In his own chapel at Dumfries, October 24th, for good news about the Scots, 7s.; 28th, 7s.; November 1st, 7s.; and November 3d, at his own altar at Carlaverock, 7s.
14th Oct. At his own chapel (Holm), for the report he heard of the success of the men-at-arms of the Castle of Roxburgh, 7s.
There is also, in the same year, an offering at the high altar of the Royal Chapel of Westminster, for good news against the Scots; and 5l. 10s. 10d. for 190 masses in honour of different saints, by the King’s chaplains, both in England and Scotland, between November 20th, 1299, and November 19th, 1300.
[46] The curious reader may perhaps take some interest in the following notices of the workmen employed about these fortresses, and the rate of wages they received for their labour. They are taken from the Wardrobe Account. The authenticity of the document is unquestionable.
| Repairs at Lochmaben, October 1300. | |||||
| Octr. 24. | Hire of 44 ditchers (fossatores) from the neighbourhood of Lochmaben, (including one overseer at 6 pennies a day) for one day | L.0 8 0 | |||
| 25. | Do. of 34 do. (including one overseer at 6 pennies a day) for 3 days | 0 19 0 | |||
| 31. | Do. of 50 do. (including 3 overseers at 6 pennies each per day) for 4 days | 1 17 4 | |||
| Nov. 2. | Do. of one manager, at 6 pennies a day, and 178 ditchers including 9 overseers from the county of Northumberland, for 3 days | 4 15 0 | |||
| Paid William of Lochmaben, overseer, and 25 labourers from the neighbourhood of Lochmaben, for 3 days (from 27th of Octr.) | 0 13 6 | ||||
| Nov. 2. | Hire of 76 labourers from Cumberland, including 4 overseers as above, by the King’s order (ad mandatum Regis) for 1 day | 0 13 4 | |||
| Do. of 4 men inspecting the work of said ditchers, from 23d till 30th October, 8 days, at 4 pennies a day each | 0 10 8 | ||||
| Do. of 7 women helping to clean the ditches for one day (Oct. 24) at 1½ pennies | 0 0 10½ | ||||
| Do. for 9 women (Oct. 27) 3 days at 1½d. | 0 3 4½ | ||||
| Do. for 10 | (Oct. 28.) | } | as above | 0 3 4½ | |
| Do. for 14 | (Oct. 29.) | ||||
| Do. for 25 | (Oct. 30.) | 0 3 1½ | |||
| Extra gratification to said ditchers, being King’s bounty | 1 5 7 | ||||
| Carriage of workmen’s tools from Northumberland, through Carlisle to Dumfries | 0 10 0 | ||||
| Hire of 2 smiths from said county, from 17th Oct. till Nov. 1st, 16 days, at 4 pennies a day | 1 1 4 | ||||
| L.13 4 1½ | |||||
Amount paid to Henry Braundeston, for Ade de St Edmunds.—See [page 269] of Wardrobe Account.
Hire of 2 men employed in Inglewood-forest, making charcoal for the smiths, 4 days, 2s.
| Paid Simon Kingesman, master of the Margaret of Kipavene, for freight of 30 quarters of wheat from Kirkcudbright to Dublin, to be ground there, and carriage of the same to Ayr, for the use of the King’s army in that place—Wages for self and 12 seamen, from 2. till 15. August, both included, 15 days | L.2 9 0 |
| To the same, for pilotage of said vessel | 0 6 8 |
| L.2 15 8 | |
| Paid Wewmund Gegge, of the Savoy of Tynemouth, freight of 143 quarters of wheat, from Kirkcudbright to Whitehaven, to be ground, and carriage of the same to Ayr, for the King’s army in that place—Wages for self and 9 seamen, 5. till 14. August, both included, 10 days | L.1 7 6 |
[N. B. Wages of master 6d. and seamen 3d. per day, during the expedition to Scotland in 1300.]