ON THE PRICE OF BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC. 459 



is. id. the hundred, two at a later period from the Sion ac- 

 counts appear to be our modern tintacks, for they cost only 7^. 

 a thousand, while of other tinned nails, I find twopennies at 

 is. id. the thousand, and one entry of tinned nails, the size not 

 given, at 4^. the hundred. Two entries of stone lath-nails are 

 at is. *]d. the thousand; two of slate nails at is. ld.\ three of 

 coper nails at 8</., one of straw nails at 8<^. the thousand, two 

 of tac nails at is., one of garnish nails at 6d. and one of ' gylt ' 

 at 6d. also the thousand, one of lat at %d. the hundred, one of 

 mill nails at 6d., two of splint at 3^., one of stantis at 4^., two 

 of stud at 4\d., one of enys at 6d., one of plantel at 6d., one 

 of water at i s., one of breche at 6d., two of hatch at 5</., and 

 one of vyfestrake at lod. the hundred. There are also ten 

 entries of tenterhooks from the Sion accounts at a little under 

 i id. the thousand. 



Among the residue are brigander nails at >jd. the thousand, 

 slatt nails at Ss., scupper nails for the navy at 4^. 4</., stub nails 

 at is. id.) clout nails at prices from g\d. to is. 8d., stod nails 

 at i2s. 6d., brad nails at is. 6d. great lath nails at is. 8<^., 

 reparation nails at 6s. $d., caniculi at io^/., and tile prigs at the 

 same price by the thousand. Tack nails, described as English, 

 are 8d. the thousand, and brods vary from 6d. the hundred to 

 is. the thousand, a late entry of the last-named defines the 

 price by the length ; three and a half inch being is. id. the 

 hundred, three inch being is., and two and a half inch lod. 

 There is also an entry of a sum of buttinall nails at 5^-. Brod 

 nails are sold once at i\d. the Ib. 



Certain great nails are sold at is. %\d. the hundred in 1419, 

 and at is. 6d. and 5^-. in 1465, the last to Howard for the use 

 of Edward IVth's navy. Other great door nails are bought at 

 is. %d. and is. Studs to put outside doors, cost yd. a dozen. 

 In 1509 King's College bought two dozen at ICY/, pro ostio 

 scolarum\ in 1526 Magdalen College bought nine dozen at4</. 

 Some of these ornamental nails may still exist. 



Towards the conclusion of the period (the earliest entry is 

 in 1532) the reader will find that Flemish and English nails 



