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180 that enjoyed by his continental brother. Doubtless the commander in a French or Spanish manor ruled over his peasantry with an autocratic despotism, denied to him in England. We may also safely assume that in no other langue would there have been so large an expenditure in the item of beer, either melior or secunda. Certainly nowhere else ‘would so noble a revenue have been extracted from the same extent of land. Still, allowing for these and other minor differences, the report of the grand-prior, Philip de Thame, affords a very excellent clue to the general system of governance adopted by the Order of St. John in the management of its property.

COMMANDERIES OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN IN ENGLAND.

County. Commandery. Gross Income. Expenditure.

£s.d. £s.d. Berkehire Grenham, including Shaldeford 76 13 6 34 8 8 Wiltshire Anesty 93 0 0 39 18 8 ‘. Dorsetshire Mayne, includtng Kyngeston 96 2 10 42 5 4 and Waye Devonshire Bothemeseomb, including 50 11 0 22 3 2 Cone Cornwall Trebyghen 75 11 4 20 10 8 Somerset Bucklands, including Halse 124 10 4 83 9 8 Hampshire Godesfield, including Badeslee 66 13 11 30 3 8 and Runham Sussex Palyng 78 11 3 34 0 0 Oxford Clanefeld 60 13 4 34 9 0 Gloucestershire Quenyngton 179 8 4 57 6 9 Herefordshire Dynemoor, including Sutton, 182 7 3 82 1 4 Roiston, and Wormebrigge Pembrokeshire Slebech 307 1 10 141 2 7 North Wales Haletan, including Dongewal 157 6 10 79 7 0 Warwickshire Grafton 78 15 2 29 15 1 Derbyshire Yeveley 95 6 0 63 6 0 Yorkshire Newland 56 5 4 30 6 0 Ditto Mount St. John 58 8 4 24 16 0 Ditto Beverley 83 17 6 43 17 6 Northumberland Chibourn 23 18 8 17 13 4 Nottinghamshire Oscington 95 0 8 77 7 0 Lincoinshire Maitby 116 6 8 50 6 6 Ditto Skirbeok 84 11 8 79 5 0 Leicestershire Dalby, including Beaumont 128 15 8 66 8 3 Northamptonshire Dyngley 79 4 0 37 0 4 Buckinghamshire ifoggeshawe 74 14 10 28 16 4 Bedfordshire Meicheburn 106 2 4 49 17 10