x xiii li. vi s. viii d. |
Item to a Stewarde of landes for his fee x li. |
Item to an Auditor x li.-+

xx xx
Sum of the common M^lCCCiiii vi li. xiii s. xd. M^lCCCCiiiixvi^{li} xv d.
Sum totall of all thies percels M^lDxxii^{li} xiii^s x^d.

Above which chargys the church indewyd with landes to susteyne the
same muste pay yerely tenthes and a certayne summe by composition for
the fyrste frutes deducted and abbayted.
Cxxxvi li. payd by the deane and prebendaries severall.
cxl li. to be allowyd by statute for almes.
x li. for the stewarde allowyd by statute.
x li. for the Auditors fee allowyd by statute.
xx
The hole sume of deductions CCiiii xvi li.
And so remaynes chargeable with tenthes and fyrst frutes
M^lCCxxvi li. xiii s. x d.

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[Fol. 33. dors.]
| ccxvi li. ix s. vi d. |
+---------------------^-+
Whereof to be payd for the tenthes of the commen possession |
cxliiii li. vi s. iiii d. |
Item a yerely Rent to be payd by composition for the fyrste frutes |
lxxii li. xii s. iid.-^

And so the Cathedrale Churche for mayntenance of the said yerely
charges and paymente touchinge hospitalite lernynge divine
service almes necessarie exspences tenthes and fyrst frutes
after the Rates before mentionyd must yf the said shall lyke
the Kings majestic be indewyd with yerely Revenues of the
summe of M^lDCCxxxix^{li} xiii s. iiii d. MDCCxii li. x s.

CHAPTER V

THE CASTLE AND UNIVERSITY

No notice of Durham and its cathedral would seem complete without some
mention being made of its fortress, the growth of which has been
contemporary with, and, we might almost say, inseparable from that of
the monastery itself.

There can be little doubt that other than the miraculous considerations
assigned to them by tradition influenced the monks and the congregation
of S. Cuthbert in the