St Andrew's Day food payments, c.1235
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Transcription of the Latin of Custumale Roffense folio 66 along with a translation, by Dr Christopher Monk.
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The wine custom, c.1235
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Transcript of the Latin of Custumale Roffense, folios 27v-28r, with a translation, by Christopher Monk.
Read MoreAnimals and food at Rochester Priory
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Dr Christopher Monk explores details about animals and animal products consumed at Rochester Priory emerging from a section in Custumale Roffense concerning the monastery’s lay servants (folios 53r-60v).
Read MoreInfirmary Herbary
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Head Gardener Graham Huckstepp explores the herbs growing in the Infirmary Herb Garden.
Read MoreFood rents c. 1235
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Dr Christopher Monk explores the role of animals and animal products at the Priory of Saint Andrew at Rochester, for everything from manuscripts to candles and transport to food.
Read MoreThe Rochester Priory flan
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The master miller of Rochester Priory received a food gift at Easter for his services to the community of monks there. That gift was a flan. In this video, Dr Christopher Monk recreates a medieval recipe for a sweet creamy flan: silky smooth and delicious!
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Duties of the Cellarer's Doorkeeper, c.1235
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The cellarer’s range formed the west range of the priory cloister and was were food, wine and other goods were stored in cool, sunken vaults.
Read MoreDuties of the Granger, c.1235
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The granger was responsible for receiving and distributing the fodder, for sowing barley and all the seed in Priestfield with the ploughman, watching the hay in the barn at night, and for dividing up the winnowed wheat.
Read MoreConcerning salmon paid to the refectory, c.1235
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Salmon dues from Haddenham, Darenth, Stoke, Frindsbury, Denton, Southfleet and Wouldham.
Read MoreCalendars for bloodletting, 13th century
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Medical recipes are not typical texts for a custumal. For some reason Westerham decided to preserve them in his register, perhaps because they would be readily available.
Read MoreCustumale Roffense, c.1235
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Dr Christopher Monk introduces the ‘Custumal of Rochester’, a thirteenth-century customs book from the Cathedral Priory of St Andrew full of vivid details not just of the lives of the monks but also offering valuable insight into the servants of the priory.
Read MoreProvisions for the sick of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
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Here is what is owed to the sick brothers of Saint Bartholomew.
Read MoreDuties and succession of the millers, c.1235
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Detailing the duties and wages of the millers.
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