41 8 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS. 



1408. A pair of plain wheels at Alton Barnes costs 7-r. i</. ; a pair 

 of bryddes at Hornchurch 7^. 



1409. A pair of 'briddes' at Alton Barnes costs 8s. The iron- 

 work to these wheels is 26.?. 8d., making the charge 34^. 8d. A pair of 

 wheels to bryddes at Hornchurch costs >js. A pair of plain wheels at 

 Takley is 6,r. 



1410. Hornchurch buys a pair of cart wheels for 6^., and a new 

 cart (i.e. bryddes) for los. ; Stert a pair of wheels (i.e. bryddes) for 

 8s. 6d. ; Lullington a pair of waggon wheels at 4^., and clouts and 

 brods for 2s. \d. It seems then that at the last-named place, where 

 wheels are generally cheap, a pair could be made for use at the cost of 

 6s. 4d. Next year the same price is paid for two pair. Lullington 

 was a small estate, and it seems that those lightly shod and cheap wheels 

 soon wore out. 



1412. Alton Barnes buys plain wheels at 6s. 8d. the pair, and again 

 at the same price in 1413. Lullington again buys in 1413 at 4^.; 

 Codynton at 35-. 6d. In 1414 the Lullington wheels cost 3.?. $d., the 

 slight iron fittings is. ^d. Stert buys wheels at 5^. 6d. But two 

 pairs of wheels, iron bound, at Wearmouth, reach the ordinary price 

 of the best articles, being purchased at 30$. the pair. 



1415. Alton Barnes buys a biga for 7.?. Guyton a pair of cart 

 wheels at the same price. Weedon a pair for 6s. 8d. Codynton a 

 pair for 3.?. $d., with fittings, which raise the price to 4.?. ii\d. 



1416. The Lullington pair costs 3^. 8d., with clouts and nails, 5^. 

 But Heyford buys two carts at 2is. 8d. each, and two bigae at 13^. ^d. 

 each. In 1417 the Lullington wheels cost 3^. $d. At Houghton a 

 pair of wheels, under the name of lolls, costs 5 s. 6d. 



1418. A pair of wheels is bought in Hornchurch for fj. Another 

 pair and part of a cart for ios., and irons for cart, here probably 

 mere repairs, cost is. The Lullington wheels are 4-r. id. ; in 1419, 

 4J. 3< 



1420. Alton Barnes buys a pair of wheels for 7^. The iron fittings 

 cost 2is., and the clouts is. 4^., i.e. 29^. \d. in all. The Lullington 

 wheels cost 4-r. 4^., and the same price is given for the same article at 

 Weedon. In 1421 the Lullington wheels cost 4^. 2d. ; in 1422, 4$. 

 A pair of wheels at Stert, in 1421, costs *js. 



1423. Hornchurch buys a pair at 8s. The Lullington pair is 4^. id. ; 

 in 1424, 4s.; in 1425, 4$.; in 1426, 4*. The fittings and strakes for 

 a pair at Bicester in 1424 cost 23,?. Two pairs at Heveningland in 

 1424 cost js. the pair. 



1427. A pair of wheels at Alton Barnes costs 8*.; a pair at Bicester 



