Extracted from:   http://www.foxearth.org.uk/daniel_of_beccles.html

The Book of the Civilized Man

Danielis Becclesiensis

12th Century

Let not a brute beast be stabled in the hall, let not a pig or a cat be seen in it; the animals which can be seen in it are the charger and the palfrey, hounds entered to hare, mastiff pups, hawks, sparrow-hawks, falcons and merlins.

When you are about to leave, let your cob be at the door. 

Do not mount him in the hall. 

Do not for fleas on your arms or bosom in front of the patron or in front of the servants in the hall.

Do not be a nose-blower at dinner nor a spitter; if a cough attacks you defeat the cough.If you want to belch, be mindful to look at the ceiling indoors.

Small children naturally had deplorable habits:

They cover their clothes with ashes, they make them dirty, they dribble on them; they wipe their noses flowing with filth on their sleeves. 

Only the host himself might urinate in the hall after dinner: the rest, it is clear, should go outside. A man emptying his bowels should find a hidden place in a wood or field and face into the wind. He should use his left hand to wipe himself. It was shameful to attack an enemy who was in this position. It was wrong to fart indoors. 

When your lord enters the inner chamber, swiftly check that the privy (gumphus) is free of dirt.

When he sits on the privy in the usual way, take in your hands hay or straw, pick up two big wads of hay in your fingers and press them well together. You should prepare to give them to your patron when he wants them. Let the wads be given to him as you stand, not bending the knee…. If two together are sitting on a privy, one should not get up while the other is emptying himself. (1266-79)