The Knights Templar in Northumberland

Northumberland and Co. Durham: January to November 1308

{for 7 quarters of wheat, 12 quarters of maslin, 10 quarters of barley, 80 quarters of oats and 6 quarters of malted dredge found in the granary of Thornton, sold as is contained there. And for 7 s from 2 carcasses}

carcos' boum. Et de xiij s vj d de iiij bacon' + di[mid']. Et de ij s viij d de iiij carcos' multon'. Et de xiiij s de iiij meys' alloc' de stauro lardar' sicut cont[inetur] ibidem. Et de vij s de ij

{of oxen. And for 13 s 6 d for 4½ bacons. And for 2 s 8 d for 4 carcasses of mutton. And for 14 s for 4 packs of herring from the larder stock, as is contained in the same place. And for 7 s for 2 oxen }

ij bob[us] + iiij vaccis de stauro vendit' sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibidem. Et de iiij li x s de xxx petris lane vendit'. Et de iij s iiij d de v vit[u]lis de exitu vendit'. Et de xx d de v cap\r/[e]olis

{and 4 cows sold from the stock as is contained in the same place. And for £4, 10s from the sale of 30 stones of wool. And for 3 s 4 d from the sale of 5 calves produced. And for 20 d from the sale of 5 young male goats}

vendit' sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibide[m]. Et no[n] respond' de vendic[i]o[n]e feni, herbagij, past[ur]e n[e]\c/ curtilagij q[uia] totu[m] co[m]putat' in sustentat[i]one av[er]ior[um] in d[ic]to manerio p[er] t[em]p[u]s sup[r]\a/d[ic]t[u]m. Nec etiam de redd[itu] ass[iso] gallinar[um]

{as is contained in the same place. And he does not answer for the sale of hay, herbage, pasture or curtilage because it was all accounted for in sustaining the draught animals in the said manor during the aforesaid time. Nor also for the rents of assise of hens}

q[uia] levabiles su[n]t ad festu[m] Natal' d[omi]ni sic[ut] cont[inetur] in extenta p[re]d[ic]ta. Et de vij s vj d de v vaccis dimissis ad firma[m] a festo Pasch' usq[ue] festu[m] s[anc]ti Mich[ael]is vid[elicet] p[ro] vacca xviij d sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibide[m].

{because that is payable at Christmas, as is contained in the aforesaid extent. And [he renders account for] 7 s 6 d from 5 cows leased out from Easter until Michaelmas, that is 18 d for each cow, as is contained in the same place.}

Et de xxvj s viij d de uno equo bayo {a bay horse} qui fuit d[ic]tor[um] Templar' vendit. Et de Lxvj s viij d de uno pullano baio vendic' sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibide[m]. Et de Liij s iiij d de alio pullano nigro

{And for 26 s 8 d from the sale of one bay horse which belonged to the said Templars. And for 66 s 8 d from the sale of one bay colt as is contained in the same place. And for 53 s 4 d from the sale of another colt, black.}

vendic' sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibide[m]. Et de xx s vj d de xxxviij pell' hogastr' de morina post tonsione[m] sic[ut] cont[inetur] ibide[m]. Et de vj s x d de xlj pell' agnor[um] de morina ante sep[ar]at[i]o[ne]m vendit' sic[ut]
cont[inetur] ibide[m]. S[u]m\a/ Recepte: Lxviij li xvj s J d.

{And for 20 s 6 d for the hides of 38 hogasters that died after the shearing, as contained in the same place. And for 6 s 10 d from the sale of the hides of 41 lambs that died befoe separation from their mothers, as contined in the same place Total receipts: £68, 16 s 1 d.}

\\Exp[e]n'/ Idem comp' in empt[i]one iij quarter' mixtil' ad se[m]i[n]and' circa festu[m] Pur[ificationis] be[ate] Marie. Et xvj q[u]\a/rter' aven[e]. Et v q[u]\a/rter v b[ussel'] ordei empt' ad idem vj li xiiij s sic[ut] cont[inetur] in R[otul]\o/ de p[ar]tic[u]lis

{Expenses: the same accounts for the purchase of 3 quarters of maslin for sowing around the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 February). And 16 quarters of oats. And 5 quarters 5 bushels of barley bought at the same: £6, 14 s, as is contained in the particulars of account }