Gafol.
Some of them are called gafol; i.e. they were tributes in money and in kind, and in work at ploughing, &c., in the nature rather of rent, rates, and taxes than anything else. They were as follows:
Gafol-yrth.
- At Michaelmas x. gafol-pence.
- At Martinmas xxiii. sesters of barley and ii. hens.[168]
- At Easter a young sheep, or ii.d.
- Of gafol-ploughing (gafol-yrð) to plough three acres, and sow it from his barn.
- The hearth-penny.
- With another gebur to feed a hound.
- Six loaves to the swineherd of the manor, when he takes the flock to pasture.
- In some places the gebur gives honey-gafol, in some mete-gafol, and in some ale-gafol.
Bene-work.
Next there were the precariæ or bene-work, extra special services:
- To plough three acres 'to bene' (ad precem), and two to 'gærsyrðe.' [169] [p141]
Week-work.
Lastly, the chief services were the regular week-work (wic-weorc), generally limited to certain days a week according to the season.
- 'He shall work for week-work two days at such work as he is bid throughout the year, each week; and in August three days' week-work, and from Candlemas to Easter three days.'