of hay, of the price of 10s. For surveying and directing the works of the church.1 Thomas Cokerel, at the request of the lord King Edward, father of the King who now is, was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the said Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on Thursday next after St. Peter's Chains in the 9th year of the same King Edward the father. And he received yearly Iol., that is to say 51d. by the day. At the request of the lord the King. Robert le Ussher, at the request of the lord King Edward the father, was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the said Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on Monday next before Easter in the said 9th year of King Edward the father. And he received yearly 100s., that is to say 31d. by the day. At the request of the lord the King. Richard Polruwan was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the said Abbot Geoffrey [and] the convent on Thursday next before St. John the Baptist in the 12th year of the said King Edward the father. And he received every day two conventual loaves, and two conventual pots (justas) of ale, two dishes of meat or fish according to the character of the day, to the value of 10 marks by the year, that is to say 4d. by the day. Henry atte Oke was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr in the 14th year of the same King [Edward] the father. And he received every day one conventual loaf and one loaf which is called 'smalwh[it],' and one pot of conventual ale, and one gallon of the second ale,3 and 20s. [by the year] for his kitchen, and a robe of eight yards of the suit of the principal 1 The explanation of the reason for the grant of this corrody, and similar explanations with regard to the other corrodies enumerated, are given in the margin, and were probably additions to the original list. 2 See Promptorium Parvulorum, s.v. 'juste,' p. 268. This may perhaps be identified with the inferior ale which was called ' vassalur' at Glastonbury in 1189, and 'seriantale' in 1339. clerks with fur. And they are worth by the year 100s., that is to say by the day 3 d. John atte Oke was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the aforesaid feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr in the said 14th year. And he receives just as the aforesaid Henry 100s., that is to say by the day 3d. Sir Richard of Lughteburgh was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the morrow of St. Clement in the said 14th year of the same King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly every day two white loaves and one loaf which is called 'bastard,' and two gallons of good ale, and the maintenance of a groom in the Abbot's hall, with kitchen suitable cum coquina pro dieta competenti, and two yearly robes with fur and suitable linen (sindone). And they are worth by the year Iol., that is to say 6d. by the day. Adam de la Wyle was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the eve of the Purification of Our Lady in the 23rd year of King Edward the grandfather of the King who now is. And he received yearly 100s., that is to say 31d. by the day. Peter Prynce was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey [and] the convent on the feast of St. Catherine the Virgin in the 15th year of the said King Edward the father. And he receives by the year just as the aforesaid. Richard le Mynour was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the feast of St. John the Baptist in the 9th year of the same King Edward the father. And he receives by the year just as the aforesaid. To all these [seven persons] corrodies were sold in relief of the debts with which the monastery (ecclesia) had previously been burdened. John de la Fosse was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on Thursday next after the Circumcision of the Lord in the 6th year of the said King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly two robes with fur of the suit of the principal clerks, and maintenance for himself, two grooms and two horses, and Iol. of silver, that is to say 6d. by the day. In order that he should be of counsel of the Abbot and convent. William Pasturel was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the feast of the Commemoration of St. Paul in the 10th year of the said King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly Iol. of silver and two robes of the suit of the esquires and half a mark for hose (calciatura), and every day two white loaves and a gallon and a half of ale, and two dishes of meat [or] of fish according to the character of the day, and on alternate days three loaves and a dish of meat or of fish for his groom, that is to say 6d. by the day. Godfrey of Sowy was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on Wednesday next after St. Faith the Virgin in the said 10th year of King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly two robes and Iol., that is to say 6d. by the day. They were sold to these [two] for lands bought from them. Thomas Reymes was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist in the 14th year of King [Edward] the father. And he received every day one conventual loaf and one loaf which is called 'smalwhit,' and one pot of conventual ale, and one dish of meat or of fish according to the character of the day, and one robe of the suit of the principal clerks with fur. And they are worth by the year 100s., that is to say 31d. by the day. Robert of Standissh was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on the morrow of All Saints in the 12th year of the same King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly one robe of the suit of the esquires, and all other things just as the aforesaid Thomas Reymes, that is to say 31d. by the day. They were sold to these [two] in relief of the debts of the church. Geoffrey Hakeneye was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent at the request of the lord King Edward, father of the King who now is, on the day of St. Alphege in the year of the said King [Edward] the father. And he receives yearly 5 marks, that is to say 24d. by the day. At the King's request. William of Hodecote was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid [Abbot Geoffrey] and the convent at the request of the lord King on Wednesday next after the Purification of Our Lady in the 15th year of the said King [Edward] the father. And he received every day two white loaves and one gallon of ale, [and one] dish of meat or of fish according to the character of the day. And they are worth by the year 40s., that is to say 1d. by the day. At the King's request. John of Leygrave was enfeoffed for the term of his life by deed of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and the convent on Thursday next before SS. Perpetua and Felicitas in the year [of King Edward] the father at the request of the lady Isabel the Queen. And he received a yearly robe and [5 marks], that is to say 21d. by the day. At the Queen's request. Isambert de St. Blimont (de Sancto Blymundo) was enfeoffed for the term of his life [by deed] of the aforesaid Abbot Geoffrey and convent, at the request of the aforesaid Queen, on Saturday next the feast of All Saints in the 9th year of the said King [Edward] the father. And he received yearly 40s., that is to say 1d. by the day. At the Queen's request. The names of the brethren (fratrum)1: William Maucorneys, Philip of Aune, John of Aune, Thomas Pakman, Robert Godfelagh, William le Mareschal, Ellis atte Morhouse, William Godesland, Dunstan atte Nyweton, John le Reve, Robert atte Harepath, John Horn, William Kyng, John of Wyke, Robert of Shapwyk, William Milefrey, Geoffrey of Whitefeld, Henry of Plumstoke, Adam Page the younger, John Bulbecote. 1 Lay brethren. The names of the ministers and servants in the abbey of Glastonbury 1: At the gates:-Walter of Cheleworth, porter at the outer gate; John of the same, his groom; William Byenpu, porter at the lower (inferiorem) gate; Thomas Peny, his groom. In the guest-house (hostillaria) :-William Lemyng, the In the cellar-Peter Wason; Walter of Dychesyate; Groom of the cellar :-John Page, groom of the cellar. For the kitchen of the convent :- Alan the Cook; Walter Man in the garner (granetarius) 3:-Robert de Marnhull, Bakers-William le Bakere; Robert of Canyon; John Smiths-Peter le Ferour; William Golde; John le Leone, Carters: Walter of Canynton; John Ymmere; John Short; Robert le Bole; John of Canynton; Walter of Tyntenhull. The list which follows may be compared with the elaborate inquisition of the year 1189, which was printed for the Roxburghe Club in 1882. The inquisition of 1189 mentions a hoparius. The inquisition of 1189 shows that the granetarius, the keeper of the garner, was one of the principal officers of the abbey, ranking with the Sacrist, the Cellarer, the Precentor, and other professed monks, and having under him a man who received a salary of half a mark. |