And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock. Robert Grosseteste arrangecorncourt share on social
Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words. Robert Grosseteste badcarefulcommand Change image and share on social
Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there. Robert Grosseteste freeguestmake Change image and share on social
Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on. Robert Grosseteste acrefallowhundred Change image and share on social
Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms. Robert Grosseteste almbreadcorn Change image and share on social
And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid. Robert Grosseteste adviseaforesayaugust share on social
And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals. Robert Grosseteste forbidmealquarrel Change image and share on social
Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable. Robert Grosseteste carefulchasteclean Change image and share on social
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners. Robert Grosseteste beliefcommanddiscreet share on social
And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults. Robert Grosseteste faulthighlady share on social
