or 10 other assize pleas
in the market this year. Sum of the whole tax 36 pounds 14s.8d.
In quittance of one reeve, 5s. In quittance for repairing the
bridge, 5s.; of one forester, 4s.; of two haywards from Downton
and Wick, 4s.; of one hayward from Witherington, 20d.; of fourteen
drivers from Downton, Wick, and Nunton, for the year, 28s.; of two
drivers from Witherington for the year, 4s.4d.; of two drivers for
half the year, 2s.; of one swineherd, of one neaterd, of one
cowherd, for the year, 6s.; of three shepherds from Wick, Barford,
and Nunton, for the year, 6s.; of one shepherd from Witherington,
for the year, 20d.; of four customary tenants, for the year, 8s.
Sum of the quittances, 74s.8d. Remainder 33 pounds.
Livery: For livery to John the dean, for Christmas tax, 7 pounds
10s. by one tally. To the same for Easter tax, 8 pounds by one
tally. To the same for St. John's tax, 8 pounds by one tally. To
the same for St. Michael's tax, 8 pounds 10s. by one tally. To the
same for corn [grain] sold in the field 26 pounds by two tallies.
To the same for standing corn [growing crops of grain], purchases,
and cheeses, 20 pounds 16s.10d. To the same for wool, 6 pounds
13s.4d. by one tally. To the same for tallage 39 pounds by one
tally. Sum: 134 pounds 10s.2d.
Expenses: For ironwork of 8 carts for year and one cart for half
the year, 32s.10d. For shoeing of 2 plough horses for the year,
2s.8d. For wheels for carts, 2s.9d. For 6 carts made over, 12d.
before the arrival of the carpenter. For wages of the smith for
the year, 8s.6d. For one cart bound in iron bought new, 5s.7d. For
wheels purchased for one cart to haul dung, 12d. For leather
harness and trappings, iron links, plates, halters, 14d. For
purchase of 2 ropes, 3d. For purchase of 2 sacks, 8d. For purchase
of 5 locks for the granary, 11d. For making 2 gates for the
sheepfold, 2s. For one gate for the farm yard, 12d. For an ax and
tallow purchased and for repairing the spindles of the mill for
the year, 6s.10d. For one millstone purchased for the mill 24s.
For making one gate near the mill, 12d. For meat prepared in the
larder, 3s. For beer bought for cleaning carcasses, 2s.1d. For
digging 158 perches of land around the pasture in the marsh,
32s.11d.; for each perch 2d.1ob. For the dovecote newly made,
22s.11d.1ob. For cutting 100 thick planks for flooring both
dispensary and butlery, 6s.3d. For nails or pegs bought for
planking beyond the cellar, 16d. For enclo
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