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Item, in xv Slottes ,et stapulis ferri emptis pro hostiis et fenes- 

 tris ibidem ij'- vj^ 



Item, in xxxij petris et iiij lbs. plumbi emptis de Thorn a 

 Plumer pro ij gurgitibus^ inde factis xxj'. 



Item, in xiij Fyrsparres^ emptis pro caminis et closettis in 

 eisdem iiij'. iiij**. 



Item, in j par magnarura ligaturarum ferri cum crocis ferri ^ 

 emptis pro magno hostio Thesauri iiij'. 



Item, in magna cerura cum clavis emptis cum stapillis ferri 

 pro eodem hostio iij*. 



Item, j cementario facienti foramina in petris pro dictis crocis 

 ferri ibidem fixando per unum diem iiij"*. 



Item, in vij paribus ligaturarum ferri emptis pro hostiis domo- 

 rum supra dictarum, pro quolibet pari vij"* iiij'. j*^. 



Item, pro xj paribus ligaturarum ferri emptis pro fenestris, 

 precium cujus paris, iiij*^ iij'. viij^. 



Item in bordis de doliis vocatis TFadtonn,'^ emptis pro placiis 



ibidem faciendis xxvj'. 



Summa Ixviij^'. viij'. v*^. 



From the preceding account we learn that the buildings 

 which formed the royal mint in the castle of York in the 

 fifteenth century consisted of a dwelling-house for the moneyer 

 and his servants, — a melting-house with the requisite fur- 

 naces, — and a treasury, or domum fortem in qua monete secure 

 custodiri poterunt. The amount shown by the compotus to 

 have been expended in its re-construction, does not lead to the 



* Two spouts of lead, weiglimg 32 sto. 4 lbs. cost about 8d. per stone. About tbe 

 same price was paid in Suffolk a century later. History of Hengrave, p. 47. 



2 Fyrsparres. Spar is a northern term for rafter. By the firspars in the compo- 

 tus are probably meant sawn lengths of Norway deals. Deals under the name of 

 hordes de Estland were used in the repairs of Berwick Castle in the reign of Edward I. 

 Liber Quotid., p. 119. 



3 Iron bands and crooks formed the hinges of the doors. 



* Bordis de doliis vocatis Wadtonn. The staves of empty casks were used for 

 paling. The wad-ton was probably the cask in which the dyeing plant called wad 

 or woad was imported. Woad was formerly an article of considerable traffic at 

 York. " Pro xxii doliis vacuis emptis pro palicio faciendo ad curtilagium Eegine 

 xviij*. iiij^." Account of Expenses at Ehuddlan Castle. Archseol., Yol. XVI. p. 44. 



