Accounts 1. Serjeant’s account of J. (1285–86)

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Account of J. serjeant of Eleigh from the feast of St Michael in the 13th year of the reign of King Edward [I] until the same feast in the year following [29 September 1285–28 September 1286].

Assize rents. The same [serjeant] answers for 14s. 7d. in rent for the term of St Andrew. And for 17s. 4d. in rent for the term of Palm Sunday [7 April]. And for £1 18s. 6¼d. in rent for the term of the Apostles Peter and Paul. And for £1 9s. 2½¼d. in rent in the term of St Peter in chains. And for £3 13s. 11½¼d. in rent for the term of St Michael.

Total £8 13s. 7½¼d.

The same answers for 7d. for 2 capons and 2 hens for rents sold.

Total by itself (per se).

Farm for a [fixed] term. The same accounts for 8s. for the mill put out to farm between the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul and the feast of St Michael.

Total by itself.

Perquisites. The same answers for £1 12s. 6d. for perquisites of the court.

Total by itself.

Customary Works. The same answers for 7s. 4½d. for 14 acres 3 roods of ploughing released to the customary tenants. And for 6s. for 143 works sold. Total 13s. 4½d. Herbage. The same answers for 15s. for herbage sold. And for 2s. for ditched pasture sold. And for £1 4s. for 3 casks of cider sold. And for £2 5s. for 4½ acres of wood sold. And for 2s. for 1 acre of underwood sold. And for 8s. for hay sold. And for 5s. for straw sold.

Total £5 1s.

Corn sold. The same answers for 7s. \6d./ for 1½ seams of wheat <of the chaff> sold, price of a seam, 3s. 4d. And for £2 8s. for 9 seams of wheat sold, price of a seam, 5s. 4d. And for £2 16s. 8d. for 10 seams of wheat sold, price of a seam, 5s. 8d. And for £10 1s. for 33½ seams of wheat sold, price of a seam, 6s. And for 16s. for 4 seams of barley sold. And for 10d. for 2b. of beans sold. And for 5s. 11½d. for 2 seams, 6b. of vetch sold, price of a seam 2s. 2d.

Total £16 15s. 11½d.