Post by Clofeshoas on Mar 4, 2012 11:29:54 GMT
Meopham manor sits above the Medway to the west of Rochester in west Kent. For administrative purposes, with Cliffe, it was regarded as being outside Kent.
The manor was accounted for by a serjeant from 1282, with the exception of a lone early reeve's account from 1259. The accounts list receipts and expenses, corn and stock accounts in the usual format, with stock inventories attached, especially in the early years. The series is remarkably complete until the 1350s. From at least 1393, a farmer accounts, for the rectory as well as the manor, with a single brief bedel's account remaining for 1450.
The rectory was accounted for by a separate serjeant from at least 1282, answering directly to the almoner. The serjeant actually rendered separate accounts for the tithes and the demesne, and on a couple of occasions, these are in duplicate. With a possible exception from the early years of Edward III, these accounts have not survived after 1308. From at least 1393, the almoner lost his independent estates and the rectory was accounted for with the manor.
www.kentarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CCA-DCc-BR%2FMeopham&pos=72
The manor was accounted for by a serjeant from 1282, with the exception of a lone early reeve's account from 1259. The accounts list receipts and expenses, corn and stock accounts in the usual format, with stock inventories attached, especially in the early years. The series is remarkably complete until the 1350s. From at least 1393, a farmer accounts, for the rectory as well as the manor, with a single brief bedel's account remaining for 1450.
The rectory was accounted for by a separate serjeant from at least 1282, answering directly to the almoner. The serjeant actually rendered separate accounts for the tithes and the demesne, and on a couple of occasions, these are in duplicate. With a possible exception from the early years of Edward III, these accounts have not survived after 1308. From at least 1393, the almoner lost his independent estates and the rectory was accounted for with the manor.
www.kentarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CCA-DCc-BR%2FMeopham&pos=72