render account of 29 quarters and 1 strike from all the produce of
mixed corn [grain]. For seeding 156 acres, 53 quarters and 1
strike. For bread for 3 autumnal works, 9 quarters. For the
balance sold, 27 quarters. The same render account of 178 and a
half quarters from all the produce of barley. For sowing 102 and a
half acres, 49 and a half quarters. For payment for carts, 1
quarter. For payment for hauling dung, 2 quarters. For allowance
of food of two carters, one carpenter, one neatherd, one dairy
woman, for the year, 32 and a half quarters. For feeding hogs in
the winter, 2 quarters. For the balance sold, 91 and a half
quarters. It is quit.
The same render account of 311 quarters and 2 bushels from all the
produce of oats. In sowing 221 and a half acres, 110 and a half
quarters. For prebends [revenues paid for a clergyman's salary] of
the lord bishop and lord king, on many occasions, 131 and a half
quarters and 2 bushels, by five tallies. For prebends of Roger
Wakelin, 2 and a half quarters and 3 bushels. For prebends of
Master Robert Basset, 3 and a half quarters and 1 bushel. For
provender [dry food for livestock] of 2 horses of the lord bishop
and 1 horse of Richard Marsh, for 5 weeks, 5 and a half quarters
and 2 bushels. For provender of 2 horses of the lord bishop who
stayed 16 nights at Downton, 4 quarters. For that sent to Knoyle,
18 quarters. For provender of 1 horse of Robert of Lurdon for 3
weeks, 1 and a half quarters. For prebends of two carters 7
quarters and 2 bushels. For the balance sold, 12 quarters. And
there remains 14 quarters and 1 strike. The same render account of
6 and a half quarters from the whole produce of beans. For
planting in the garden half a quarter. For the balance sold, 6
quarters. It is quit.
The same render account of 4 quarters and 1 strike from all the
produce of peas. For sowing 6 acres, 1 and a half quarters. For
the balance sold 2 and a half quarters and 1 strike. It is quit.
The same render account of 4 quarters from all the produce of
vetches [pea plants used for animal fodder]. For feeding pigs in
the winter, all. It is quit.
Beasts of Burden: The same render account of 104 oxen remaining
from the previous year. And of 2 yoked from useless animals. And
of 1 from the will of Robert Copp. And of 17 purchased. Sum: 124.
Of living ones sold, 12. Of dead, 21. Sum: 33. And there remain 91
oxen. The same render account of 2 goats remaining from the
previous year. All
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