570 ON THE PRICE OF TEXTILE FABRICS AND CLOTHING. 



fact applies to Magdalen, Oxford, as contrasted with New 

 College. Thus in 1461, a period in which, I must remind my 

 reader, prices were low, and in particular wool was very cheap, 

 Peterhouse gives only a little under is. \\d. the yard for 

 Musterdevilers, while four years before, the same cloth, bought 

 for the abbot's falconer at Netley Abbey, cost 2s. %d. a yard. 

 Still, throughout this period cloth is plainly very cheap every- 

 where. Again, towards the end of the period, most of the 

 prices are derived from Cambridge, for the custom had sprung 

 up in Oxford of making money allowances in place of livery, 

 and even before this practice began, the record of expenditure 

 is slovenly and confused. I have, however, striven to do the 

 best with my materials, having ranged them as regards such 

 annual and decennial averages as I have gathered, into first, 

 second, and third quality of cloth. 



There still remain some articles, on which a few words may 

 be said. There is a stuff designated as ' worsted,' which is sold 

 at very various prices ; at i s. and $d. in 1462, at 6s. and 5.$-. 

 in 1473, at Is - 4^. in 1524, and at $s. ^d. in 1536. The same 

 article is sold in 1488 by the piece at iSs. Another article, 

 perhaps the same, called wolstede, is sold in 1531 at 4.$-. gd. 

 the yard. 



The accounts contain a few entries of ' cotton ' cloth, white, 

 russet, and black. This is generally bought at 6d. a yard, but 

 one entry at Stonor in 1517 is at is. 4d. This is distinguished 

 from coarse black cotton at 6d. 



In modern times camlet is, I believe, a finely woven woollen 

 stuff. In 1481 it is bought at 4^. 4^. and 43. the yard, in 1482 

 at 4s. 4<, in 1520 at is. %d. In 1466 black camlet costs 4^. 

 the stick, which I conclude is the yard. Other camlet is gene- 

 rally red. 



The cloth purchased in the Howard accounts is generally, 

 but not always, dear. Such is the crimson engrained and green 

 of 1464, if indeed these are woollen goods. 



My reader will find that the decennial averages of the three 

 qualities of cloth, though during some periods anomalies occur, 



