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such articles named. They appear to have been made of copper 

 or brass, and the price varies from los. to is. 6d. In 1555 

 three such articles cost 6s. 8d., 6s. 4^., and $s. at Oxford. The 

 fuel was kept in baskets. In 1569 such a basket costs i s. ; in 

 1576, lod. ; in 1577, M. A coal basket, again, probably of 

 the same material, is bought in 1530 at 2d., in 1543 at iid. y 

 and in 1544 at 6d. But an iron grate was bought in 1577 for 

 2s. lod. 



In 1408 New College gave nos. for a candelabrum to be used 

 in the chapel. This appears to have been of silver. Ordinary 

 candlesticks are from is. %d. to is. ^d. a pair, and were made of 

 brass or latten. After the rise in prices they became dearer : in 

 1564, 35-. id. ; in 1569 latten cost 2s. 8d., brass 35. $d. ; in i577> 

 $s. ^d. ; in 1578, 3.$-. 4^., while in 1574 two pairs are bought for 

 the Warden of All Souls at 7.9. the pair. In 1471 fourteen 

 copper hanging candlesticks are bought for York Minster. They 

 cost 24s. lod. 



Two fire-pans and" fire-forks cost is. $d. in 1508 ; a fire-shovel 

 is. in 1417, is. in 1448, is. 8d. in 1543 and 1576, and 2s. in 

 1574. In 1431 a pair of tongs cost 8d. ; in 1576, is. ^d. In 

 1473 a P a ^ r f bellows was bought for 4^., in 1534 for 4^., in 

 1543 and 1574 for lod. 



I have referred above, p. 478, to the numerous entries of 

 pewter vessels or garnish bought by the pound. The same 

 article is often purchased by the dozen or the set, under the 

 name of vasa electri or tin vessels, or simply as garnish. The 

 dozen is the common appellation of the Finchale purchases; 

 but it is found at Cambridge in 1411. An average of thirteen 

 such purchases by the dozen at Finchale gives i6s. */d., an 

 amount which is far in excess of any estimate by weight, as 

 will be seen by referring to the averages of page 428. Most 

 likely it means a dozen vessels of different sizes, which together 

 weighed between forty and fifty pounds, In 1568, a garnish 

 costs 54^. 9</., and must have weighed at the prices of that time 

 over eighty pounds. The dishes were stamped in order to 

 identify the property. Such a stamp costs 6d. in 1427, id. in 



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