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at $d. each. In 1495 ^ ve l c ks are bought by the Wymondham 

 bailiff at 3^. each, and four in 1497 ^7 ^ e same person at the 

 same price. In 1499 King's College pays tfcie large sum of 3^. 

 for a lock and key to the vestibule in this case I conclude the 

 room where the vestments were kept. In 1501 six locks cost 

 together is. id. at Stamford, and next year at the same place 

 two locks and two keys are purchased for 8d. In 1508 King's 

 College purchased for the money chest into which the legacy 

 bequeathed by Henry VII for completing the Chapel was to be 

 put, three hanging locks and three bolts for >js., and two other 

 hanging," i.e. pad-locks at is. each. In the same year twelve 

 locks and keys were purchased by Sion at id. each, and four in 

 South wark at 8d. In 1516 Oriel College, Oxford, buys a lock 

 and two keys for the buttery for 2s. &/., and in 1522, the same 

 College buys a lock and key for iid., and in 1524 a lock and 

 key for the apple closet for 2s. Two locks at Cambridge in 

 1528 cost 2s. 6d. each, and in 1529 a lock and a hinge at Sion 

 3^-. 4d. In 1530 a hanging lock at St. Osyth's costs is. 2d. t 

 a great lock for the prior's hall at Durham, with two keys, a 

 ring and a rose, 2s. ld.> and in 1533 ^ our l c ks and keys at the 

 same place, evidently of ruder fabric, are bought at $\d. each. 

 In the same year we find some of the king's purchases ; plate 

 locks with the king's key at Greenwich cost 6s. %d. each, stock 

 locks at Richmond 8^., livery locks at the Moor 8d., and double- 

 hooped stock locks is. %d. Next year we find at Greenwich 

 double-hooped stock locks with keyholes on both sides at 2s. 8d., 

 other kinds remaining at the price of the past year, except at 

 the Moor, where the double-hooped locks are 2d. cheaper. In 

 1535 a stock lock costs 2s. %d. at London, and a great stock 

 lock 8s. In 1536 a great lock for the money chest costs is. 2d. 

 at Oxford, and in 1538 a lock and key costs %d. In 1540 livery 

 locks and keys cost %d. each; in 1541, plate locks on the gates 

 at Dartford 6s. 8d., five being bought ; and other locks, is. 8d., 

 while a double-hoop lock and key costs is., a spring lock and 

 key 8d. at Greenwich. Locks and keys at the Moor are bought 

 at prices from $d. to 9^., a spring lock at is., and stub locks 



