Volume 1

Berkeley manuscripts. Abstracts and extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys, illustrative of ancient manners and the constitution; including all the pedigrees in that ancient manuscript. To which are annexed, a copious history of the castle and parish of Berkeley, consisting of matter never before published; and biographical anecdotes of Dr. Jenner / By Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, M.A. F.S.A.

Thomas Dudley Fosbroke

Date:: 1821

Credit: Berkeley manuscripts. Abstracts and extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys, illustrative of ancient manners and the constitution; including all the pedigrees in that ancient manuscript. To which are annexed, a copious history of the castle and parish of Berkeley, consisting of matter never before published; and biographical anecdotes of Dr. Jenner / By Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, M.A. F.S.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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persons and upwards, ranked into their degrees of Servants, Milites, Armigeri, Valetti, Garciones et Pagetti, Knights, Esquires, Yeomen, Gromes, and Pages, besides Husbandmen, Hindes, and such other of lower condition. The Wages of one of his Esquiers was iiijd.t a day, and a horse in his stables or pastures; or ijd.3 a day for him in stead, and two sutes by the yeare furred (duas robas cum furruris), or ea uiijd. 5 ; and for a 1 gartion or boy to attend him ldia nek ; the yeare The Wages of a en more ; ofa an etetint Pesan! less.” Provisions Braun in Kind from the Manors. —‘‘The Reeves of Hame and Cowley sent annually to the Steward and Clerk of the Kitchin 8000 and 9000 eggs, 442 and 566 pigeons, 44 and 47 capons, 192 hens, 288 duckes, 388 chickens, 80 hoggs, 110 porkets and 84 piggs, 45 calves, 315 quarters of wheat. Accounts kept most minutely. — ‘‘ What was to spare was yearly sold at the prizes aforementioned. Every daye’s and every meale’s milke of every cowe was rated to the inferior servant at what quantity of butter and cheese might be raised from them, according to the seasons, the pasture where fed, &c. Much of this Lorde’s woll was yearely put out to spinninge for makinge of cloth, as also for the clothinge of the poor; the charges, &ec. written in Latin.” JS. Berkeley p. 145. Farm-houses used as Inns — Hospitality limited. —The Reves were sometimes ordered to receive no guests without the Lord’s express letters, but only for hay, straw, and fire. Id. p. 147. Nobles considered the King’s Body-guard — Protections of Pro- perty at Home when absent in Wars. —This Lord went with the King against the Welsh, and ordered to attend to the safety of the Royal Person: protection for the safety of his estate at home was granted as usual. Pat. 41 Hen. TTI. MS. Veel, p. 147. Patents, when first entered in English. —In the Patent Rolls of this year [43 Henry III.] some Records and Charters are now first . entered in the English language; now, says Mr. Smyth, not intelli- gible. MMS. Veel, p. 148.

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