424 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS. 



give an average of 9</., the price varying from is. 4d. to 4^.; 

 nine after that period an average of is. 4d., the price varying 

 from 8d. to 6s. 



Two reins cost 2s. 6d. in 1441, and 4d. in 1503, ^d. in 1561, 

 io< in 1563. A bit and bridle cost $s. 4d. in 1510, is. id. 

 in 153 r, 4s. 4d. in 1560, 2s. in 1566, and a bridle in 1582 

 3.$-. iQd. Two girths costs icd. in 1489 and 1503, and is. 6d. 

 in 1565. A pair of spurs cost yd. in 1515, and id. in 1530. 



Among the other conveniences of the stable are horse-combs, 

 which generally cost from \\d. to id. in the earlier period, but 

 are much dearer later on, rising to 4^., 6d., yd., is., and is. id. 

 My accounts contain thirty-four entries of these articles. Five 

 horse-cloths are bought in 1570 at 4.?. each. Leather halters 

 and headstalls cost about 6d. in the earlier period, is. in the 

 later. Hempen halters are worth about id. Sieves are also 

 common, the price varying from id. to 4\d. in the earlier 

 period, and from 8d. to is. %d. in the later. 



A few fetterlocks used for tethering horses in pasture have 

 been found. The average value of six of these articles, all in 

 the earlier period, is 6d. 



MILLSTONES. It may be convenient to treat of these 

 articles here, as forming part of an industry which is a 

 necessary complement to agriculture. Mills formed a most 

 valuable franchise, by which the inhabitants of particular dis- 

 tricts were compelled to grind their corn at the lord's mill 

 under penalties, and unless the miller be maligned, to submit to 

 much extortion at his hands. They were moved by wind or 

 water, the former kind being exceedingly common. In my 

 earlier volumes I was able to give much information about the 

 material from which sails were made. In the present I have 

 little to offer, but sails are occasionally purchased in the 

 earlier period, and the reader may find among the sundry 

 articles various entries of the several parts of a mill as they are 

 bought by the owner. Thus a cogwheel costs 6s. 8d. at 

 Lullington in 1416; two new sailyards at Candlesby 8s. ^d. in 

 1418; fourteen oaks are bought fora mill-frame at Takley in 



