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1551. The buckram is not reckoned. The 'Cotton' is probably 

 a woollen garment, at any rate quite a distinct fabric from the linen 

 clothing. In 1552 I have omitted the barber's canvas, the high- 

 priced Normandy canvas, and the low-priced three-quarter cloth. 



r 553- The omissions are the Sutwiche linen, the Magdalen 

 canvas at 2s. 6d., the Damascene at 3^., the three-quarter, and the 

 barber's cloth. The last item is also neglected in the reckoning of 



1554- 



1555. I have omitted the holland at Cambridge and London, and 

 the ' House Canvas ' at the latter place ; the saddle-cloth and hempen 

 towels at Oxford, and the three-quarter canvas at Magdalen. In 

 1556 I have done the same with the table linen at 5*?. in Cambridge. 

 The price is inexplicable. 



1 557-"9- I omit tne buckram and hempen, the fine canvas and 

 napkin of the first year, the diaper, three-quarter, and Southwick of 

 the second, the twill, flaxen, and diaper of the third. 



1560-2. The diaper of this year is omitted from the averages, 

 though even thus the prices, like those of 1553, are very high. The 

 broad canvas of 1561 is not reckoned. In 1562 the average is 

 exceedingly high, but the purchases appear to be made for the 

 common use of the colleges. 



1563-5. I have omitted the cheap linen bought for the scholars' 

 table, and in 1564 some cheap towelling. Prices in 1565 are very 

 high. 



1566-9. The Boulter cloth, buckram, and high-priced diaper, the 

 latter bought for the Warden of New College, are not reckoned. In 

 1568 the diaper and towelling are omitted, and in 1569 the broad 

 canvas. 



1570-5. The broad canvas and buckram are not reckoned, nor in 

 1571 are the canvas for servants' shirts and the holland sheeting. 

 ^ n J 573 I have dealt similarly with the six -quarter broad canvas from 

 London, and the broad canvas in Oxford. In 1575 I have been 

 unable to reckon the costly linen for the shirts bought by Corpus 

 Christi College on behalf of the President. 



1577-82. I have omitted the servants' linen, and in 1582 the 

 cupboard cloth and fine canvas. 



Throughout the averages I have confined myself to such 

 entries as may reasonably be supposed to come under the four 

 principal heads before quoted. The annual and decennial 



