BLANKETS. BEDS. BEDDING. CARPETS. COPES. 577 



i4s. yd. In 1517 there is a 'pannus altaris' at Cambridge for 

 3*4* 



Here, perhaps, I may refer to carpets. In 1434 ' a carpet of 

 the most assise ' was bought by Fastolfe at the great price of 

 93 s. 4^. In 1483 eleven carpets are bought at Stoke at i6s. 8d. 

 each, and in 1510 Osney Abbey bought two at 2,6s. 8d. 



There are several entries of copes and other church vest- 

 ments. Among wealthy persons and in opulent foundations 

 these vestments were made of the most precious materials; 

 but poorer churches were content with cheaper stuffs. In 

 1465 the fellows of Oriel sold Gascoigne's cope, which came 

 to them as a mortuary, and had been in their possession seven 

 years, for 14^-. In 1514 the prior of Hickling purchases an 

 altar-cloth of crimson say, containing fifteen ells of the stuff, 

 for i8s. (here it is a little cheaper than the average price) and 

 two copes of red worsted embroidered with flowers, which cost 

 27^. each. In 1516 the Charterhouse buys two say copes at 

 i6s. zd. In 1519 a cope for a novice at Hickling 1 , made also 

 of say, is bought for 9.$-. In 1553, on the reaction after Mary's 

 accession, four copes of silk gauze ? (serici gausapini) are bought 

 at 2os. each. But those of velvet upon velvet in 1441 at $6s. 8d. t 

 that of 1488 at 72*., that of ' cloth of gold of Baudekyn ' at 

 7 9 s - $d'> bought in 1535 at St. Osyth's, and that purchased 

 by Magdalen College in 1555 for 5, must have been of very 

 costly material, similar probably to what was bought in 1526. 

 I cannot guess what the capa plumalis of 1489 is, purchased 

 at Wymondham in Norfolk. In 1420 a church banner cost 

 2s. 6d. 



I find a velvet bonnet in 1533 bought for 24^., a frontlet in 

 1554 for 5^., a velvet sword girdle in 1533 for $s. 8d., a Roselle 

 gown in 1543 for 175-. 8d., a petticoat in 1542 at 7^. 6d., and a 

 kirtle for 12^. 4d. In 1546 a doublet costs 5^. 4</. In 1441 

 the opulent Lord Cromwell buys 99 powches of gold to decorate 

 copes with, and pays ij for the ornament. In 1470-1 Norwich 



1 Hickling was a foundation for secular canons. The novice therefore was no doubt 

 a priest. 



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