…unius aketon nullius valoris, v.
bacinettis nullius valoris, vij balistis de vicibus quarum
j de baleigne cum j hasepe de novo apparatu, xij balistis unius pedis de novo
apparatu, j cista, iiij bukettis plenis de quarellis pro predictis vj balistis,
j arcu, v garbis sagittarum, vij costis pro arcubus, xij costis pro balistis
unius pedis quarum iiij nullius valoris, ij costis pro balistis de vicibus, x balistis unius pedis nullius valoris, j
teler sine nuce pro balista de vicibus, xxxv
quarellis pro springald de novo apparatu, xxviij quarellis pro springaldo sine
pennis quarum iiij sine capite, xlvj torches cere in una cista, 1 tortie et
xxvj broches cere in una alia cista, xv baudreis quorum iiij sine clavibus, …
Compotus of Roger de Horncliffe, from
8 Feb. 1 Ed. III. to Mich, 4 Ed.
III. in Ministers' Accounts, Bamburgh, V2 1-4 Ed.
III. P.R.O. .
…one aketon of no value, five bassinets
of no value; seven screw crossbows,
one of them of whalebone, with one new hasepe, 12 new one foot crossbows, one
chest and four buckets full of quarrels for the aforesaid 6 crossbows, one bow,
five sheaves of arrows; seven staves for bows; twelve prods for one-foot crossbows,
four of them of no value; two prods for screw crossbows, 10 one-foot crossbows of no value; one tiller
without a nut for a screw crossbow, 35 new springald quarrels, twenty-eight
unfeathered quarrels for a springald, four of them without heads; forty-six wax
torches in one chest, and fifty torches and thirty-six wax tapers in another
chest; fifteen belts (for spanning crossbows), four of them without hooks…
Translation: Will Mclean 2012
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