Account rolls of the fraternity of the blessed Mary, fo. la.

Faite a remembrer des espenses faite . . . les reparacouns des mesouns en Fossgate par J[ohan] Freboyse,1 mestre du fraternite de nostre dame, lan du regne le roi E., tierz puis le conquist, xxxj (1357).

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Item, en primes in iij homes aloues per x jours par mestre Johan le Keu, viijs. jd. Item, en j sharette alowe en grosse, vs. jd. Item, paye a le eschetour pur son travaill, iijs. iiijd. Summa xvjs. vjd., paiez par J[ohan] Freboyse et J[ohan] de Neuton. Faite a remembrer des espenses faite entoure nos overours en le simaine procheyn devant le pentecost, lan avantdit (21 May-28 May). Item, en primes paye a une clerk, xxijd. pur les festes Wilm (sic) de Hunetyngton, et de Johan de Neuton. Item, done as carpunters (sic) en meme lan et simaine, iiijs. Item, done pur le panage fere, iiijs. en iiij overoures par le dit simaine, et une feme, vs. jd. paye pur cariage par le dit simaine, vijs. vjd. Summa xxijs. vd., payez par J[ohan] Freboyse et J[ohan] de Neuton. Item, ballivis civitatis Ebor' pro suis angil', xs., solutum per Johannem Freboyse. Item, payez au berige au carpintere (sic), iiijd., par mestre John de Neuton. Item, solvit pictori pro labore suo, ex convencione, xvd. Item, in septimana sequenti in v operariis conductis in grosso, ijs. vijd. Summa xiiijs. ijd.

Item,

Item,

Item, uxori Hugonis de Erheris,5 xxvjs. viijd. Summa patet. Item, coopertori cum iij garsconibus suis per iij dies, ijs. vijd. Item, cuidam mulieri per ij dies, vd. Item, v

1 Johannes de Frebois, mercer, made free of the city in 1338, chamberlain 1351, bailiff 1352, died 1361-2. He was Master of the Fraternity of the Blessed Mary in 1357 and 1358. He left a tenement and croft in Monkgate to his brother William with remainder to his own wife, and then "in puram et perpetuam elemosinam magistro fratribus, et sororibus gilde beate Marie in Fossegate, Ebor'." York Municipal Records, fo. 116. cf. Register of S. Mary's, Castlegate, York (Yorks. Arch. Journal, vol. xv, pp. 142-198).

2" Willelmus le Keu of Stayngat," who took his freedom in 1283, is the only freeman of that name in the roll. York Freemen, op. cit., p. 4.

3 Johan de Neuton; cf. Margaret Deanesly, The Incendium Amoris of Richard Rolle, pp. 64, 65. Register of the Corpus Christi Guild, Surtees Soc., vol. lvii, pp. 4, 14. Test. Ebor., vol. i, p. 364.

4 Willelmus de Hunetyngton, spicer, made a freeman in 1333, chamberlain York Freemen, op. cit., pp. 29, 38.

in 1344.

5 Freemen of York, op. cit., Hugo de Erghes, mercer, p. 41.

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operariis per iij dies, vs. vijd. ob. Item, carpentario per j diem, vijd. Item, in cariagio per ij dies, ijs. vjd. Et in potum datum per dictos iij dies, ijd. Item, j scutil, ijd. ob. Item, M1 pinnes, iijd. Item, C.C. centz lattes, ijs. ixd. Item, in cariagio dictorum lattes, ijd. Summa xvs. iiijd. Item, solvit Johanni Best pro meremio ab eo empto, iijli. xiiijs. Summa patet. Memorandum quod Johannes Freboyse solvit vs. plus quod recepit.

Die Veneris proximo post festum Corporis Christi (9 June). Item, in vj hominibus laborantibus circa meremium apud Sayn Lenerd lendyng, ijs. Item, in ij carectariis conductis per iiij vices eodem die, xijd. Item, datum ad potum hominibus laborantibus eodem die, iiijd. Item, in d[i]e Sabbati sequentis (10 June) in diversis cariagiis eodem die, ijs. xd. Item, j carpentario per iij dies, xviijd. Item, in portours pro meremo (sic) asportato et traccione de aqua de Ouse ad Sayn Lenard lendyng, ijs., et ad potum pro eisdem eodem die, ijd. Item, vj hominibus laborantibus eodem die, ijs. xd. ob., et in potum pro eisdem eodem die, vjd. Item, solvit Johanni Best pro meremio empto, xxijs. iijd. Summa xxxvs. ijd. ob.

Item, in die Lune sequentis (12 June) in diversis expensis eodem die, iijs. ijd. Item, in cariagio per ij dies pro ij carectariis, vs. Item, solvit Roberto Couper1 pro meremo (sic) ab eo empto, xiiijd. Item, j bussel iij scutels empt', xiiijd. Item, j schvill empt', iiijd. ob. Item, in sabulo empto, xviijd. Item, bragges empt', iijd. Item, diebus Marcii, Mercurii, Veneris et Sabbati sequentibus (13, 14, 16, 17 June), videlicet, Johanni de Colwyk pro septimana sequenti, iijs. Et iiij hominibus suis carpuntariis (sic), viijs. vjd. In grosso conduct'. Item, a le saghers in partem sol' j rod', ijs. ixd. Item, Johanni Tehler et famulo suo per septimanam predictam, iijs. viijd. Item, in xv laborantibus per septimanam sequentem, xvijs. Item, in cariagio pro septimana sequenti, viijs. vjd. Item, in stramine empto, ijd. Summa lvs. xiiijd. ob.

Memorandum quod in compotis in vigilia Sancti Johannis Baptiste (23 June), Johannes Freboys. et magister Johannes

1 Robertus Couper, cementarius. Yorks. Arch. Soc., Rec. Ser., Wills in York Registry, p. 45.

de Neuton dederunt carpentariis, xijs. Item, pro j post et cariagio ejusdem, ixs. xd. Item, tegulario et famulo suo, iijs. Item, in viij operariis, xjs. ixd. Item, carectario pro cariagio, vs. viijd. Item, in potu eorundem, iijs. iiijd. Item, pro portagio de x mele de lim, xxd. Item, pro cariagio de sabilon (sic) per ij dies, xijd. Item, pro vj trauis straminis, xijd. Item, pro plaster empt' et factura, xvijd. ls. viijd.1

Anno xxxj.

Summa

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Item, priori de Marton2 pro firma domorum, ixs. de termino Pentecostes anno regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu xxxj (28 May, 1357). Item, in septimana sequente solverunt Johanni de Stoke, xljs., pro brevi de Ad Quod Dampnum. Item, solverunt Wythebrowe, xljs. iiijd., pro plastre ab eo empto cum cariagio. Item, solverunt Johanni de Colwyk, iijs., et iiij famulis suis, vjs., per septimanam predictam. Item, tectori et famulo suo, ijs. viijd. Item, pro flekes empt', iiijs. ijd. Item, in cariagio per septimanam predictam, vjs. xjd. Et in alio cariagio, vijd. Item, in diversis hominibus laborantibus per septimanam predictam, ixs. viijd. Item, in potu, per totam septimanam predictam, dato hominibus laborantibus, iijs. iijd. Item, pro j serura empta, iiijd. Summa vjli. xs.

Item, in septimana sequente in cariagio, iijs. vd., et in prandio suo, vjd. Item, in diversis operariis per septimanam predictam, ixs. Item, in j muliere conducta per septimanam predictam, xijd. Item, carpentario per septimanam predictam, xs. vjd. Item, in potu per idem tempus, ijs. vijd. Item, in portacione limis, jd. ob. Item, tectori et famulo suo, iijs.

1 Summa lvs. viijd. Summa xlviijs. viijd. inserted after xvij, but crossed through.

2 Prior de Marton, Marton, on the River Foss, five miles south-east of Easingwold. The priory was founded by Bertram de Bulmer, in the reign of Stephen or Henry II, as a house for Augustinian canons and nuns. The nuns removed before 1167 to Moxby in the same neighbourhood. Johannes de Thresk was prior from 1349 to 1357. Victoria Hist. Yorks., vol. iii, pp. 223-226, 239.

3 Willelmus Whitebrow, plasterer, received the freedom of the city in 1333. York Freemen, op. cit., p. 28.

Johannes de Colwyk, carpenter, free in 1345; ibid., p. 38. 5 viijs. viijd. is inserted above sequente.

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Item, pictori, xiiijd. Item in j picoyse empt', xiijd. Item, stramine empto.1 Item, pro teghhillis (sic) emptis, vijs. Summa xxxixs. vjd. ob.2

Item, in septimana sequente, datum Johanni Colwyk et famulis suis, carpentariis, xjs. Item, in saghers, iijs. ijd. ob. Item, in tectoribus, iijs. iiijd. Item, in ij laborantibus per eandem septimanam, xxd. Item, in j cariagio conducto, ixd. Item, in j muliere conducta, xjd. ob. Item, in lime empt' in eadem septimana, vijs. jd. Item, in potu per septimanam predictam, ijs. iiijd. Item, in cornertighil empt' cum portacione, vjd. ob. Item, in vj regald' et vj waynscotes, vjs. iiijd. Summa xxxvjs. xjd.

Item, in septimana sequente, solutum pro j trunco, iijs. iiijd. Item, Johanni Winter solutum pro cariagio ij dierum, xijd. Item, pro mundacione domi, vjd. Item, pro flekez solutz', xiiijd. ob. Item, solverunt carpuntario (sic) in septimana sequente, xiijs. vjd. Item, a les mathoumes pur les grundes faire, vjs. Et William Wynter a les dites matthoums, ijs. Item, a les saghers, vs. xd. Item, iij operariis per septimanem (sic) predictam, iiijs. iiijd. Item, in ij mel' emptis, vd. Item, in v arboribus emptis, xjs. vijd. Item, in cole empt', iiijd. Item, in potu empto per septimanam predictam, ijs. vjd. Summa lijs. jd. ob.

Item, in septimana sequente, pro latez de Doncaster emptis, iiij mill', cum portagio, xxijs. vjd. Item, pro viij c. lattez emptis, cum portagio, iiijs. viijd. Item, in portagio de x mele de lim, xxjd. Recept' de Johanne de Selby, per manus Petri Irenmanger, pro cariagio unius caracte (sic), per j diem et dimidiam, ijs. vjd. Item, Willelmo Market3 pro cariagio, xd. ob. Item, Willelmo Winter pro cariagio, ij dierum vjd. Item, in j sa empt', xd. Item, in j masoun, ijs. vjd. Item, in vj carpon

1 No price given.

2 Summa xxxijs. with vij above ijs. xjd. ob, is inserted above xxxixs. vjd. ob. but crossed through.

3 Willelmus Market does not appear in the freemen's ist; but in 1411 Henry Market, merchant, takes up his freedom, and in 1436 becomes chamberlain. York Freemen, op. cit., pp. 117, 151. If he were any relation to Willelmus Market, the family must have gone to Germany, for in 1430 Henry Market was naturalised as an Englishman, Henricus Market infra partes Almannie oriundus." York Memorandum Book, op. cit., pp. 96, 185, 186.

tariis (sic), xiijs. vjd. Item, in v operariis per eandem septimanam, vs. Item, in potacione per eandem septimanam, ijs. Summa lvjs. viijd.

Item, liberatum abbati de Wytheby1 pro arreragiis tenementorum in Fosgate, xijs. Item, solutum carpentariis per septimanam sequentem, xjs. vjd. Item, iij operariis, ijs. ixd. ob. Item, in j carecta conducta, iijd. Item, in potu per septimanam predictam, xvjd. ob. Summa xxvijs. xjd.

Item, in septimana sequente in carpentariis, xjs. vjd. Item, in ij operariis cum j muliere, iijs. ijd. Item, in diversis expensis circa carpentarios et alios operarios, in prandium, ijs. vijd. Item, in die Martis et Mercurii, in cibo, xiiijd. circa candlemas. Item, in diebus Veneris et Sabbati, in cibo, ijs. Summa xxs. vd.

Item, in septimana sequente in carpentariis, xiiijs. Item, in iij operariis per eandem, iiijs. iijd. Et datum in diversis expensis, xd. Memorandum de expensis factis per Thomam de Calton et Willelmum de Duresme,2 collectores debitorum, anno Domini m'cccolvij, videlicet, die Lune proxima post festum Assumpcionis beate Marie (21 August) per septimanam sequentem, Johanni de Colwik, iijs. Willelmo de Sutton,3 ijs. vjd., Ricardo de Barneby, ijs. vjd. Item, in carpentariis per septimanam, vjs. Item, Johanni Mason per j septimanam, ijs. iiijd. Item, in operariis per ij dies et dimidiam, xxijd., in potu, ijd. Item, Margaretis, xd. Item, in potu operariorum, xvd. Item, pro cerotecis operariorum datis, ijs. Summa xxijs. vjd.

Septimana sequente serratoribus, xjd. Item, pro cariagio eorundem, xxjd. Item, Johanni de Colwik, iijs. Item, in carpentariis, vjs., in potu carpentariorum, xiiijd. Item, serratoribus pro iiij diebus et dimidia, iiijs. viijd. Item, ij

1 Willelmus de Burton succeeded Thomas de Hawkesgarth in 1355. Archiepis. Reg. Thoresby, fo. 73a. The Abbot of Whitby was a spiritual Baron, and had the use of the mitre and other pontifical insignia. Vic. Hist. Yorks., vol. iii, p. 104.

2 Willelmus de Duresme had a tenement on Fossbridge, for which he paid xxiijs. a year, in 1376. York Memorandum Book, vol. i, p. 11, Surtees Soc., vol. 120.

2 Willelmus de Sutton, pelter, free of the city in 1325, chamberlain in 1336. York Freemen, op. cit., pp. 27, 50.