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Item, in x M'.cccc. de Thahteyle^ emptis pro tectura dictanim 

 domorura, precium M'. cum carriagio x'. x^ cxiij'. viij''. 



Item in iiij". x. Rygteyle^ emptis pro hujusmodi opere. 



Item in xiijM'. de Walteyle^ emptis pro eisdem, precium 

 M'. vj . viij** iiij". vij'. viij**. 



Item in iij M'.c ere vocat naulati precium C.xij^. .xxxj'. 



Item in ij M'.cccc douhylspyhynges'^ emptis pro eisdem 

 domibus, precium C°^ iiij"*. ob viij'. vij**. ob. 



Item in M\cccc et Ix de myddylspyhynges^ emptis causa pre- 

 dicta, precii C^ ij*^. ob. q* vij'. xj**. 



Item in vj M'. Dec et Ix Stanhrod'^ emptis pro eodem opere, 

 precii C^ i**. ob. q* ix'. x**. 



Item inij M'.cc de ^Sbo^seme^ emptis, precii C. j"*. ob. q*. . iij'. ij"^. ob. 



Item in C dyshe naylles emptis pro eodem ij'. 



Item in xxxmetys^ et dimy calcis emptis pro hujusmodi opere, 

 precii cujusdam mete xvj^ cum [carriagio] xl'. viij**. 



Item in iiij"". xix sumagiis sabuli* emptis pro hujusmodi 

 opere viij'. iiij'*. 



1 ThakteyU — Bygteyle — WalteyU. The tUes that were made to be laid upon 

 the slope of the roof were called Thaktiles. The Eygteyle was that which was 

 made to lay upon the ridge of the roof, and was sometimes called Eofetyle or 

 Crestyle. The Walteyle, as its name indicates, was used in the construction of the 



' walls, being the same as that which a century later was termed brick. There can 

 be no doubt that all these tiles were manufactured of the clay which is abundant 

 near York. The use of wall-tiles has been traced as far back as the latter half of 

 the 13th century, but it was not until the reign of Henry VI. that " they became 

 fashionable materials for building." Bricks under the name of waU-tiles are said 

 to have been employed in the construction of some parts of King's College Chapel, 

 Cambridge ; and the magnificent mansion of Hurst-Monceaux in Sussex, erected in 

 the early part of the reign of Henry VI., was built wholly of brick. The price per 

 1000 stated in the present compotus is 6s. 4d. During a century preceding, it had 

 varied from 6s. to 6s. 8d. ; a century later the price in Suffolk was 4s. 8d. per 1000. 

 Archseologia, Vol. IV. p. 90. Gage's History of Hengrave, p. 47. Parker's Glos- 

 sary of Architecture. 



2 Different kinds of nails. Spikings is a term now in use for some sorts of iron 

 nails. 



3 Metiis. A met, at York, contained two bushels. 

 * Sumagiis sabuli. Horse-loads of sand. 



