b'Account of John Mortimer, Reeve of Bishop Wilton, for 1427Andrew SeftonT he translated document below gives a goodArrearsaccount of life in Bishop Wilton in the 15thThe same owes 8 18s 8d. of the arrears remaining Century. It mentions the various farm rents providingat the foot of the account of the preceding year. income for the diocese of York. There is a commonTotal 818s8d.oven where bread for the village would have been baked using flour from each households store ofFarm of the fixed rents of the demesne grain from strip farming on the open fields. It providesland, communal oven, pastures and remarkable information on just how far materials weremeadows.traded for village use. Loads of stone and tiles cameAnd they account for . of 53 6s 8d from the from York and millstones from Beverley. It showsfarm of fixed rents at 11 12s 8d; for the communal how the village life revolved around the Christianoven at 22s; inin Wilton, lately acquired by calendar of Michaelmas and Easter. It mentions 2William Melton3 formerly Archbishop of York, at 11s mills in Bishop Wilton which are also referred to in the Extent of Wilton 1of 1388 which has 3 mills and4d; demesne land lately in the Lords culture but 18 a common oven. Many of the old field names andbovates with 90 acres of demesne land leased to farm names listed in the Enclosure act of 1772 2arethe Lords tenants and the same with 6 acres and 1 rood of land lying in diverse places and also with the mentioned such as Hall Cliff, Ewegang, Cot Nab,pasture of Halclyffe4 and the meadows of Thirlyengs5Manna Green, Greenwick. However Hall Garth is notcontaining 14 acres and 3 roods leased to the Lords mentioned, perhaps indicating there was no incometenants at 12 a year formerly at 13 of St. Peters from it and it was not used. Is this because it was inpence and work in the Michaelmas term at 77s; ruins? There is no mention of the Palace, merely theherbage and pasture above Greenwyk6 at 66s 8d at Lords Household which was probably referring tothe Easter and Michaelmas terms; from zongangs7the household at Bishopthorpe, as it mentions thepaid rent of 40s and Wolfecliffe8 3s; Blaberymore9 preparation of flour at Wilton for transportation to(40s) and Culengwold10 (30s) at 70s; Manyngrigge11Thorpe. at 40s; Cattenabe12 at 20s below Grenewyk at 53s WILTON 4d; the meadow of Hannon at 42s; agistments in Account of John Mortimer Reeve and John Bradleythe wood of Thornepark and Smalpark sometimes at 14s 6d and sometimes at 6s 8d leased this year with farmer of the same, at the feast of St. Michael inherbage and easements within the site of the manor13the 5th year of the reign of Henry VI, until the sameby the same John Bradley.feast of St. Michael the next following 6th year of theTotal: 53 6s 8dsame king namely for one whole year.1Bulletin 5, The Site of the Archbishop of Yorks Palace by A.Sefton2Bulletin 3, The Bishop Wilton Open Field System prior to 1772 by A.Sefton.3William de Melton was Archbishop of York from 1317 to 13404Hall Cliff5Thirlyengs was called Threeling on the 1772 enclosure plan.6Greenwick Farm was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 10867Ewegang in later documents8Wolfecliffedoes this indicate the presence of Wolves?9Blaberymore could be Bilberry Moor - Blaeberry is bilberry in the Yorkshire Dictionary. Bleberry Moornear Wilton is mentioned in an assignment (1570) of the late wife of Christopher Estoft (owner of part ofthe manor in the 16th Century)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds ref: WYL230/345110Callis Wold11Manna Green12Cot Nab13Within the site of the manor almost certainly means within the site of the manor house (or hall). Doesuse of the word site mean that this is the ruin of the manor house (or hall) in Hall Garth?142 BULLETIN 9'