Order and Government of a Noble mans Houfe, We. 375

In thefe monthes are beanes, peafe, and oatcs to bee fowen, in fuch groundes as are fittinge for them, and this is the bailiefe of the hufbandrie his chardgc to looke unto. In thefe monthes are all groundes which cattle wente in the laft winter to bee furthed and clenfede, the mole hills throwne abroade, that the frefh fpringe of graile maye the better growe therein. In thefe monthes are all fences to bee made betwixte feverals, fo well ditches as hedges, and thofe ditches well clenfed and fcourede are fo yearlie to bee mayntainede and kepte. In thefe monthes is all kinde of provifions of fewell to bee fort- ede and brought home, vidz. charcole to bee kepte drie in houfe, baume and faggott to bee well ftackede for bakinge and bruinge, billett and logwoode to bee pilede in large ftackes for the houfe ufe in generall, and note that all thefe provifions are to. bee expendede at the difcretion of the ftewarde of houfhould, or iuch other officer io appointede for the tyme beeinge. In thefe bee fommer paftures to bee fparede, vidz, from the 35 th of March untill the 1 st of Maye, that fuch paftures may have tyme to growe and gett heade before the fbmrner cattell bee putt therein, and fuch cattell in that fpace is to be biftowede in meddowes and lowe growndes untill Mayday, and then thofe meddowes to bee clenfede, fpared, and furthede, while the cropps of haye bee taken awaye, and the grone or eatage of fuch meddowes to bee knployed at the difcretion of the ftewarde or bailieffe of the hufbandrie for the lordes befte profitte. In thefe monthes is the befte faile to bee made of all fuch fatte eattell and fheepe as are to be fparede from the lordes houfe ufe,. for nowe will fuch cattell and fheepe yealde the mofte, and foe till Midfummer, which mony fo taken may then bee biftowede on fuch kane cattell and {heepe as at the difcretion of the ftewarde fhall bee