420 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS. 



1472. A set of cart-irons costs i2s. at Waddon, and a pair of wheels 

 6s. 4d. at Wearmouth. Next year another pair costs 6s. 6d. at the 

 same place. 



1484. There is no entry between 1473 an( * this date, when a ' biga' 

 is bought at Daventry for 23^. iod., and two pairs of plain wheels at 

 5^. An iron-bound cart is purchased at Waltham for i6s. 



1487. A pair of wheels is bought at Sion for 6s. 8d., and the iron- 

 work for i8s., i.e. 24^. 8d. complete. In 1489 a pair is bought at 

 Jarrow for ios., and at Wymondham for 6s. 8d. } where a cart is 

 purchased for 6s. In 1492 a pair of wheels is bought at the last- 

 named place for 2s. 4^., and strake-irons'for 2s. yd., probably second- 

 hand. In 1495 a P a i f of wheels is bought at Jarrow for us. 



1500. The irons of a pair of wheels are bought at Farley for i6s. 

 In 1507 a pair of wheels at Jarrow costs 4^. lod. In 1510 two pairs 

 of wheels are bought at Hickling at 6s. nd. the pair; another pair 

 at 6s. 8d. } and a fourth at 6^-. lod. A pair at Hulme in the same year 

 costs 6s. 2d. In 1513 a pair at Hickling costs 6,r. 4^., and another 

 pair 6s. Sd.; in 1515 a pair from the same place costs >js. t and the 

 iron fittings IQS. $d. In 1516 a pair at Hulme costs 7-r. In 1519 

 Hickling buys a pair with all the needful irons for 24^. 6d. t and in 

 1520 a pair of plain wheels, called here and elsewhere ' flode ' wheels, 

 for 8s. 5<f. 



1526. A pair of wheels is bought by Sion for >js. The irons 

 necessary for these wheels cost 23,?., i.e. 30.?. in all. The monastery 

 also buys an axle for 4S. In 1528 Finchale buys two pairs at 6^. In 

 1530 Sion buys two pairs at 7^. In 1533 Wearmouth buys two pairs at 

 6s. 3d. In 1535 a pair is bought at Balneth for 5-r. 4</., and another 

 pair at the same price at Lewes. In 1536 pairs are bought at Lewes 

 for 2S. } and at Windsor for 2s. 8d., the lowest prices registered. 



1566. At this date, after an interval of thirty years, there are entries 

 of carts at 6o,$ > .,tombrils at 40$., short carts at 40^., and wheels at4OJ. 

 the pair. 



1574. Long carts are bought in London for 6oj., shod cart wheels 

 at 4os., and cart harness at 8s. the set. In 1424 a cart harness is 

 bought for 4,r. ; in 1516 at 3^. 6d. In 1577 a pair of wheels is 

 bought for a timber waggon in Gillingham for 56.?., and in 15/8, 

 eight carts with shod wheels in London at 66s. 8d. Lastly, in 1582, 

 at Cambridge (King's College), a pair of cart wheels, clearly plain, is 

 purchased for i2s., and an axle for is. 4d. 



It will be clear from these notes, that a pair of wheels, fitted 



