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yn ij shelffs endlonge towards the see very neer levell by estymacyon iij or iiij 
foote in length devyded with dyvers joyntts, some one stone iiij loods and many 
of them ij and iij loods apece and but one cowrse of stones yn every shelffe : 
the bredth vii or viii fote, the thyknes betweene xij ynches and xv ynches, the 
nerest end off the shelff towards the land ys at the lo-water mark att refe tyed, 
so hytt cannot be broken butt att sprynge tyed. ; 
The alabaster ys a myle and a halfe from the towyche, att th’est end of the 
Tle att a place calyd Worbarrowe, falen owtt of the wydest clyffe wyche ys 30 
fadom hye, and lyeth att full see marke in rownde pecys of viii or ix towne a 
pece: the utter partts of them being of whyte alabaster and full of craks: 
wyche woll not ryse in breadth passing xij ynches square wyth a small thyk- 
nes; and inwards towards the myds of the pece ys ij other cowlors of stone, 
one somewhatt blaker then the other, much lyke unto a grey Marbull of the 
wyche I wyll brynge a sample unto my Lord’s grace withyn thys vij dayes ; 
wyche stone wyll ryse to iij fote in length and xviij ynchys in breydth and vi 
or viij ynches thyke, so thet I have sett 2 workmen upon brekyng of the same 
att soche tyme as they canott worke for the water upon the towyche that I heve 
also appointed them to breke.—From Wolfhalle vi June. : 
, Your humble sarvytour 
AnrtHuR Roops, 
To the right worshipful 
Syr John Thynne Knyght 
att Brainford. (Brentford. ) 
6.—Bryan TESHE To SiR JOHN THYNNE. 
1549, June 7. My Lord’s Grace’s affayres proceed in as much haste as can 
be with so few men. “As touching the quarr at Shalborn, whereas it showed 
very fair on the top we have serched the same and find it very little, though 
the stuff be good the quantity is small, for which cause Iam very sorry. At 
Topnam Hill the pitt is full of water again, the wet wether hath been so much 
and the bankes be faln again of the diche upon Wylton Common whear the 
cley is about a vi or vij lugges, and our men is uppon the same to amend it 
again whiles the quick frithe is green. At Tudworth is about a 400 ton of 
chalke redy drawn. . . + ~ ‘The stone of Wylton quar doth mak very 
good lyme and entend to make another Lymekylne for that stone ; and whereas 
there is a great heap of dust made by means of the Rubbell which came out of 
the quar, the same will serve very well to mengle with the lyme in the fylling 
of the walls: for it is of itself very tough when it is beaten and tempered and 
much more it wyl be tough when the lyme dothe helpe him to bynd., Thus 
doth the best of the stone make good ashelour, and the ragged will serve for 
the foundacions and fylling stuff, and the Rubbell for lyme and the dust for 
rugh work, so that what so ever cost my Lorde’s grace bestoweth there, it will 
quit the cost. The brickmaker hath set fyer upon his kylne already and by 
that tyme Mr. Hine cum he shall have brick enough for his conduit. 
I moste humbly desyer your mastership to send me by your letter worde what 
tyme you think my Lorde’s Grace wyll cum for there is nither lime, sand nor 
stone carried, nor scant any place redy for it. 1 wold make the more haste of 
