
Seneschaucie
「13th c.」Seneshaucie in Walter of Henley’s Husbandry, Together with an Anonymous Husbandry, Seneschauchie and Robert Grosseteste’ Rules「Google Books」 (London, 1890).
The Office of a Bailiff
And he ought to forbid any provost or bedel or hayward or any other servant of the manor to ride on, or lend, or ill-treat the cart-horses or others. And he ought to see that the horses and oxen and all the stock are well kept. (91)
The Office of a Plowman
The ploughmen ought to be men of intelligence, and ought to know how to sow, and how to repair and mend broken ploughs and harrows, and to till the land well, and crop it rightly; and they ought to know also how to yoke and drive the oxen, without beating or hurting them, and they ought to forage them well. (111)
The Office of Waggoners
The waggoner ought to know his trade, to keep the horses and curry them, and to load and carry without danger to his horses, that they may not be overloaded or overworked, or overdriven, or hurt. (111)