laboryng with the seyde John vij dayes at the reryng of the forseyde hows with 
mete and wages and mannys mete and drynke for alle the cariage of the seyde 
tymber at Salesbury at the seyde William his owen coste And also paye to the 
seyde John for the seyde hows makyng and tymber therto fynding'yn alle maner 
“ 
4 By J. E. Nightingale, P.S8.A. 331 
j 
wyse after the forme above seyde ymade and performed as workmanship axeth 
xx.ti of money at iij dayes to be payd that ys for to seye at the begynnyng of 
the seyde hows makyng yn tymber hewyng x markes: at the bryngyng hom of 
the seyde tymber to Salesbury .x. markes and whanne the seyde hows ys ful 
made and doris and wyndowes y set up and hangeth .x. markes. To alle these 
covenauntes wel and trewly to be performed the seyde Wylliam yn his party and 
Robert Warmwell bynden hem to the seyde John yn xxti to paye yn the feste 
of oure Lady above seyde And also yn the same wyse the seyde John yn his 
party and Symond Poy bynden hem to the sede William yn xxti to pay yn the © 
feste above seyde In Witnesse wherof the seylles of the seyd parteys of these 
yndentures interchaungeably to these present indentures er set the day and zer 
aboveseyde.”” 






















[Endorse 7] 
“‘ for byldyng a howse in the blew bore.” 
The house was evidently completely framed of wood, and required 
no other support. The enormous dimensions of the timbers used 
are in striking contrast to the lath-and-plaster style of building of 
the present day. There are few houses of this period now remaining 
. intact, but the core of many modernized dwellings are to be found 
where the huge timber-framing forms the main support of a new- 
looking building. , 
The sum of £20, the amount of Fayrebowe’s contract, would 
represent something like £200 of our present money. Ten marks 
of 13s. 4d. each form one third of the whole payment. 
OT is impossible now to fix the exact locality of the house in 
question, as the original “‘blew bore” no longer exists. Mr. Hatcher in 
his “ History of Salisbury, has shewn that the Market Place was for- 
merly more limited in its dimensions than at the present time, and that 
the existing Winchester Street was continued into Castle Street, 
along what is now the Blue Boar Row; consequently the old “ blew 
bore” must have once projected into what is now the north side of 
the Market Place, the remaining three sides being formed by the 
present Oatmeal Row, Butcher’s Row, and Queen Street. This may 
. be inferred from documents, dated 1360, and again in 1422, in which 
mention is made of houses situated at the corner of Winchester 
