[245] A fother = 19½ cwt.
[246] i.e., vats.
[247] i.e., sanctus bell.
[248] beer coppers (wort = new unfermented beer).
[249] i.e., time allowed, respite, credit; cf. Chaucer, The Franklin’s Tale, l. 847, “bysecheth ... to graunte him dayes of the remenaunt.”
[250] i.e., dormitory.
[251] “Walter Charnels” was Bailiff of the town of Burton (cf. supra, p. 90).
[252] i.e., cushions.
[253] i.e., treasurer.
[254] Sir William Paget was Clerk of the Signet and Privy Councillor, afterwards Baron Paget of Beaudesert (cf. Dict. Natl. Biog., xliii, 60).