabbato. In allec. 4i-. In salmone frisco lod. 
 In salmone salso i2d. In leng congre et 
 hake 2s. 6d. In pisce frisco I2d. In 10 lib. 
 amygdal. 1 5^. In 8 lib. de ris gd, 
 
 Minut. liberat. i6d. 
 
 Summa 25 
 
 55 
 
 ' Summa 12 4 
 
 Summa 23 2\ 
 
 Summa 10 9 
 
 61 
 
 Summa 11 4 
 
 Summa 16 
 
 Summa totalis pro ebdomada £"6 6s. a^d. et sic ultra certum 
 46s. 2\d. praeter pisces friscos de exitu gurgitis pretii 2s. 6d. et 
 praeter fructum nondum computatum causa tanti excessus prout 
 supra. 
 
 Dominica '^ Respice in nte.'' [3rd Sunday after 
 Pentecost] In carne bovina frisca pro con- 
 ventu 9J. %\d. In carne bovina de lardario 
 4r. 6d. In 13 cass. multonum 4^. io\d. In 
 carne multonum frisca 4^. In 2 porcellis lod. 
 In carne vitulina 2s. <,d. In aucis gd. In 
 pork 2d. In pulcinis 6\d. In lacte id. ^ 
 
 ' dupplic. pisce. Could this mean • fish of doubtful kind ' ? 
 
 Summa 24 2\ 
 
56 APPENDIX VI. 
 
 s. d, 
 Summa 3 2 
 
 Summa 2 8 
 
 Summa 11 9 
 
 fferia secunda. In carne vituHna 2s. /^d. In 2 
 
 porcellis yd. In pork 2d. In lacte id. 
 fferia tertia. In carne vitulina 2s. In pork 2d. 
 
 In porcellis $d. In lacte id. 
 fiferia quarta. In salmone los. In congre et 
 
 leng 2s. yd. In stocf. lod. In pisce frisco \ Summa 14 11 
 
 14^. In araygdalis id. In fabis id. 
 fferia quinta. In congre et leng 9^. ^d. [n 
 
 salmone 2od. In stocf. lod. 
 ^ fferia sexta. In salmone frisco 13J. In congre 
 
 et leng 4J. 9^. In stocf. 23d?. In anguillis \ Summa 21 i 
 
 14//. In fabis et pisis ^d. 
 Sabbato, In salmone i%d. In congre et leng 
 
 3 J. 4^. In stocf et makerel 5j". 2^. In J- Summa 10 9 
 
 pisce friso gd. 
 Ova pro ebdomada 8^. gd. In vase pro mule^ 
 
 /\d. Minute liberaciones i6d. 
 
 Summa 10 5 
 
 Summa totalis pro ebdomada £4 i8s. ii^d. et sic ultra 
 certum iSj-, ii\d. prseter pore, de lardario et M. D. (= 1500) 
 lampern de gurgite. 
 
 Summa 28 9^ 
 
 Dominica " Inclina:' [15th Sunday after Pente- 
 cost.] In carne bovina i6s. In 16 cassis 
 multon. gs. In porcellis 6d. In pulcinis pro 
 ebdomada 2s. gd. In pork 6d. 
 
 fferia secunda. In carne vitulina et porcell. 8j. Summa 8 o 
 
 fferia tertia. In carne vitulina et porcell. i2^d. 1 ^ 
 
 T , . , \ Summa 2 8* 
 
 In lampernis 20d. J 
 
 fferia quarta. In allec. 13^. In anguillis 5^-. In 
 
 pisce frisco 14^. In congre mulewel et leng \ Summa 9 i 
 i6d. In stocf 6d. 
 
 fferia quinta. In carne porcell. 2d. In lamper- 
 nis 2od. 
 
 Summa 22 
 
 » There is a marginal note. Duo Justic. places quite plain, Mule is probably the 
 
 domini Regis comederunt cum domino fish elsewhere called OT«/«ye/, a kind of cod, 
 
 priore isto die et alii magnates patrie. but why a vessel should be required in each 
 
 » This occurs frequently, and is in many case is doubtful. 
 
ACCOUNTS OF THE COQUINARIUS. 57 
 
 fferia sexta. In allec. $s. Sd. In salmone 2s. In ' 
 
 congre et leng 8^. In anguillis 4</. In lam- ■ Summa 12 9 
 pernis $s. In pisce frisco et stocf. 13^. 
 
 Sabbato. In allec. 5^. 2ci. In congre mulewel et 1 ^ 
 leng i6</. In stocf. ^d. J 
 
 Summa totalis pro ebdomada 70s. 3d. et sic minus certo 
 gs. gd. praeter 9 porcellos de porcherie et 4 sticks anguillarum de 
 exitu gurgitis. 
 
APPENDIX VII. 
 
 A Winchester Roll. 
 
 Officium Hordaril 
 Memorandum quod ffrater J. de Merlawe recepit de officio 
 hordaril anno xxixQ prseter £1^ \os. Afd. quos R. Clericus sibi 
 liberavit unde idem frater J. non oneratur ut patet alibi ;^325 \os. o,\d. 
 
 Summa ;^325 \qs. g^d, 
 
 De qua quidem summa predtctus fifrater J. computat expendisse 
 predicto anno xxixo ^^314 ys. 4^d. et sic excedit recepta expensas 
 de ;^ii 3^. sd. Unde item frater J. tenetur respondere domino 
 priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de officio hordarii anno xxx^^o 
 ;^33i OS. ig\d. unde expendit eodem anno xxx™o ;^28o 7s. g\ \d. 
 Et sic excedit recepta expensas ;^50 13^. g\d. unde tenetur respon- 
 dere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de officio predicto anno xxxi^ 
 ;^3i3 i8j. 4\d. de qua quidem summa computat expendisse eodem 
 xxxio anno £2^6 los. od. et sic excedit recepta expensas de 
 £27 lys. 6^d. unde tenetur respondere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de officio hordarii anno xxxiio 
 ^■332 ys. 6\d. de qua quidem summa computat expendisse eodem 
 xxxiio anno £2^4 13^. lod. et sic excedit recepta expensas de 
 £/\.y I2,s. ^\d. unde tenetur respondere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de dicto officio hordarii anno xxxiiio 
 ;^3o8 14J. 9^ ^d. de qua quidem summa computat expendisse 
 eodem xxxiiio anno ;^284 los. 8d. et sic excedit recepta expensas 
 de ;£"24 4s. i^ ^d. unde tenetur respondere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de officio hordarii anno xxxiiii^o 
 praeter Cos. quos R. Clericus sibi liberavit ;^293 17s. o\d. de qua 
 quidem summa computat expendisse eodem xxxiiii^o anno £267 
 gs. gd. et sic excedit recepta expensas de £26 .^s. z^d. unde tenetur 
 respondere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus fifrater J. recepit de ofiRcio hordarii anno xxxv*o 
 
A WINCHESTER ROLL. 59 
 
 ;^284 8s. s\d. de qua quidem summa computat expendisse eodera 
 xxxv^o anno £26() 6s. 6d. et sic excedit recepta expensas de 
 ;^I5 OS. 2i\d, unde tenetur respondere domino priori. 
 
 Item dictus ffrater J. recepit de officio hordarii anno xxxvi^o 
 ^^289 1 5 J. iWd. de qua quidem summa computat expendisse in 
 eodem xxxvi^o anno. £268 i^s. Z\d. et sic excedit recepta expensas 
 de ;^20 IQJ. 'J^d. unde tenetur respondere domino priori. 
 
 On the back 
 
 Summa denariorum unde predictus ffirater J. non oneratur, et 
 de quibus respondere tenetur domino priori de proficuis acrescent- 
 ibus de officio hordarie pro 8 annis infra scriptis ;^223 17J. ^\d. 
 
 Item tenetur respondere domino priori de soluto per dominum 
 priorem pro instdiuraizone emends ad officium Camerarii instauran- 
 dum. De qua quidem summa predictus ffrater J. cepit allocationem. 
 
 Note. — The sum of the 8 balances, ;£'ii 3^. $d. ... to 
 ;^20 19^. 7id. is ;^223 17s. s\d. 
 
 Dean Kitchin, to whom I sent this transcript, confirms my belief 
 that this is a Winchester Roll, which has somehow got into the 
 collection at Worcester. He writes, Oct. 31, 1907, "Apparently 
 the title of Hordarius is not known to have existed elsewhere than 
 at St. Swithun's, Winchester. If so it follows that this interesting 
 summary roll you have sent me was one of the Winchester series : 
 and it seems likely as (i) the date suits the Winchester Hordarian 
 J. Marlowe, or Merlowe, or Merlawe. For our J. Merlawe was 
 Receiver and Hordarius there from 1330. It was in his hands as 
 Receiver of the Prior till 1337. He was afterwards Prior himself. 
 (2) One of the figures of your MS. for anno xxxo answers exactly to 
 the Winchester Roll of 1 330. (See Obedientiary Rolls of St. Swithun's, 
 Winchester, Hampshire Record Society, by Dean Kitchin, p. 260). 
 
 Summa £331 os. igd. The other sums are about the same, 
 but not exactly so." 
 
 [It may be noted that the correct addition of the items on p. 260 
 
6o APPENDIX VII. 
 
 gives the additional farthing, £S3^ O-^- ^9^<^-> ^^^ makes the agree- 
 ment of the two totals accurate.] 
 
 It is plain therefore that anno xxx^ means A.D. 1330." 
 Another roll of rental and accounts of an estate at Thormond 
 has been found among our rolls. The roll is dated A.D. 1343, 
 the i6th year of Prior Alexander. It also is plainly a Winchester 
 roll. 
 
 The Dean and Chapter of Worcester have presented these rolls 
 to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 The numbers in square brackets in this Glossary refer to pages on which the word 
 occurs. 
 
 I hare to thank the Very Rev. Dean Kitchin and Mr. John Amphlett for some re- 
 ferences and suggestions embodied in this Glossary. 
 
 Acquietancia — a quittance, receipt. [19, 22.] 
 
 AlUc — also as alec^ alecia^ ailecia, herring (plural). [34, note.] 
 
 Allocatio — allowance; allocate^ to place to an account. [2, 3, &c., 35.] 
 
 Amerdamentum — a fine. [22.] 
 
 Atnery — aumbry, ar^wm, cupboard. [12.] 
 
 Atnygdalum — almond. [54.] 
 
 Aryse — Arras. [27.] 
 
 Assise — the body of rules of a Court. [14, 17.] 
 
 Auca — goose. [3, 9, 12, &c.] 
 
 Bladum — corn; Fr. Bib. [7, 8, 12, &c.] 
 
 Brasium — brace or malt. [9, note, 36, note.] 
 
 Breviator — brief or letter writer, "^«»^/'m«^<7«;f«<f^d!«/." [13, 18, 24, &c,] 
 
 Capdo — anything claimed. [43.] 
 
 Capisirum — perhaps bell rope, usually a halter. [38.] 
 
 Carniprivium — a season of fasting. [28, note.] 
 
 Cass. — ^perhaps cassus ; carcase of sheep ; see Durham Account Rolls. [53.] 
 
 Cella — ^for selluy a saddle. [19, 34, 40.] 
 
 Cepum — also sebum, fat, tallow. [2, 13, 33, &c.] 
 
 Cera — sera, serura, a bolt or lock. [16, 40.] 
 
 Cera — wax. [12, 14, 37, &c.] 
 
 Cerium — wax candle. [15,25.] 
 
 Ciphus — scyphus, cup. [32.] 
 
 Cirotheca — glove. [38.] 
 
 Cirpus — scirpusy a rush. [27 .] 
 
 Columbaria — adj. from columbare, a dovecot. [29.] 
 
 Cordula — rope or string. [25, 38,] 
 
 Corodium — or corrodium, conredium, allowance of food. [11.] 
 
 Corrium—corium, leather. [19, 33.] 
 
 Corves — leather, cheaper than corium. [19.] 
 
 Cotagium — cottage with lands, [ii.] 
 
62 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Culcitra — bed or duvet. [27.] 
 
 Cuminium — cummin. [37.] 
 
 Custumarii — subject to custom. [6, note, 43.] 
 
 Dandry — an officer in the monastery. [31.] 
 Decassus — decasus (de casu) out of repair, [n.] 
 Deliberare — to deliver, hand over [5, 7, 9, 15.] 
 
 /- an officer in the monastery. [31.] 
 
 \ See Rites of Durham (Surtees, 1903), p. 275. 
 Dominicalis — belonging to the demesne. [42, 43.] 
 Dyquer — a half quire or bundle. [19.] 
 
 Exhennium — a present. [26, note, 33.] 
 
 Fardynge — oblations for clergy. [23, note, 33, 36.] 
 
 Fenum — hay. [19.] 
 
 „ fa bier for carrying the shrine, r-??.! 
 
 Feratrum—\ ^ ^. , J^ f ,^ , 
 
 V See Rites of Durham (Surtees, 1903), p. 323. 
 
 Feodum — fee, fief. [17, 37, 38.] 
 
 Ferina — venison or game. [29.] 
 
 Findula — perhaps for sindula, sdndula, shingles, or possibly from ftndere, 
 
 to cleave. [16, 40.] 
 
 Flamtna — iox flammeum, flammeolum^ veil. [38.] 
 
 Flotte—flotamen, grease. [33.] 
 
 Focale — fuel. [15, 18, &c.] 
 
 Furfur — bran. [4.] 
 
 Fyrretts — ferrets, [i.] 
 
 Garba — sheaf. [42, 43.] 
 
 Gardianus — warden. [21.] 
 
 Generosus — gentleman. [8.] 
 
 Grangie — a monastic grange or farm. [42.] 
 
 Gurges — whirlpool or fishing pool, usually below sluice or weir. [55.] 
 
 Heriettum — a heriott, or payment to the lord on the death of a tenant. 
 [4, 10.] 
 
 Indecassus — indecasus, out of repair. [11, 13, 22.] 
 
 Jantaculum — breakfast (feminine). [3, 12, 15, 24, 25.] 
 
 Latami, lathomi, (from Greek) masons. [8, 40.] 
 Liberare — to hand over, deliver. [7, 42.] 
 
GLOSSARY. 63 
 
 Ltchinum — a wick. [25, 30, 38.] 
 Linthiamen — a sheet. [27.] 
 
 Manitergium — towel. [30, note.] 
 
 Mappa — napkin, tablecloth. [19, 30, note.] 
 
 Meremium — building material. [i6, 22, 40.] 
 
 Minutio — bloodletting. [21.] 
 
 Misa — expense. [13, 16, &c.] 
 
 Molatio — grinding. [12.] 
 
 Morurca — moruca^ codfish. [54.] 
 
 Miilto — a sheep or wether. [55.] 
 
 Multura — payment for grinding com. [6, note.] 
 
 Mulwel — melwel, a sort of cod. [56.] 
 
 Ocrei^%2L\\xxs. [19.] 
 
 Ordium — hordeum, barley. [5, 8, 42.] 
 
 Orrium^ horreum^ a bam. [6, 8, 9.] 
 
 Pandox^ pandoxator — a seller of beer. [4, note, 34.] 
 
 Farcellce — details of an account, [i, 21.] 
 
 Passionistri — singers of the Passion gospels. [24, note, 33.] 
 
 Pensio — an allowance, or a fixed charge on a benefice, [i, 10, 18.] 
 
 Pilliparus — pelliparus, currier or tanner. [17.] 
 
 Pistacio — baking. [12.] 
 
 Pixis — reliquary or money-box. [25,37.] 
 
 Ptikinus — chicken. [53.] 
 
 Pufpestura—purprestura, encroachment. [10, note.] 
 
 Quadragesima — Lent, Fr. car6me. [2.] 
 Quer — quire, bundle. [19.] 
 Quietus — quit, with no debt. [5.] 
 
 Rastyr — rasura^ rastura, shaving. [32.] 
 Regardum — a gratuity. [2, 13.] 
 
 Servicia — cerevisia, beer. [9, 14.] 
 Senymoney — money for bloodletting (saigner). [21.] 
 Siligo — rye, or fine wheat. [7, note, 8, 42.] 
 Sotularii — slippers. [15, note.] 
 Species — grocery, specially spices. [2, 12, &c.] 
 
 Stamen, stamimimy woollen cloth, including linsey wolsey (Rites of Durham, 
 p. 282). [19, note.] 
 
64 GLOSSARY. 
 
 TabeUio — notary or secretary. [38.] 
 Tallium — tally, voucher. [42, 43.] 
 Tegula — tiles or shingles. [8, 16, 22, 40.] 
 Tornebroche — turnspit. [34.] 
 Tucetum — sausage or haggis. [34.] 
 
 Vadium, vadia, vail or pledge ; hence fixed payments as wages or salary. [37.] 
 Vestura — either dress, or growth, crop, [i, 2.] 
 Vinum amarum — vinegar. [2.] 
 Viridus succus — verjuice. [32.] 
 
 Werelyvereys — livery. [8, note, 33.] 
 
 Zabulum — sand, Fr. sable, [16, 22, 40.] 
 
INDEX 
 
 Names occurring more than once in a page are indexed only once. 
 Variations in spelling are for the most part disregarded. 
 " De " is ixsually left out. 
 
 Account Rolls, Catalogue, xi 
 Achard, "William, 23 
 Advent Antiphons, 46 
 Alcock, John, Bishop, xxxv, 
 
 14 
 Alderton, Thomas, xv 
 Alflete, Margaret, xxxii 
 Alston, xxxiii, xlii, 42 
 Altars in the Cathedral, xlii 
 Alvechurch, Robert, xxiv, 
 
 xxxvii, 6, 26, 36 
 Aly, Richard, 7 
 Angelus, Hospice of, 37 
 Ankerdine, xxxv, 13 
 Anniversarius, Rolls, xi 
 Antiphons, Advent, 46 
 Apprice, Griffin, 16 
 Archard, the, 33 
 Arthur, Prince, 14 
 Assizes, dinner to Judges, 56 
 Astley, Thomas 
 Aylysbury, Robert, xxiv 
 
 B 
 
 Balsale, 22 
 Banham's Vyne, 29 
 Barbour, John, 32 ; Wil- 
 liam, 31, 34 
 Bargate, 22 
 Battenhall, xxxi, 3 ; parts 
 
 of, 34 
 Beauchamp, Lord, 10 
 Bercarius Rolls, xi 
 Berrowe, 13 ; John, xxxviii, 
 
 32 
 Bird, John, 16 
 Birdport, 16 
 
 Bishampton, John, xxi, xxiv 
 Black well, 42 
 
 Blackwell, Thomas, xii, xxi 
 Bloyse, William, 37 
 Bluett, Edward, 17 
 Bonhamstede, xxxii 
 Bordesley, Abbot of, xi, 37 
 Borne, Walter, 12 
 Botyll's tenement, 16 
 Boyse, Daniel, xxxv, 15, 25, 
 
 38,39 
 
 Bristol, 27 
 
 Broadwas, 6, 7i 8, 23, 42 ; 
 
 manor of, 41 
 Brocton, Thomas, xv, xxii 
 Broke, Philip, xxv 
 Broughton, William, xv, xix, 
 
 XX 
 
 Bruerton, Master, 6 
 Brunford, Henry, xxx 
 Burden, Mr., 49 
 Burfield, Richard, 23, 34 
 Burley, Henry, 14 
 Bybery, pension of, 33 
 Byrkyn, Richard, 34 
 
 Calais, xxxiii 
 Calaman, Richard, 17 
 Camerarius, office of, xxxvi ; 
 
 Rolls, xi, 17 
 Capelle Magister, office of, 
 
 xxxv ; Rolls, xix, 14 
 Cardinal's Hat, the, xxx 
 Carter, Thomas, xxx, xxxiv, 
 
 II 
 Castylle, Richard, 28 
 Cellerarius, office of, xxxiii ; 
 
 Rolls, xii, xxiv, 3 
 Chapter House, 29 
 Charlton, 7 ; Warren at, 2 
 Charnel House, xl 
 Chester, Henry, xvi, xxv 
 Chylde, Richard, xxxi 
 Claines, 4, 36 
 
 Clanefield, Nicholas, xiv, xx 
 Cleeve, 10, 42 ; Richard, 
 
 28 ; Robert, xviii 
 Clifford, Richard, xvi 
 Clifton, John, xi, xv; Wil- 
 liam, XX 
 Clyve, John, xiii, xviii, xxii, 
 
 xxiv ; William, xiv, xx 
 Cokyn Strete, 10 
 Collewelle, Thomas, xii, xiii, 
 
 XV, xvi, xvii, xix, xxi 
 Colmore, 3 
 Colys, Richard, xxv 
 Communis Cenae, Magister, 
 
 office of, xxxviii 
 
 Conderton, lo 
 
 Conventual Establishment, 
 
 49 
 
 Coquinarms, office of, xxxix ; 
 Rolls, xiv, 32, S3 
 
 Corbet, John, xi 
 
 Cotheridge, lord of, 14, 15 
 
 Coulsdon, John, xv 
 
 Cowarn, Richard, xv, xviii, 
 xxi 
 
 Crancks, John, 47, 48 
 
 Crewey, William, xi 
 
 Crike, John, 22 
 
 Cripplegate, 22 
 
 Croft, William, xxi 
 
 Crompe, Simon, xx 
 
 Cromwell, Thomas, xxxiii 
 
 Cropthorn, i, 42; church, 
 xii ; Richard, xxi ; Tho- 
 mas, xvi, xviii ; William, 
 xix 
 
 Crowle, xxxi, xxxiii, 41 ; 
 John, 32 
 
 Cutsdean, xxxvi, I7> 18; 
 court of, 19 
 
 Dedicote, Humfrey, 21, 23 
 
 Dee, John, 44 
 
 Dene, Thomas, xi, xiii, xvii, 
 
 xix ; William, xx 
 Dersynton, Richard, xiv 
 Diglis, xxx 
 Documents of the Dean and 
 
 Chapter, iii 
 Doddenham, 14 
 Dodderhill, 4 ; church 
 
 house of, 2 
 Doddingtree, Hundred of, 
 
 44 
 
 Dodynge, Humphrey, 44 
 
 Dudeley, xxxi ; meadow at, 
 20 
 
 Dudley, John, xix, 10 ; Ri- 
 chard, XV, xviii, xix 
 
 Dydeley, xxx, 1,21; pasture 
 
 of, 37 
 
 Dyngley, William, 2 
 Dysse, William, 39 
 
66 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 E 
 
 Edgar Tower, 29 
 
 Elemosinarius, office of, 
 xxxiv ; Rolls, xvi, 9 
 
 Elyngham, John, xix 
 
 Establishment, the Convent- 
 ual, 49 
 
 Evesham, John, xxiii, xxiv, 
 1 1 ; Roger, xviii, xxiv 
 
 Eyeport, 21 
 
 Eymore, 8, 42 
 
 Feckenham, 16 ; bridge 
 near, xli ; forest of, 19 
 
 Ford, William, 3, 8, 29, 44 
 
 Fordam, John, xvii ; Wil- 
 liam, xxxviii 
 
 Foregate Street, 14, 26 
 
 Fraunces, Walter, xii, xxiii 
 
 Freyser, John, 34 
 
 Frog Mill Lane, 11 
 
 Froucester, Walter, xiv, xxv 
 
 Garndeslegh, ThomaS; xii 
 Gasquet, Abbot, 14, 32 
 George, John, xxiii 
 Gigliis, Sylvester de, xxiv 
 Gilbert, xi 
 Gloucester, Archdeacon of, 
 
 38; Archdeaconateof, 36; 
 
 officials of, 38 ; John, xi, 
 
 xvi, xviii, xx, xxv 
 Godeyer, Richard, 3 
 Gosethorn Lane, II 
 Gower, Arnolph, 23 
 Grafton, Humphrey, xii, xvi, 
 
 xviii, 32, 44 
 Grene, John, xviii ; Thomas, 
 
 32, 44 
 Grimley, xxxiii, 6, 7, 8, 9, 
 
 41 ; church house of, 2 ; 
 
 Thomas, xxxvi, 40 
 Guesten Hall, xxxiv 
 
 H 
 
 Hallow, xxxi, 8, 41 ; church 
 house of, 2 ; park of, 8 ; 
 Richard, 32 
 
 Halys, John, xviii, xxiv 
 
 Hambury, John , xiii ; Ro- 
 bert, xi, xvi, xvii 
 
 Hanley, John, xxi 
 
 Hardwyke, 41 ; John, xx, 
 XX ii 
 
 Hartlebury, Clement, xxxvi, 
 xxxvii, xxxviii, 26; John, 
 xxiii ; Thomas, xv, xviii ; 
 William, xvii 
 
 Harvington, 8, 41 
 Henkseye, Richard, xxii, 
 
 xxv 
 Henwick, xxxi ; Warren of, 
 
 8 
 Here, Thomas, 34 
 Hereford, Diocese of, i 
 Herforton, see Harvington 
 Hatfield, John, xvii, xviii, 
 
 xxii 
 High Street, Worcester, xli 
 Hillhampton, 4, 30 
 Himbleton, xxxiii, 6, 8, 41 ; 
 
 church of, 31 ; tithes of, 
 
 Hinkley, William, xxi 
 
 Hodynton, John, xiv, xvi, 
 53 ; Nicholas, xiv ; Wil- 
 liam, xiii, xiv, XV, xvi, 
 xvii, 9 
 
 Holdford's Inn, xxx 
 
 Hoper, Thomas, 8 
 
 Horborne, John, 6, 7, 9 
 
 Home, Christina, 22 
 
 Hostillarius, office of, 
 xxxvii ; Rolls, xviii 
 
 Hughes, Mr., 49 
 
 Hurbrugge, Thomas, xxxviii 
 
 Hylton Street, 15, 20 
 
 I 
 
 Iccombe, xxx, xxxii, xxxiv, 
 
 10, 13 
 Infirmarius, office of, xxxix ; 
 
 Rolls, xviii, 30 
 Inteberg, Hugh, xii 
 
 Jeayes, Mr. I. H., xliii, 53 
 Jobson's tenement, 16 
 Judges of Assize, dinner to, 
 56 
 
 K 
 
 Kidderminster, John, xxiii 
 Kingelt, Thomas, 34 
 Kingsland, Roger, xiv 
 Kingstone, Roger, xii, xiv, 
 
 xxvi 
 Kitchin, Dean, 59 
 Knightsford Bridge, xli 
 Knoll End, 10 
 Knowle, the, Worcester, 
 
 xxxvii 
 Kynnard, Richard, 44 
 Kyrkeby, Walter, xviii 
 
 Lady Chapel, the, xxxv 
 Langley, John, xxi 
 
 Langston, William, 7 
 Laughern Mill, 10 
 Lawerne, Henry, xxii ; John, 
 
 xvii ; Robert, xxi 
 Ledbury, Edmund, xxiii ; 
 
 Isaac, xiv 
 Legg, Dr. Wickham, xl 
 Leinenstre, John, xxii 
 Leinstyr, William, 30 
 Lewes, Master, xl, 37 
 Leye, John, xx, xxii 
 Lodelow, William, xx 
 London, xxxii, xxxiii, 5, 22, 
 
 47,48; W., xi 
 Loxley, 17 
 
 Lychfield, John, xii, xvii 
 Lye, Walter, 18 
 LylleshuU, Thomas, xxi, 
 
 xxiii 
 Lylsyll, William, xxiii 
 Lynfylle, William, 23 
 Lynsey, John, xvii, xviii ; 
 
 Richard, xxxv 
 Lynsyll, William, xxxvi 
 Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, 
 
 xxxviii, 12, 28 
 
 M 
 
 Malton, Robert, xiv 
 
 Malverne, John, xi, xviii, 
 XX, xxii ; Prior of Little, 
 xiii 
 
 McClure, Rev. E., i 
 
 Medici, Julius de', xxiv 
 
 Merlaw, J., 58, 59 
 
 Merston, William, xv, xxi, 
 xxv, xxvi 
 
 Middlemore, John, 17 
 
 Milborne, Simon, 10 
 
 Mildenham Mill, xxv, xxxi ; 
 Thomas, xxiii 
 
 Minsterworth, Roger, xvi 
 
 Mitre and staff. Prior's, 47 
 
 Mollens, William, xxxiv, 11 
 
 Molton, John, 14, 42 ; Ro- 
 bert, xxxiv, II, 12, 25 
 
 Monday, Nicholas, 14 
 
 Monkwood, 8 
 
 Monmouth, John of, i 
 
 Moor, see More 
 
 More, 9, 10, 23, 41 
 
 More, Prior, xxvii, xxix, 2, 
 
 39 
 
 More, Thomas, xi, xii, xxiv, 
 xxvi ; William, xvi, xxiv, 
 xxxii, I, 32, 47, 48 
 
 Mores, Thomas, 34 
 
 Morton, John, xii, xv, xviii, 
 xxv ; Richard, xxv ; Ro- 
 bert, xiv, XX 
 
 Muchelney, John, xvi 
 
 Multon, Robert, xvii, xxiii 
 
 Musard, John, 49 ; Thomas, 
 xvii, xxiii 
 
 Mynston, Richard, xxiii 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ^f 
 
 N 
 
 Neale, Arthur, xxvii 
 Netherton, 41 
 Newdyke, Robert, 13, 19 
 Newenham, 10, 41 
 Newes, Thomas, 38 
 Newlands, 37 
 Newport, Worcester, xxxi 
 Newton, John, xxiii 
 Newtown, John, xvii, xxii 
 Noake, Alderman, 47 
 North Piddle, 37 
 Norton, Thomas, xv 
 Noxon, John, 43 
 Noxton, John, 43 
 
 Officials of the Priory, xxvii, 
 
 51 
 Ombersley, 36 
 Overbury, 7, 9, 42 
 Owen, Richard, xv 
 Owston, William, xiii, xv, 
 
 xix, xxi 
 Oxford, scholars at, 17, 33, 
 
 37 
 
 Parsons, William, 7 
 
 Passionistri, xxxvii 
 
 Peopleton, 4 
 
 Perrott, John, 38 
 
 Persones, Richard, xi 
 
 Peynter alias Smyth, Wil- 
 liam, 36 
 
 Peyto, William, xxv 
 
 Phepston, 36 
 
 Piddle, North, 37 
 
 Pitanciarius, office of, xxxvi ; 
 Rolls, XX, 20 
 
 Plymer, Thomas, 38, 40 
 
 Potkyn, William, 38 
 
 Power, William, xi, xiii, xxii 
 
 Precentor, office of, xxxvi ; 
 Rolls, xxii, 23 
 
 Preston, John, xiv 
 
 Prices of commodities, xli 
 
 Prior, headsilver, 17 ; his 
 mitre and staff, 47 ; office 
 of, xxxii ; Rolls of the, 
 xxiii, I 
 
 Priory pigeon cote, xxxi 
 
 Procter, Roger, xi 
 
 R. the cleric, 58 
 Rackham, Rev. R. R., xliii 
 Radwyke, 38 
 Redyng, John, xi 
 Refectorarius, office of, 
 xxxviii ; Rolls, xxiv, 29 
 
 Roberts, John, 10, 13 
 
 Robinson, Dr. J. Armitage, 
 xliii 
 
 Rochester, see of, 14 
 
 Roddeley, Thomas, xiv 
 
 Rottenrewe, 22 
 
 Rudgale, John, 7, 9 ; Mas- 
 ter, 20; William, 38 
 
 Rusby, XXX 
 
 Ruyding, Thomas, xv, xviii, 
 xxv 
 
 S. Andrew, parish, 16 
 S. Cecilia, altar of, 12 
 S, Clement, xxxvii, xli ; 
 
 parish of, 22, 25 
 S. Edmund, altar of, 12 
 S. George, chapel of, xxxviii, 
 
 28 
 S. John, church of, 21 ; 
 
 parish of, 22, 36, 37, 41 
 S. John Baptist, altar of, 
 
 12 ; chapel of, 12 
 S. Kenelm, feast of, 18 
 S. Mary, chapel of, 14 
 S. Michael, church of, 25 ; 
 
 rector of, 38 
 S. Oswald, corrody of, II ; 
 
 Preceptor of, xiii 
 S. Peter, vicar of, 3 
 S. S within, parish of, 22 ; 
 
 at Winchester, 59 
 S. Wolstan, corrody of, il ; 
 
 pix of, 25 
 SS. Oswald and Wolstan, 
 
 tomb, 25 
 Sacrista, office of, xl ; Rolls, 
 
 xxiv, 36 
 Savage, John, xxiv 
 Sawyer, James, 15 
 Scolarum, Magister, Rolls, 
 
 xviii 
 Sedgeberrow, 7, 41 
 Senar, John, xxi 
 Shipston, 42 
 Shrewsbury, Roger, xxii 
 Singer, Richard, 16; Wil- 
 liam, 15 
 Smethwick, John, xii, xiv, 
 
 XV, XX, xxi 
 Smyth, George, 22; John, 
 
 17; Thomas, 18, 38 
 Smyth alias Peynter, Wil- 
 liam, 36 
 Sodbury, church of, 38 
 Spellisbury, Richard, 34 
 Spreckley, Mr., 50 
 Stafford, Thomas, xxv 
 Stanbrook, Convent of, 50 
 Stanes, Robert, xxi, xxii 
 Stanford, Roger, 24 
 Staple, John, 7 
 Staunton, Henry, xxxi 
 Stede, John, 20 
 Sters Meadow, 10 
 
 Stillfield, Richard, 23 
 Stodeley, John, xxiii 
 Stoke, xxxvi, i, 17, 18; 
 
 chancel of, 19 ; church of, 
 
 xl, 17 ; tenants of, 20 
 Stokton, Thomas, xix 
 Stokynge, Whittington, 11 
 Stokys, John, xxii 
 Stourbridge, 34 
 Stratford, John, xiv, xvi, 
 
 xvii, XX 
 Strensham, lord of, 28 
 
 Thomas, xii 
 Styvynton, Roger, xii 
 Subcellerarius, office of, 
 
 xxxiv ; Rolls, xxv, 6 
 Sudbury, 21 ; John, xiv, xv, 
 
 xvii, xxiii, xxvi ; Thomas, 
 
 6 ; Street, xxx 
 Swinnerton, Humfrey, 22 
 
 Taylor, John, 17, 21 
 Teddington, xxxiii, xiii, 41 
 Temple Lawarn, 21 ; lord 
 
 of, 37 
 
 Tendbury, John, xxii 
 
 Tewkesbury, John, xxv 
 
 Thomas, Cardinal and Arch- 
 bishop, 5 
 
 Thormond, 60 
 
 Tibberton, 41 ; church of, 
 24, 31 ; church house of, 2 
 
 Tovy, Roger, 42 
 
 Trivel, i 
 
 Troubrugge, John, xxv 
 
 Tumbarius, office of, xxxvii ; 
 Rolls, xxv, 24 
 
 Tyburton, Richard, xii, xiii, 
 xxiv 
 
 Tyler, Godfrey, 15 
 
 U 
 
 Upton, John, xxv; Richard, 
 xvi, xviii, xxv 
 
 Vallia, 36 
 
 W 
 
 Walker, John, 43 
 Washbourne, John, xxxv 
 Webley, Humphrey, xli ; 
 
 John, xxi 
 Weddesbury, John, xxiv 
 Welles, Richard, xx 
 Wellys, Henry, 16 ; Robert, 
 
 Wenlock, Richard, xiii, xiv, 
 XX, xxi ; Thomas, 5, 44 
 
^ 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Weston, Robert, xii, xiii 
 Whitechurch, John, xix 
 Whittington, il 
 Wiche, Thomas, xxiv 
 Winchcombe, abbot of, 
 
 XXXV 
 
 Winchester, 14 ; Dean and 
 Chapter of, 60 ; Rolls, 58, 
 60 
 
 Woddylle, Richard, 11 
 
 Wodwalls Furlong, 10 
 
 Wolstan, 8 
 
 Wolverley, 42 
 
 Woodstaflf Street, 15, 16 
 
 Worcester, Archdeacon of, 
 38; Bishop of, xi, 14, 17, 
 20, 37 ; City of, 2, 10, 13, 
 I5> 25, 32, 36 ; Dean and 
 Chapter of, 60 ; Priory of, 
 41 ; streets in, xli ; John, 
 
 xii, xix, xxix • William, 
 
 xxiii 
 Wybbe, William, xxx 
 Wyche, William, xxxviii,32 
 Wye, Robert, xxxv 
 Wyke, John, xii ; Thomas, 
 
 xxi 
 Wyllys, John, 25 
 Wynforton, Walter, xiii 
 Wytteneye, John, xxi, xxv 
 
 printeb h'e 5ame« patkec «nb Co., Crown ISarb, 9((ot». 
 
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