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Item in xxj doliis de Piastre^ emptis pro hujusmodi opere, 

 precii dolii cum cariagio iij'. iiij''. .,.,,........ Ixx*. 



Item in thradiis* vij c emptis pro combustione ejusdem, 

 precii C. viij"* iiij'. viij**. 



Item in denariis solutis Johanni Bolron Carpentario et sociis 

 suis pro factura carpentarie omnium domorum predictorum (sic) 

 ex certa convencione secum facta in grosso x'. x"*. 



Item in denariis solutis Johanni Carter pro evacuatione terre 

 de solo ubi dicte domus fuerunt edificate extra castrum proedic- 

 tum ac pro mundacione ejusdem soli et planum faciende ex 

 consimili conventione xxxij'. 



Item in denariis solutis cuidara tegulatori pro tegulacione 

 Omnium domorum predictorum {sic) ex consimili conven- 

 tione xxx'. 



Item in denariis solutis duobus plastratoribus pro plastra- 

 cione omnium murorum dictarum domorum ex consimili con- 

 vencione vij". 



Item in Cxxx sxrmagiis luti emptis pro fundamentis domorum 

 ibidem et pro fornacibus pro factore monete et pro caminis de eo 

 faciendis, precii cujus sumagii, j** x". x*. 



Item, vj Spryng lohhys cum xij clavis emptis pro eisdem .... 

 . . hostiorum domorum predictarum vij'. vj**. 



Item, in ij doubel Spryng lohhys cum stapulis emptis pro 

 eisdem cum x clavis emptis pro eodem iij'. iiij**. 



Item, in v Stohlohhes emptis pro eisdem ij'. vj**. 



Item, in viij anulis ferri cum bosis^ emptis pro hostiis domo- 

 rum predictorum (sic) xvj**. 



Item, in iij Slottes et iiij stapillis ferri emptis pro hostio 

 domus Thesauri xij*. 



Item, in tegulis vocatis querelis^ emptis pro pavemento fa- 

 ciendo in uno (sic) domo vocato le Meltyng -house et j homini 

 pro labore suo , xviij*. 



' Probably gypsum or plaster of Paris •which was formerly imported into this 

 country, being brought over in a rough state and burnt here. Turner's Dom. Arch, 

 of the Middle Ages, p. 15. 



' Thradiis. Probably thraves of straw used in burning the piastre. 



' Iron rings with bosses formed the handles of the doors. 



* Annealed tiles, called qttarrelt from their square or lozenge form, were used for 

 the floor of the melting-house. 



