Cleobury Park accounts 1383-4

The original of these is in the National Archives (SC 6/966/3). We are grateful to Dr Sylvia Watts and the Odericus Vitalis Latin Local History group for the translation.

The account of John Horewode parker of Roger Mortimer and his associates, keepers etc. from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the 8th year of the reign of King Richard the Second after the conquest until the the same feast then next following, to wit in the 9th year of the reign of the said king for one whole year.

Arrears
The same answers for 13s of arrears of the last account there in the preceding year.
Sum 13s

Issues of the wood
And for 10s 10d from pannage of pigs in the park there beyond the tithe at the time of St. Martin. And for 10s from the pannage of pigs in the wood of [Houshill?] outside the park at the said time by W. Walshale. From the sale of wood in the said park nothing this year.
Sum 20s 10d: by parker 10s 10d, [by] Walshale 10s

Sum of the whole receipt with arrears 33s 10d for the year

Payments of money
And paid to Roger Partrich of Dorstone, receiver of Wigmore by the hand of William Walshale from the pannage of pigs in Houshill in the preceding year 13s without tally
And to the said receiver by the hand of Richard the parker from the pannage of pigs this year 10s 10d without tally

Sum of the payments 23s 10d. And he owes 10s and 5s which he received from 10 hasps sold to a certain Fletche and 8s 4d which he received from 8 dozens and 4 bags of iron of the mine in the park there at the end of this audit not before charged. The sum of the debt added together 23s 4d. Of which he is exonerated of 10s of the pannage of pigs in Houshull whereof William Bailleson, baliff of Bewdley answers for in his account of this year by the hand of William Walshale under the heading of foreign receipt. And he owes 13s 4d.

... [faded] 17s 6d