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At 10 shillings per person, the total does indeed come to 4 pounds.

OED, s.v. detriment: "4. pl. The name of certain small charges made by colleges and
similar societies upon their members. The 'detriments' at Cambridge corresponded to the
'decrements' at Oxford, and appear to have been originally deductions from the stipends of
foundation members on account of small extras for the table, etc., not included in their statu-
tory or customary commons; the charge was afterwards extended to all members and students
of die colleges. See Fowler Hist. C.C.C. (O.H.S.) 354."

Herne has "fourscore."

0ED, s.v. manciple: "1. An officer or servant who purchases provisions for a college, an
inn of court, a monastery, etc."

Astell properly converts Herne's 44 shillings, two pence.

It was in Davies that I learned "a 'hunk' of bread" was "called a bevor," and that the
word was "still in use in Suffolk in 1863 … amongst labourers for the ten or eleven o'clock
snack in the harvest-field" (256 and note). Cf. OED, s.v. bever: "3. A small repast between
meals; a 'snack,' nuncheon, or lunch; esp. one in the afternoon between mid-day dinner and
supper. Chiefly dial."

Astell correctly converts Herne's "xiiii d. a man."

I am unsure what these figures are meant to indicate.

I.e., holidays. Herne identifies "Twenty three Exceeding days," including Christmas,
New years, Kings-day, Michaelmas, and All Saints.

Astell provides the yearly total for, as Herne puts it, "all Dyets, Beavors, and exceed-
ing days" (147).

The per-person charges in this section are included in Herne.

Astell corrects an error in Herne, who has "ix" instead of "lxix."

Astell combines two of Herne's categories. The first comprises such items as "Shoos,"
"Stockings" and "Garters" at £44, the second "Shirts" and "fix Bands" at £22.

Herne includes "the Chappel-Clerk, Organist, Manciple and Matron" in his list
(148).

Cf. Herne: "Sixteen Gowns for Sixteen Grooms and other inferior Officers at xx s. a
man" (148).

Astell elides three pages of specific charges included in Herne—from the "Preacher"
(£40), to the "Gardner" (£20), to the "Clock keeper" (£2)—and instead provides only the
final total.

I.e, the total for "Ordinary Allowances." Note that Astell's final total reflects specific
categories not included in her list, hence the apparent discrepancy—the Manciple's fuel allow-
ance, for instance, was £2, while £10 was set aside for "Burials." "Washing" is indeed one of
the specific charges included in Herne's list.

Cf. Herne: "Sum total of the yearly Expence of the Hospital for Dyets, Liveries, Wages,
and other ordinary allowances" (152).