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120 THE HERALDRY OF YORK MINSTER.
to the computation of those days,
but there were no banks.
Vessels and
jewels of gold and silver ^410, four cloths of gold 26 135. &,d.
The Chapel:
" divers vestments, books, and other ornaments for my lady's chapel,
^34 os. Bd." The Chamber : " divers ornaments for my lady's head, ^10 8s."
" Item, divers my lady's vestments, with fur, buttons, and other apparel
for my lady's body, ^37 55. ^d." "Item, divers beds, with their furniture,
^48
165. 20"." The Hall: " item, one dorser of the work of Befs de Hampton,"
t.e., a hanging for the wall at the back of the sitter, worked with the legend
of Bevis de Hampton. " Item, three bankers, 5$.," i.e., coverings of the
benches. Pantry : "item, one pipe of red wine, value 2 i8s. a,d."
The
Larder gives us some idea of the amount of provisions required to be laid
by, salted, for the winter use of the household. Remember this inventory is
dated November, the beginning of winter, when the larder would be full.
Item, 10 carcases of oxen for my lady's larder . . 16 o o
for the same larder . .
33 o o
2 boars and 200 hogs
280 muttons and other sheep for the same larder 14 o o
,, 16 fat bucks salted for the same larder .. ..
500
,, Salmon, melewell (codfish), stock fish, and other
fish . .
32 o o
The corn and malt in the bakery and brewery
the stable are as follows :
are estimated at 21. In
Item, i horse, value ^13 6 8 Item, 3 horses, value ^10 o o
I ,, 10 O O 10 ,, ,, 20 o o
The sum total of the house ^2,062
i2s. &d., with a few other items
amounting to 139. The chattels in the other twelve houses, which I
conclude must have been small, only amounted in value altogether to
849 3.?.
lod.
" Even so, the lady of Leybourne, owner, it seems, of more numerous
domains and wider far than any held by one lord within the bounds of Kent
since the days of Odo, is ready for her hour. The settlement of her estates
has long been made, ' the day is far spent,' and, as the shadows of evening
gather round, her worldly task is done." She was three years old when
her father died in 1307, and expired just sixty years after. She directs in
her will that her body shall be buried " in the church of the monastery
of St. Augustine of Canterbury, in the new chapel (which was her own
foundation) on the south side of the church."
" With this noble lady passed away the baronial and illustrious name
of De Leybourne. The palace at Preston soon degenerated into a mere
monastic farmhouse ;" the old castle at Leybourne is in ruins, " and not a
trace now remains of the grandeur which must once have there existed."