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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Medical recipes against strangury and dysuria, 13th century
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Two medical recipes written down by a monk-scribe of St Andrew’s Priory, Rochester, are today part of the single bound volume known as Custumale Roffense (c. 1235), or the Rochester custumal.
Read MoreThe 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 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!
Read MoreRents for the chamberlain, c.1235
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The chamberlain’s principal duties related to the provision of the brothers’ clothing and shoes.
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Rents in remembrance of fathers and mothers, c.1235
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Possibly it relates to payments for the upkeep of memorial stones for deceased family members.
Read MoreRents for the almoner, c.1235
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The almoner was responsible for distributing alms to the poor.
Read MoreRents for the prior, c.1235
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The prior would have had his own table to maintain for entertaining visitors.
Read MoreRents for the community, c.1235
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This commences the revenue for the monastic community as a whole, i.e. not allocated to particular offices.
Read MoreRents for the cellarer, c.1235
/Rents for the cellarer, responsible for storing the food and drink of the priory.
Read MoreMoneys due at the Mandatum of the Poor, c.1235
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A list of the individuals owing an annual debt to the poor in fulfilment of Christ’s implicit command: e.g. Matthew 25:31-35.
Read MoreRents for the sacrist, c.1235
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The sacristy was the office of the sacrist, responsible for vestments, vessels, and other items connected with worship.
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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 MoreDuties of the Infirmary Attendants
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Concerning the infirmary attendant: what he ought to do.
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