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20 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: VOL. IV.
I.
THE CASTLE
MILLS,
DUBLIN.
6. Damages
during War,
1316-17.
found by the said inquisition. They have also allowed 23s., the value
of the aforesaid two horses. Also they have awarded ^4 i8s. 4d. for
multure of one mill during the ninth year of the reign of the present
king [13 16], because the keepers could not gain more than 35s.
that year, on account of the Gate del Dam being obstructed. Also
they have awarded ^£"4 13s. 4d. for multure of the same mill in the
tenth year of the reign of the king [131 7], as in that year the keepers
could gain no further multure than 40s., on account of the mill lying
broken and prostrate for eighteen weeks before it was repaired.
Therefore the sum allotted to the keepers in this matter, in
accordance with the aforesaid verdict of the inquisition, amounts
to 1 ;£"i3 6s. 4d., by which the keepers are consequently exonerated
from the arrears aforesaid ; as fully contained in the account of the
said keepers entered on the great rolls for this thirteenth year [of the
reign of the king, 1320].
Over and above the foregoing is also a sum of £4 2od. charged
against the said custodians ; but of this they have since paid ^4, as
appears by certain tallies of the Exchequer here, which is credited tothem
on their account. And thus they still owe in the matter 2od.
The sum and substance of the claim and award, if put
in the form of a modern statement of account, would
assume some such aspect as the following :—
DUBLIN CASTLE MILLS, MARCH 1319.
Walter de Keppok and Randolph de Loung
IN Account with the Exchequer of Ireland.
Cr.
By Toll unpaid on grinding to order of— cr.
Edmund Butler, Justiciary
18
John de Hotham, Viceroy
60
Roger de Mortimer, Viceroy
60
William de Istlip, Treasurer 10
i\th toll on 148 cr. 5 pks. of wheat and malt
By Value of 9 cr. 2 pks. wheat flour and malt @ ^ mark per
I
,, ,, mill-horse seized by R. de Mortimer .
,, „ I „ „ A. le Poer
„ Rental, already paid for 13 16, of one mill, idle by £
cr. .
s. d.
the Gate del Dam being closed . . .6134
Less Casual Toll during the year . . i 15 o
148
pks.
o
5
o
o
4 18 4-
„ Rental already paid for 13 17, the said mill being
broken and prostrate 6134
Less Casual Toll during the year . .200 ^ ^3 4
„ Sundry Accounts (paid except 20 pence, as per tallies of
the Exchequer)
£13 16 4
^418.