WCM 15376c c.1251-2
Account of
Simon
at Stubbington
Memorandum that Simon paid at Southwick in 35 Henry
[III] and in the 17th year of Prior Matthew and remitted In arrears é12ù[1]s.11½d.
éThe same r. a. for 11s.11d.ù[2] Item The same r. a. for 17s. received from rent of Portsmouth.
Total 2é9ù[3]s.11½d.
Item from 2 bs. of mustard price 28d. and from 1
dole price 11d. Total 3s.3d.
From wheat
sold[4] Item The same r. a. for 8s.
from 2 qtrs of wheat sold at 4s. per qtr.
Item The same r. a. for 40s. from 11 qtrs of wheat sold at 3s.8d. per
qtr.[5] Item The same r. a. for 15s.4d. from 4 qtrs
sold at 3s.10d. per qtr. Item The same
answers for 30s. from 7é½ù[6] qtrs of wheat sold at 4s.
per qtr. Item The same answers for
2s.7d. from 1 qtr of curall sold. Item
The same answers for 11s.6¼d. from 3½ qtrs of curall sold at 3s.3½d. per
qtr. Item The same answers for
18s.11¼d. from 4½ qtrs sold at 4s.2½d. per qtr. Item The same answers for 3s.9d. from 1 qtr of curall sold. Item The same answers for 4s.4d. from 1 qtr of
wheat sold. Item The same answers for
3s.9d. from 6 bs. of wheat sold. Item
The same answers for 49s. from 10½ qtrs of wheat sold at 4s.8d. per qtr. Item The same answers for 3s. from 1 qtr of
curall sold. Item The same answers for
19s.4d. from 4 qtrs of wheat sold at 4s.10d. per qtr. Item The same answers for 23s.4d. from 5 qtrs of wheat sold at
4s.8d. per qtr. Item The same answers
for 4s.8d. from 1 qtr of wheat sold.
Item The same answers for 56s.4d. from 13 qtrs of wheat sold at 4s.4d.
per qtr. Item The same answers for
29s.2d. from 7 qtrs of wheat sold at 4s.2d. per qtr. Item The same answers for 2s.8d. from 1 qtr of Curall sold.
Total
£16 5s. 8½d. from 78 qtrs of
wheat
sold éand 6 bs.ù[7]
From rye sold Item The same answers for
9s.6d. from 3 qtrs of rye sold at 3s.é2d.ù[8] per qtr. Item the same
answers for 15s. from 5 qtrs of rye sold at 3s. per qtr. Item the same answers for 26s.8d. from 8
qtrs of rye sold at 3s.4d. per qtr.
Item the same answers for 10d. from 2 bs. of rye sold. Item the same answers for 5s.4d. from 2 qtrs
of curall sold at 2s.8d. per qtr.
Total 57s.4d. from 18 qtrs of rye
sold.
Barley sold Item The same answers for 22s.6d. from 7½ qtrs of barley sold at
3s. per qtr. Item the same answers for
18s. from 6 qtrs of barley sold at 3s. per qtr. Item the same answers for 8s. from 3 qtrs of barley sold at
2s.8d. per qtr. Item the same answers
for 7s.6d. from 2½ qtrs of barley sold at 3s. per qtr. Item the same answers for 31s.6d. for 10½
qtrs of barley sold at 2s.[9]per
qtr. Item the same answers for 4s.10d.
from 2 qtrs of barley sold at 2s.5d. per qtr.
Total
£4 12s. 4d. from 31½ qtrs
of
barley sold.
beans sold Item The same answers for
12s. from 3 qtrs of beans sold at 4s. per qtr.
Item the same answers for 5s.4d. from 2 qtrs of beans sold at 2s.8d. per
qtr. Item the same answers for 10s.8d.
from 4 qtrs of beans sold at 2s.8d. per qtr.
Total
28s. from 9 qtrs of beans sold.
peas sold Item The same answers for
10s. from 3 qtrs of peas sold at 3s.4d. per qtr. Item the same answers for 16s. from 6 qtrs of peas sold at 2s.8d.
per qtr. Item the same answers for
22s.2d. for 10½ qtrs of peas sold at 2s.4d. per qtr.
Total
48s.2d. from 18½[10]qtrs of peas
sold.
vetches sold Item The same answers for
8s. from 3 qtrs of vetches sold at 2s.8d. per qtr. Item The same answers for 18s. from 6 qtrs of vetches sold at 3s.
per qtr. Item the same answers for
9s.3d. from 3 qtrs of vetches sold at 3s.1d. per qtr. Item he answers for 12d. from ½ qtr of vetches sold .
Total
36s. 3d. éfromù[11] 12½ qtrs
of
vetches sold.
Total of the totals of all the
receipt £31 12d.
m.2
Harvest
expense
Expense incurred from St Margaret the Virgin’s day up to the Nativity of the
blessed Mary In 32 conger and In 1 pig carcass bought 9s.2½d. In ½ wey of cheese 3s.6d. In herring 2s.6d. on the day when boons[12]
were performed. In meat 14d. In bread by defect[13]
2½d. In relish for br Roger and Simon
and 1 mounted foreman 3s. In ale for
the whole of harvest 15s. In relish for
4 carters and 4 stackers for the whole of harvest 5s. In relish for 15 tithe collectors 6s.3d. In hiring reapers for reaping grain
21s. In hiring Carts 28s.2d. In shoeing horses In harvest 3½d. In tallow for candles 9d. In grease for carts 5d. In threshing grain In harvest 6s.10½d. In the wage of 1 mounted foreman 5s. In wages of 4 stackers 10s. In wages of 15 tithe collectors 22s.10d. In wages of the famuli 19s.10d. Total[14]
Total of all harvest expense £8 12d.
In wages of the famuli
for Christmas term to Osbert 10d to William the Carter 12d. to Reginald the carter 10d. In 2 plough drivers[15]16d. to Warin and the dairy assistant 12d. to the swineherd and the cowherd 8d. In a gift for the aforesaid 4½d. Total
6s.0½d.
Item In wages of the same 6s.0½d. for Easter
term. Item in their wages for the term
of St John the Baptist 5s.2d.
Total
of 2 terms 11s.2½d.
In steel bought for ploughs and In 1 ploughshare
3s. In 1 plough and In 1 harrow bought
8d. In 2 pairs of wheels for carts[16]2s.8d. In clouts and nails for carts 2s.8d. In iron and nails and In 2 spades 21½d.
Total
10s. 9½d.
In loading 2 doles of wine at Portsmouth 4d. In carrying 1 pipe of wine 2½d. Total
6½d.
In Robert the marshall’s work for the palfrey which
is called pois 2s. Item In looking after horses and In the Prior’s palfrey at Portsmouth 10d. In hay for them 3d. Item In looking after 2 palfreys and In
their shoeing 15d. In the small palfrey
12d. In the horse of William de camera 12d. In a foal twice 2s. In
shoeing the white palfrey 7d. In oil
and poiz for the horses 10d. In
shoeing the horses of the Prior and William 3 times 9d. Item in shoeing pois 10d. In shoeing the
Prior’s horses before Pentecost 8d.
Total 12s.
In repairing ditches around Margaret’s croft[17]
11d. In making walls In the manorial
courtyard 2s.8d. In wood bought from
Herbert de rissenerie 5s.3d.
Item from the same In wood 21d.
In poles bought 2d. In hurdles
for the fold 6d. Item In wood from him
5s.
Total
16s. 3d.
threshing of
wheat In threshing 211 qtrs of wheat 30s.11d.
threshing of
rye In
threshing 15 qtrs of rye 2s.2¼d.
threshing of
barley In threshing 82½ qtrs of barley 6s.10½d.
threshing of
oats In threshing 141½ qtrs éof oats ù[18] 5s.9d.
threshing of
beans In threshing 21 qtrs of beans 21d. In threshing 23½ qtrs of peas 23d.[19] In threshing 24 qtrs of vetches 2s.
Total
51s. 43/4d.
In 9 qtrs of charcoal bought and sent to the smithy
8s.3d. In shoes for Henry by the
Prior’s order 7½d. In plates and dishes
bought sent to the house 11d. In 6 pair of gloves by the bailiff’s order
10d. In 5 lambfells for his use
6d. In a measure of coteuas 7d. In 22 measures of canvas 4s.1¼d. by the bailiff’s order. In 3 sacks for holding and taking salt to
Southwick 10d. Total 16s.73/4d.
sent to
Southwick to the kitchen sent to Southwick to the kitchen from St Margaret the Virgin’s day 35
Henry [III] up to the feast of St Margaret next ensuing £12 3s. 6½d. by 3
tallies against Alan the cellarer.
Total
£12 3s. 6½d.
Livery by the
Prior’s order
delivered to Hugh Raggy for a debt
16s.6d. Item to the same for an old
debt for wine taken from him 15s.
Delivered to Gilbert niger
20d. and his associate 10d. Item
delivered to Walter sumeterius for 1
saddle 2s. Total 36s.
Expense incurred
for the Prior and bailiff In the prior’s expense at
Stubbington when he had a discussion[20]with
the Abbot of chireburk’ [Cherbourg? -check] 3s.5d. In fish bought and sent for the Prior at
Winchester fair 4s.10d. In expense of
the bailiff and steward of Sir John de Vennez[21] at Portsmouth 6d. Item in his dinner[22]at
Stubbington 6½d. Item In his dinner on
Thursday before the feast of St Catherine the Virgin 4½d. In the Prior’s dinner on Saturday next
ensuing In bread 12d. In wine 3s. In fish 8s.3d. In almonds 6d. In saffron
and garlic 1½d. In charcoal 4d. Item In expense of the prior and constable
of the piglets[23] on Friday
after the feast of St Nicholas at Portsmouth 19¼d. In hay for horses 1d.
Item In expenses of the Prior and Philip godchep on Wednesday after Epiphany In bread 6d. In wine 20d. In fish 12d. In shoeing
horses 10d. In the bailiff’s expense at
Portsmouth for 1 night before the feast of St Thomas the Apostle 9d. Item in the Prior’s expense at Stubbington
for 1 night when he dined with the lady of Eastney 10d. Item on Saturday when agreement was made Between Herbert de rissenerie and the Prior of God’s
House and the vicar of Portsea for 1 night.
In wine 10d. In the grooms’
supper 2½d. In white wine for the Prior
5d. Item In 2 sesters of wine sent to
Southwick for the Prior before Palm Sunday 10d. Item In wine for the Prior at Easter 2s.1d. Item In the Prior’s expense at Portsmouth on
Wednesday before Pentecost 4s.3d. In 3½
measures of blanket cloth for him 4s.
In footwear for the Prior’s nephew, Peter, 12d. Item In the Prior’s expense at Portsmouth on
Wednesday before the Translation of the blessed Thomas the Martyr 4s.10½d.
In expense of the Subprior and bailiff and cellarer
at Portsmouth 14d. In Br Alan’s passage
to Gosport 1d.
Total
49s. 103/4d.
In relish for Simon from the Nativity of the blessed
Mary up to Christmas 2s.6d. Item In
relish for him and other workers several times up to Easter 18½d. Item In his expense Between Easter and the
feast of St Margaret the Virgin 3s.1d.
In his drink 7d.
Total 7s. 8½d.
Total of expenses of Liveries £31 é14s 0¼d.ù[24]
Simon de
stubinton’ r.a. On Tuesday before the feast of St Thomas the Apostle 36
Henry [III] for last year and 13s.0¼d. are owed to Simon.
m.1d
Issue of wheat.
285 qtrs 7 bs.
expense. In
sowing 25 qtrs. In bread In harvest 3
qtrs 1 bs. In sale 78 qtrs 6 bs. sent to the house 176 qtrs. Given to Hugh Ragy by the Prior’s gift 1 qtr.
to Nicholas Ragy ½ qtr. to
Thomas Ragi ½ qtr. to Richard Coopertor ½ qtr. to Stephen
clericus 2 bs.
To canons at Portsmouth 2 bs.
m.2d.
Issue of rye.
18 qtrs 2 bs.
Expense therefrom In sale 18 qtrs 2 bs.
Issue of barley.
171 qtrs 5 bs.
expense. In
sowing 8½ qtrs. In bread In harvest 36
qtrs. In Livery to the famuli from éSunday before the feastù[25] of St Giles up to Sunday
after the feast of St James the Apostle 34½ qtrs.
In feeding pigs 1 qtr 1 bs. sent to Boarhunt 4 qtrs. sent to Prior’s Dean 4 qtrs. In
sale 31½ qtrs. sent to the house
before Michaelmas 32 qtrs. Item after
Michaelmas sent to the house 20 qtrs.
Total 52 qtrs.
Issue of oats.
184 qtrs 1 bs.
Expense. In
sowing 44 qtrs and in fodder of the carters and mounted foremen up to
Michaelmas 10 qtrs. Item In fodder of
carthorses and affers up to Christmas 11 qtrs.
Item In their fodder from Christmas up to St Peter in Chains 52½
qtrs. Total of oats In fodder of horses
73½ qtrs.[26]
In fodder of oxen from Christmas up to Pentecost 7½
qtrs.
sent to Southwick 50 qtrs. In the Prior’s fodder in harvest for 1 night ½ qtr. Item In the prior’s fodder when he came from
Eastney 3 bs. Item In the prior’s
fodder when he was at the chapter at Portsmouth ½ qtr. Item In fodder of the prior and Philip Godchep after Epiphany for 1 night 1 qtr.
Item In fodder of the prior and bailiff before
Easter several times 1½ qtrs.
Item In fodder of the prior’s palfrey at Portsmouth
for 9 weeks 3 qtrs 6 bs. Item In fodder
of the small palfrey there and In fodder of the prior’s and bailiff’s palfreys
before St Peter in Chains 1½ qtrs.
Issue of beans.
23 qtrs 2 bs.
Expense. In
meal 5½ qtrs. In feeding pigs 5
qtrs. In feeding[27]
pigs 1½ qtrs.
sent to Southwick ½ qtr. sent to Southampton 6 bs. by the bailiff’s order. sent to Prior’s Dean 1 qtr.
In sale 9 qtrs.
Issue of peas.
27 qtrs 2 bs.
Expense. In
sowing 3½ qtrs. In feeding pigs 1 qtr 6
bs. In feeding pigs 2 qtrs.[28]
sent to Southwick 1 qtr. sent to Prior’s Dean ½ qtr.
In sale 18½ qtrs.
Issue of vetches.
50 qtrs.
Expense. In
sowing 9½ qtrs. In feeding pigs 2½
qtrs. In feeding pigs 1é½ù[29] qtr. To doves 3 bs. In fodder of carthorses and affers 5 qtrs 2
bs. In sale 12½ qtrs. sent to the house 12 qtrs. to Candover 2 qtrs. to Prior’s Dean ½ qtr.
In fodder of the Prior’s palfrey at Portsmouth 150
sheaves which made 1 qtr. In fodder of
the Prior’s horses at Stubbington 213 sheaves which made 1 qtr 3 bs. Item sent to the house after harvest 1½ qtr.
[1] Altered from 11.
[2] Cancelled.
[3] 8 cancelled.
[4] Against the heading for each paragraph throughout is a capitulum sign.
[5] Sic.
[6] Superscript.
[7] Superscript.
[8] Superscript.
[9] Sic, but recte 3s.
[10] Sic, but recte 19½.
[11] de cancelled.
[12] preces.
[13] [?of the oven].
[14] MS blank.
[15] caciatores.
[16] ad bigas.
[17] circa croftam [sic] margarete -- alias margeriecrofte elsewhere.
[18] Superscript.
[19] Sic.
[20] colloquium.
[21] Sir John de Venuz d.1260: Southwick Carts, II, p. 541. He granted rents in Prior’s Dean and Colemore to the Priory in 1230x1250: Southwick Carts, II, p. 348 (III, 854).
[22] dinnarium.
[23] constabularius porcellorum.
[24] 6s.11½d. cancelled.
[25] Superscript.
[26] The sense is here that this is a total of the previous entries for fodder for various horses.
[27] The difference here is that the first entry uses the verb pascere and the second the verb sustinere.
[28] Here sustinere is used first and then pascere.
[29] Superscript.