572 ON THE PRICE OF TEXTILE FABRICS AND CLOTHING. 



cost 8s. ^d. the yard. In 1526, Magdalen College, Oxford, 

 made extensive purchases of material for vestments. Here the 

 velvet upon velvet is i6s., and crimson velvet 13^. 4^., red cloth 

 of gold 2OJ., plain cloth of gold 30^., and ' crimson velvet on 

 velvet wrought with perlys of gold,' 23^. 4^. a yard. Some vel- 

 vet on velvet pricked with gold is bought by the ounce. The 

 price however, is. id. unless the gold thread was very slight- 

 when compared with that of silk thread by the ounce, seems to 

 suggest a backing of some less costly material than silk. In 

 1532 black velvet at Durham is bought at us. In 1543 black 

 velvet at Greenwich costs us. ^d. a yard, and in 1551 some 

 purchases made for Elizabeth during her residence at Hatfield 

 are at 27^. ^d. and 30^. a yard. Again, in 1553, amon g the 

 purchases made for the funeral of Edward, are Lucca velvet at 

 2,6s. 8d., black and blue jean velvet by which I presume Genoa 

 stuff is meant at i$-., i6s., and 15.$-., no less than four hundred 

 and fifty-seven yards being purchased chiefly at i6s. I have 

 found no later purchases. 



There are several entries of satin. Blue satin costs 9^-. a yard 

 in 1441, red satin 8s. in 1467, while in 1481 black satin is 

 bought at 75-. and 6s. 8d., tawny at 9.9. and 95*. 6d., green at izs. 

 In 1500 Bruges satin for a cope costs 4^. 6d. a yard. The cope 

 is lined with frieze at 9^., six yards of each material being 

 employed, while the gold and silk employed to embroider it 

 cost 9^. iod., the whole charge being 41 s. 4d., incurred by 

 the monks of Farley, Somerset. In 1526 Bologna satin is 

 bought at 35-. a yard, and was probably narrow; and in 1531 

 at Oxford ' viridis satanettus,' if this be the same material, 

 is. id. and is. lid. In 1534 tawny satin costs Js. 6d., and 

 in 1453 wnite satin is bought at >js. 4^., Bruges satin being 

 2s. 4d. 



Damask is also purchased in 1463 at 8s., in 1464 at 7.$-., in 

 1465 at 8s., in 1466 at 8s., in 1467 at js. 4d., 8s., and 9^., the 

 colour being generally black, though the highest priced is red. 

 In 1481 tawny damask is >js. 8d., while damask embroidered 

 with gold costs 86 s. 8d. the yard. In 1503 it is bought in 



