74 TUDOR HOUSES IN DORSET. 



made a careful list of his property in 1556. The rooms were 

 haule, parlere, children's chamber, chamber where I lye and 

 my wyfes closet. He had a good stock of plate, books, and 

 furniture, chessebord, base lute, pair of virginals and gittorne 

 [cittern or guitar], glass and jugs of stone garnished with 

 sylver and gilt. He built a fine mansion in 1561 still standing. 

 [Archeeohgia XXXVI ]. 



An inventory of 1597 is that of the estate of a yeoman at 

 Loders with a stock of 30 beasts, 10 oxen, 140 sheep, and the 

 accommodation included a hall with chambers over it, a 

 parlour with a chamber over it, a lower parlour, a chamber 

 over the entry and the new chamber. All the furniture very 

 simple, the whole estate, including 195 for leases, totalling 

 455. [Hutchins' Dorset, II, 307]. 



Other inventories are one of 1537 [ibid. IV, 367] Will of 

 Margaret Russell last Abbess of Tarrant 1567 [Ib. Ill, 356]. 

 Sir Geo. Somers of Whitchurch Canonicorum [S. and D. N. & 

 Q. XI, 99]. Goods at Bingham's Melcombe temp. Eliz. 

 [Archceological Journal, XVII]. 



Beechen roundells in sets of 12 were used as trenchers for 

 fruit and sweet meats. The upper side was bare; but the under 

 side was painted black or gilded and ornamented with figures, 

 flowers and short epigrams called posies [Art of English Poesie 

 1589 quoted in Gent. Mag. Library and Archa'ologia XXXII, 

 p. 225]. There are several such sets in the Tudor gallery of 

 South Kensington Museum. 



Mazer was a drinking bowl of birds-eye maple with silver 

 band, foot and cover. About 50 are known. \_Ibid. L, p. 129]. 



Pottery was very coarse, covered with a brown or green 

 glaze. Beer was drunk out of pots, the covers and handles of 

 silver or pewter. Other vessels were goblets, pitchers, jugs, 

 bowls, bottles, tygs and cups. The shapes did not alter, so 

 that it is difficult to fix dates. Some, of the stoneware jugs 

 had bearded heads impressed under the spout. [Chaffers]. 

 A puzzle-jug dated 1571 is illustrated in Early Eng. Pottery 

 by Hodgkin, p. 1. 



