[Sca-cooks] more on drinking water in the Middle Ages

[Decker, Terry D.]

Does Dyer provide a glossary?  I believe the term drage probably equates to
dredge, which is a mixture of oats and barley.

Bear

> The water citation(s), from Dyer again:
>
> p154 "Beatrice atte Lane, who was surrendering 24 acres, was
> promised 1
> 1/2 quarters of maslin, and 1 1/2 quarters of drage, sufficient for an
> ample diet of bread adn ale, while a smallholder with 4 1/2
> acres, Sara
> Bateman, received a quarter of maslin and 4 bushels of barley, the
> ingredients of a menu of bread and pottage, accompanied
> mostly by water."
>
> Margaret FitzWilliam