INDEX

No attempt has been made to index the names of individuals or of separate
manors, unless of considerable importance.

Accounts, manorial, 165,175,186 ff.;
arrears in, 190, 192; clergy and,
187, 188; duplicate acquittance
sewn on to, 192; heard yearly, 189;
scribe's fee for writing, 187;
specimen forms of, 188; value of
manor courts noted in, 219; and
see Auditors

Acquittance, chirograph, 166, 192

Addy, S. O., 227

Agriculture, medieval, Ch. H, passim,
Ch. iv, passim] average yield of
crops, 86 ff.; contemporary opinion
of, 50; co-operation in, 44 ff., 51,
70, 80; festivals connected with,
269; field-systems in, 43, 56;
instruments used in, 237; pre-
Christian ceremonies relating to,
35 ff.; routine of, 260; unprogres-
sive nature of, 149, 237

Ale, 5, 13, 17, in, 235, 236; assize
of, 23, 211, 218; brewing of, 89,
266, 293; compulsory purchase of,
164, 266; penny-, 13, 234

Ale-house, n, 14, 24, 124, 186,
" 266 ff., 274; celebrations at, after
marriage, 264; LanglancTs picture
of, 267

Ale-tasters, 156

Ales, 265,266; bride, 264 ff.; church,
265

Alfriston, clergy house at, 225

Allowances to manorial servants, 88,
184, 185; and see Bailiff, Carters,
Hayward, Ploughmen, Reeve, etc.

Alphabet of Tales, 48

Alphabetum Narrationum, 35

Amerciament, 218

Amusements, see Sports and pastimes

Ancient demesne, 206

Animals, the peasants', 89 ff., 218;
and see Cows, Horses, etc.

Apples, 4, 23Z

Aquinas, Thomas, 34, 281

Arable lands, 43 ff., 56; and see
Common fields

Archidiaconal courts, 247
Arms, assize of, 119
Articles of the view, see Frank-pledge
Ashdown Forest, 58
Ashley, Sir William, 42, 87,156,182,
235
Assarts, 19,24,44,51 ff., 66,69,160;
formation of, 52 ff.; licences to, 19,
51, 57; limited privileges attaching
to, 52, 57
Assessment Rolls, 90
Assize of ale, 23, 211, 218
— of Arms, 119
— of bread, 211
Assizes of justices, 173, 198, 310 ff.
Aubrac, mountains of, 238
Auditors, the manorial, 158, 165,
175, i88ff.; discretionary powers
of, 191; give chirograph acquit-
tance, 166; qualities desirable in,
189; social status of, 190; and see
Accounts
Augustine, St, 35 n.
Ault, W. O., 49,.sii
Austria, village life in, 225, 230 n. i
Averagia, see Carrying services
Bacon, boiled, 18
Bacon, Roger, 35
Bailiff, 100,155 ff.; acquittance given
to, 166; auditors and, 165, 166;
corrupt, 102; duties of, 113,163 ff.,
202; dwelling-place of, 163, 164;
Hospitality provided by, 165; letters
of authorisation produced by, 163;
manages several manors, 162;
manumitted, 282; oppression by,
164, 165; oversees wills,' 251;
procedure on leaving office, 166;
rewards given to, 163, 164; status
of, not clearly defined, 156, 162;
sworn to fealty, 163
Baker, the village, 136; and see Oven
Ball, John, 137
Ballard, A., 293
Baptism, 29, 334
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