IN the Assisa Scaccarii or Annual Balance Sheet, which is copied into Register H. for the years 1252 to 1262, there is a seperate department called Carpentaria under the charge of one of the Monks, who is referred to as Carpentarius. The following transcripts are of these sections for the three years 1252-1254. In 1252 the monk in charge was William de Wincestr' from Michaelmas to Easter, and Henry, whose surname is not given, from Easter to the following Michaelmas.
Register H. fo. 172r. Account of William de Wincestr'.
Recepta      vi li.   xii s.
Expensa
In aqueductu¹ et fossatis cum solidatis 
                                        unius servientis  xiii s. ob.
In petra et calce, tegula² cum solidatis 
                                        tegulatorum      xxxviii s. i d. ob.
In plumbo empto et stagno³       xxi s. x d. ob.
In meremio⁴ empto               xxvii s. viii d. ob.
Opera et utensilia               xxxviii s. iii d.

Ad lingna⁵ trahenda                      x d.
           summa tocius expense        vii li. iiii d.
et debentur⁶ ei                          xi s. iiii d.

Account of Henry
Recepta       iiii li. xvii s.
Expensa in aqueductu et fossatis et 
                         solidatis i servientis            vii s. iiii d.
In calce, sablo et tegula cum solidatis 
                         tegulatorum et cementar'    xxii s. iiii d.
In meremio empto et solidatis carpentar'     xx s. viii d.
In ferramento et cordis                               xvs. v d. ob.
In plumbo et solidatis plumbar'                   xxvi s. iii d.
Dona fratrum iiii s.
   ¹  Probably water-main or conduit.
    ²  Perhaps bricks rather than roof-tiles, though dubious at this
          date.  
    ³  Tin (for solder).
    ⁴  Timber.
    ⁵  for ligna --- timbers.
    ⁶  Balance owing to the accountant.