Colne Priory Accounts (ERO D/DPr13)

29.9.1375 (Saturday 29 September 1375)

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upkeep of mills in the hiring of one carpenter to repair the wheel at the mill of Pircesmelne for one day 6d in the hiring of one roofer for roofing and tressling of the said mill 5s in two hundred lathe nails bought for the same 3d in the carting of hair and earth for the said mill 12d in the expenses of the said carter on the same said day 3d in binding withies for the said mill 2d item in the hiring of one carpenter for one day for cutting timber for the said mill 4d in the said timber being carried to the mill with the expenses of the carter for one day 15d
Colneford Mill (in later hand) in the hiring of one carpenter with his assistant for four weeks to mend the said mill of Colford 13s4d altogether for each week 3s4d in clay dug and carted to the said mill 20d in the expenses of the carter with his assistant for the same for one day 4d in the hiring of two men for thirteen days for packing the walls# of the said mill and carrying away earth from the mill 8s8d at an inclusive price per day of 8d in iron nails bought for the said mill 14d in the mending of the floodgates of the same said mill 12d altogether in two oaks felled and shaped for rowells to be made there of with the sawing of the same 3s6d in the said wood being carted to the mill 4d and charged that nineteen planks were used in the repairs of the aforesaid mill and two planks used upon the bridge of Colford in a water wheel bought for the said mill with iron nails bought for the same 22d in the hiring of one carpenter for nine and a half days for mending the mill wheel 4s9d charged for each day 6d in iron nails bought for the said wheel 11d in two men hired to repair the floodgates for one and a ha lf days 12d inclusively for each day 4d for one iron stirop bought for the cogg wheel 4d