Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene.

  • St. Giles (Parish : Durham, England)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham : being grassmen's accounts and other parish records, together with documents relating to the hospitals of Kepier and St. Mary Magdalene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    symson for A sesment ]d. of pound, ^d. For ij dossen ot hay to the bull, iiijj. To the counstaples for a sesment ]d. of the pound for captayn hodshon, y.d. To william Kent for a saile to the bull, '^d. For dressinge ye common Armore belonginge to us, v]d. To the oweners of the fogg in pellowleise, xxixj. More than the fogg cam to, xviijW. To Rob'te hudspeth for wrytinge this our accoumpt . {Other payments for mending dikes, gates, and the like\. Some of the expences ys v/. ixj. iij^^. The hole some dew to the parishe ys xlvjj. iijW. Grasse men for 1614, lohn burdus & lohn smyth weaver. Resaved of the ould gras men, June v^h, xlvjj. \\\d. The accounte of the said grasmen maid the 21 of May. Reed for the bull that was sould to Robte peacoke, price iij7. \\]s. \\\\d. {Receipts, as usual, for gaits on common and in fogg]- Some of the hole receyts ys xij7. ixj. ]d. Expences for 1614. To wedowe hodshon, vjj. To Thomas cornforth for caryinge a prisoner to Chester, xviijaf. For shewinge the common armore on shinklife more, iijV. For one thrave of spartes^ to the bull house & for lainge on of them, v\]d. To the counstaples for articles, xija^. To the counstaples for a sesment, xx^/. To william Kent for skowringe giles bridge letche, Vn]d. For one fother of hay bought of M^ wanles & y^ carrage home, xxj. To Thomas cornforth for the armore shewinge on the place grene & for dressinge of yt, \]s. To Rychard martyn for the armore sealinge, x\]d. To Rychard tripps manghe^ for halfe a dayes worke at y^ more dicke, 'n]d. For a saile to the bull, ]d. For wrytinge this our accounpte, \]s. [Payments also for mending dike and gates, and to owners of fog in Erode close and Pellowlease close, and for seizing the bull]. ' See Glossary. - A word probably equivalent to meyne (as in Chaucer), or meiny (as in Bailey's Dictionary), meaning a company or family of household servants. Cf., Surtees Society's Publications (1845), cccxxxviii, in Will of John Wood, of Eldon, A.D. 1587, I will command my meneyi that they be good to the, where, in another deposition, instead of this word, folkes is used.