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IN the Assisa Scaccarii or Annual Balance Sheet,
which is copied into Register H. for the years 1252 to 1262, there is a
seperate department called Carpentaria under the charge of one of
the Monks, who is referred to as Carpentarius. The following
transcripts are of these sections for the three years 1252-1254. In 1252
the monk in charge was William de Wincestr' from Michaelmas to Easter,
and Henry, whose surname is not given, from Easter to the following
Michaelmas.
Register H. fo. 172r. Account of William de Wincestr'.
Recepta vi li. xii s.
Expensa
In aqueductu1 et fossatis cum solidatis
unius servientis xiii s. ob.
In petra et calce, tegula2 cum
solidatis
tegulatorum xxxviii s. i d. ob.
In plumbo empto et stagno3
xxi s. x d. ob.
In meremio4 empto
xxvii s. viii d. ob.
Opera et utensilia
xxxviii s. iii d.
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Ad
lingna5 trahenda
x d.
summa
tocius expense vii li. iiii d.
et debentur6 ei
xi s. iiii d.
Account of Henry
Recepta iiii li. xvii s.
Expensa in aqueductu et fossatis et
solidatis i servientis
vii s. iiii d.
In calce, sablo et tegula cum solidatis
tegulatorum et cementar' xxii s. iiii d.
In meremio empto et solidatis carpentar' xx s.
viii d.
In ferramento et cordis
xvs. v d. ob.
In plumbo et solidatis plumbar'
xxvi s. iii d.
Dona fratrum iiii s.
1 Probably water-main or
conduit.
2 Perhaps bricks rather than
roof-tiles, though dubious at this
date.
3 Tin (for solder).
4 Timber.
5 for ligna --- timbers.
6 Balance owing to the
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