. 829 
An pease for buildinga House at Salishury, 
23rd HENRY VI. 
Communicated by J, E. Nieutrneate, F.S.A. 


























(4H following indenture, it will be seen, sets forth a contract 
iy for building a house in the “blew bore” at Salisbury, in 
1444, between William Ludlow, and John Fayrebowe, a carpenter 
of Bishopstrow, near Warminster. The document is written in 

English, and is in excellent preservation; unfortunately the seals 
have entirely disappeared. In making the transcript a few con- 
tractions have been extended but the spelling carefully preserved. 
The deed was lately found in a remote part of England, but seems 
once to have been in the possession of Mr. Benson, late Recorder of 
Salisbury, as it is quoted in two or three instances by Mr. Parker, 
‘in his “ Glossary of Architecture,” in explanaticn of certain obsolete 
building terms. It does not, however, appear to have been printed 
in extenso, at least it is not mentioned by Professor Willis amongst 
the authorities in his “ Nomenclature of the Middle Ages,” nor is 
it found in the “ Archzologia.” 
_ All documents of this early period relating to the expenses of, 
-and terms used in building, are scarce and valuable, especially when 
written in the vernacular. They are necessarily expressed in the 
language of the workmen; the greater part of the words hada 
French origin, and many of them remain to the present day in France. 
Several other contracts for elaborate architectural works of about 
_ this period are in existence. In 1450 an indenture was made for 
; fitting up the Beauchamp Chapel, at Warwick, in accordance with 
_ the will of the founder. It is preserved and printed in “ Blore’s 
~ Monuments.” Another excellent specimen of this kind of document, 
and one little known, is found in “ Halstead’s Genealogies.” It is 
an indenture for the tomb of Ralph Greene, of Luffwick, Northamp- 
tonshire, in 1419, The material of this magnificent tomb was 
