English Economic History: Select Documents. Various

a Virgate.

      Henry de la Bruer holds a fourth part of a virgate and renders 7s. 6d. a year at the two terms.

      Simon Pecoc holds an eighth part of a virgate and renders 3s. 9d. at the two terms.

      Isabel Pecoc holds an eighth part of a virgate and renders 3s. 9d. a year at the two terms. Sum, 15s.

      Sum total of rent of 39 virgates a year: 46l. 9s. 5½d.

      Virgate.

      Further, John de Walda holds a virgate of land which was arrented first to the use of the King in the presence of William Brito and his fellows, approvers, and renders therefor 30s. a year of rent of assize.

      And thus there are in all in the aforesaid manor 40 virgates of land which render yearly in rent of assize: Sum, 47l. 19s. 5½d.

      Further, from works of the aforesaid 40 virgates 14l. yearly.

      And be it known that each virgate ought to do all the works underwritten, and the works of each virgate are worth by themselves 7s. a year.

Virgate works.—Further, it is acknowledged by the aforesaid jurors that each virgate in the aforesaid manor owes all the customs underwritten, and so in proportion half a virgate and other parts according to the portion and quantity of land, as the virgate is divided, to wit, to plough 4 acres a year in the winter season, and the ploughing of each acre is worth 4d. Further, it ought to harrow those 4 acres, and the harrowing of each acre is worth ½d. Further it ought to thresh and winnow 1 quarter of rye for seed, and that threshing and winnowing is worth 2d. Further it ought to reap, bind and cock 4 acres, and this custom is worth 3d. for each acre, to wit, of rye. Further it ought to plough 4 acres in the summer season, and the ploughing of each acre is worth 3d. Further it ought to harrow those 4 acres, and the harrowing of each acre is worth ½d. Further it ought to thresh and winnow 1½ quarters of oats, and the threshing and winnowing is worth 1½d. Further it ought to reap, bind and cock 4 acres of oats, and that custom is worth 2½d. for each acre. Further it ought to find two men for one day to hoe until noon, and that custom is worth 2d. Further it ought to find two men for one day to hoe in the summer season until noon, and that custom is worth 2d. Further it ought to carry the corn from the field of the lord the King to the grange with one waggon for one day until noon, and that carrying is worth 3½d. Further it ought to find four men to lift the hay in the meadow of the lord the King for one day, and that custom is worth 2d. Further it ought to carry a waggonload of hay, and each carrying is worth 3d. Further it ought to manure with manure of the lord the King 4 selions[97] 40 perches in length in the next field ploughed for fallow, and that manuring is worth 4d. And it ought to do all these customs beforewritten at its own cost.

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

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

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

      Foreland.

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

      Of the Table of the King.

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

      Simon Weyland holds the swineherd's land, and renders ½ mark a year, because there are