THE CASTLE OF THE PEAK, AND THE PIPE ROLLS. 



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during at least the next twenty years, beyond the usual annual 

 charge o( -^4 los. for the two watchmen and the porter. 



The later Rolls I have not yet been able to examine. 



The Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, in his excellent paper on the castle 

 in the Archaeological Journal (Vol. v.) for 1850, quotes sundry other 

 items of a later day for works on the castle, generally of small 

 amount, the only large sums being ^12 9s. id., ^24 5s. yd., and 

 ;^43 5s. 4d., in the 4th, 7th, and 13th years of John respectively. 

 Owing to the destruction of all the works within the curtain wall 



except tl)e great tower, it is difficult to say upon what these sums 

 were laid out.* 



It only remains for me at the present time to say a brief word 



* With regard to the historical evidence of this or any other building, it is 

 absolutely necessary 10 consult original records, and not trust to print. In 

 reading Mr. Haitshorne's paper, I was desirous of knowing the precise text of 

 some of the entries quoted. The only way to do this was to examine the 

 original Pipe Rolls at the Public Record Office. I then found that Mr. Hart- 

 shorne had overlooked, among other items of less moment, the very important 

 entry on the Roll for 1176, which records the building of the keep and the 

 cost of the work, facts that we now know for tV'" first time. 



